MEDITIATION MONDAY

Blessings

~ Rain

 

FRIDAY PHOTO

 

Merry Meet, friends!

Today, I'm showing these beautiful twins. Bare of leaves yet life lurks beneath the surface, waiting for spring.

Thankfully, our 'like a daughter', doesn't have to wait until spring. 

Sometime between Thanksgiving and December 2, Kassie will birth two little girls - adding additional grandchildren to our actual granddaughters, whom we do not get to see enough of. That hurts but they are happy and thriving in the Pacific Northwest and that is what truly matters. We are grandma and grandpa to Adrian and Abigail. Now we will be mimi and pop to Kassie & Matt's girls. 

Life is full!

Blessings!

~Rain

THE ARTIST'S WAY - Artist Dates

 Good morning & Merry Meet, everyone!

One of the tasks Julia Cameron suggests is a weekly artist date.

Marisa has a point that amid this C-19 we may be limited to some of the things we can do when in search of inspiration.

Here's my list. Note, I've borrowed some of Marisa's ideas.

Blessings!

~Rain

AFFIRMATION MONDAY

 

Blessings

~ Rain

FRIDAY PHOTO

 The first couple weeks of November have been more typical fall. We just had to get past the unseasonable rain first, though I'm sure more is coming. 

Bob and I've spent his first week home getting new plastic on the greenhouse, putting garden hose away and prepping the garden for winter nourishing. 

This photo is similar to a spot on our property for at least a few more days:

Come walk with me?

Blessings!

~Rain

Sharing Thursday - Magical Crafting

 Good morning & Merry Meet!

Several years ago I saw a book at a quaint little book shop in Eureka Springs, Arkansas. I didn't have extra cash to spend. Now I can't remember the name of it and I've not been back to the store in a couple of years. 

YouTube University can be a curse and a blessing. Even if you don't believe in much that's out there, at least they can get the creative wheels turning. 

I found Magical Crafting a couple of weeks ago. I've not had a lot of time to check out the channel but wanted to share here - if for no other reason than I'll be able to find the place when I do have more time. 

I love working with my Runes so I thought I'd share this video with you this week: 

I hope you'll check out the channel and leave some love and light

Blessings!

~Rain

JOURNAL Progress

Good morning and Merry Meet!

I thought to help keep me on task, I'd share my journal process once a month. Here are a couple of spreads so far:

I'm enjoying the inspiration that comes each day - whether I'm only adding words or being more artsy. My husband is happy the magazine stash is finding a purpose. 

Blessings!

~Rain

 

AFFIRMATION MONDAY

Blessings

~ Rain

 

FRIDAY PHOTO

 

Welcome to Friday the 13th!

Are you superstitious? I am in some ways but I don't look at today as a day to hide from the world and hope nothing gets me.

That said, this cabin by the lake looks like the perfect place to pound out an additional 1300 words on my NanoNovel - A Soldier's Homecoming... on top of the 1667 words Nano suggests.

Do you have a book you've been wanting to write 'someday'? 

National Novel Writing Month is the time to make 'someday' TODAY! 

The great thing about NanoWrimo is that ths is the month to not care about perfection. The point is to just dump the words from your head onto paper. Nora Roberts once said 'you can't edit a blank page'. She's write. If there's nothing written, what is there to edit? Incidently, editing comes in January! 

Come join us! 

Blessings!

~Rain

SHARING THURSDAY - Marisa Mohi

 Since I talked about Marisa Mohi a bit on Tuesday, I thought I'd share a bit more about her today.

Marisa Mohi is a go getter, though I'm not sure she'd agree with me. LOL In this video she talks about How To Get Stuff Done:

I've been following Marisa on YouTube for a couple of years. Not for the witchy aspect but for her encouragement when it comes to writing. She has meet-ups on her channel most Thursday mornings from around 10:30 a.m. to noonish where we have various timed writing sprints. Each participant works on whatever is on their agenda for the day. We are together - yet apart, all while encouraging one another.

Here is a video of one of our Creative Co-worker gatherings:

If you're tired of trying to be creative in a world of your own, please join us! Sometimes, that one morning a week is enough to keep us motivated until the next gathering comes around. 

Creative Blessings!

~Rain

THE ARTIST'S WAY

Good morning and Merry Meet.

We've had a beautiful start to the turn of the wheel here in the Ozarks. I've been busy catching up on projects and prepping the house for the Yule/ Holiday decorations that I love to play with.

Last week I talked about Miss Deborah's book. So far, I'm keeping up - which is far better than I did the first time around. There is a time for everything or as Amber McCue says, you're right on time - whenever that time may be.

My plan is to use the A Year and a Day of Everyday Witchcraft  as part of my morning pages/ meditation. If you don't knnow about morning pages, I encourage you to check out The Artists Way by Julia Cameron  Even if you've done the book before (as I have) this is the perfect year to walk back through the book. Marisa Mohi inspired me to do that this year. She is sharing her journey on her YouTube channel. She has a PLAYLIST for the series. 

If you're joining me for the A Year and a Day of Everyday Witchcraft and/ or The Artist's Way journaling please, let me know in the comments below. Let's share this journey.

Blessings!

~Rain

MEDITATION MONDAY

 

Friday Photo

 

Leafless yet so alive!

Blessings

~Rain

SHARING THURSDAY - Alwyn Oak

 I watch a lot of videos on YouTube. One of the ladies I watch is Alwyn Oak. Her videos are all voice overs and her tone is so calming.

Here is Samhain video:

I especially like her opening where she appears to walk out of her favorite tree. Can you guess what our Photo Friday is? 

Blessings

~Rain

EVERYDAY WITCHCRAFT - 366 Ways to Witchify Your Life

 

AMAZON

This book came out in 2018. Like many projects, this became something I started but followed a squirrel down a different woodland path and a new project.

I decided the turn of the wheel was the perfect time to begin the journey of following through on forgotten items.

For starters, if you're new to my channel, please check out my original post of February 2018.

My challenge wasn't just a 'new project' that had me following another forest path but my OCD. I'm one of those that has to have everything in place before I can actually 'do'. As you'll read in the original post I wanted to use the Artist Loft 5x7 sketch books as my journal. I started stamping/ dating the pages then realized there were not enough pages in one book. I needed FOUR of the books. Basically, one per quarter. My project for this week is to finish dating the pages, stamping the black rose (mostly so I can put my stamps/ washi tape back where they belong). I've already started the journaling process and so far, things are going well.

If you're joining me for the A Year and a Day of Everyday Witchcraft journaling please, let me know in the comments below. Let's share this journey.

Blessings

~Rain

MEDITATION MONDAY

 

Blessings

~ Rain