Merry Meet, everyone!
Bob is back out on the boat and I will be doing whatever pleases me today. Today is my 61st birthday. As an author, today's affirmation seems serendipitous.
Our affirmation for today:
I CRAFT MY STORIES
WISELY
AND WITH
INTENTION
Blessed Be
~Rain
Merry Meet, everyone!
Bob's brother/ wife leave this morning right after breakfast. We had a good visit. Rhonda and I spent the weekend crafting. I worked on my October Daily albums, trying to catch up and get photos off my phone.
Bob will be home another week yet and my plan is for us to not do much.
Our Affirmation for this week:
I MAKE TIME
FOR
HAPPY MOMENTS
THROUGHOUT THE DAY
Blessed Be
~Rain
Merry Meet, everyone!
Bob's been home a week. Nice to have him home and the house presentable. His youngest brother and wife arrive on Friday for a long weekend. Always nice to have them visit.
Our Affirmation for this week:
MY HAPPIEST DAYS
ARE YET
TO COME!
Blessed Be
~Rain
Merry Meet, everyone!
Whenever I go to Poplar Bluff, I try to make a stop in Five Below. Do I need anything? Not really, but every once in awhile you find a treasure. They've really been stepping up their game in the metaphysical category.
Merry Meet, everyone!
Things are running a bit more smoothly here. I've made progress on the studio, Bob will be home in a another week then company for a few days follows. But I'm breathing.
Is it just me or does the New Moon seem to be overshadowed by the Full Moon?
While I really feel the power of a Full Moon, I love a New Moon and the prospect of new beginnings, fresh starts, and an awakening of the possibilities; a chance to go inside ourselves to truly see who we are in the present and what we might want to change for the future.
Bob and I celebrated our 38th wedding anniversary yesterday - separately. He's on the boat for another week while I hold down the home front and care for the furbabies.
One of my intentions for the New Moon is to start the plan for him to retire sooner rather than later. I know this will be an on-going process and will need to check in with my intentions on a regular basis. The New Moon is the perfect time for me to do this.
Rebecca Willa Davis from WELL + GOOD refers to the New Moon as our accountability partner. From the moment we set new intentions, our journey begins for the next fourteen days, we have the opportunity to take incremental steps on our journey.
If you're brand new to the whole ritual part of celebration, Rebecca gives some great basic steps in THIS ARTICLE.
However you celebrate this cycle, go with intention and reap the benefits of this time.
Blessed Be
~Rain
Merry Meet, everyone!
I had the pleasure of making a new friend last week. I think we could have talked for hours.
Her name is Evan Sinclair. I'll put links for her down below.
Evan was in my favorite coffee shop in Poplar Bluff (Bluff Town Mercantile & Coffee) when I stopped in on Friday. She had a stack of books the barista (thank you Chelsea) just knew I'd love.
Evan lives in rural south east Missouri and is a local book distributor for Llewellyn Books! She also has a myriad of other things to share and is an amazing artist!. Her goal is to bring craft books to our rural community, some of whom do not have the option of shopping on the internet or just want to see a book in real time before purchasing.
Her business is lunarmelodiesbyevan. You'll find her on IG - just look for the blood moon avatar.
So if you're looking for books in our rural community - or anywhere and want to support a small business, check her out on IG and FB and check out her link.tree
Blessed Be
~Rain
Merry Meet, everyone!
Goodness... with Bob only off two weeks last time and gone for most of the first week, things just got away from me.
I'm still working on the office, making three identical bee-themed journals (which I plan to finish this week!) Life seems to always be on the fast track. I do love keeping busy but my word!
Merry Meet, everyone!
Another turn of the wheel has brought us to the first steps into harvest. While I know I shouldn't rush the seasons, after the blistering temps of summer, I am so ready for fall.
A friend of mine posted pictures of the zipper spiders in her garden yesterday. Zippers and Wolf spiders are both good indications, fall is near.
Here is our Affirmation for this week:
MY RELATIONSHIPS
ARE A
SOURCE OF
TRUE FULFILLMENT
AND
DELIGHT
Merry Meet, everyone!
I am getting quite a collection of books and I had one in mind for today until I opened my email and found one by Sandra Inman.
Good morning!
Did you do anything for the New Moon last Thursday?
I tried to get some time in before Bob got home to clean out my book shelves and antique wardrobe. Gave the altar a good cleanse - all things I've needed to do for a very long time. I still have too many books to fit on the shelves and no place to put another set of shelves. I'll keep you posted. LOL
In the mean time:
Good morning!
I'm on the downhill side of getting things back in shape around here. Bob will be home Wednesday and my work time will shorten again
I've been working on getting the studio in order, making time for creating and getting ahead on August blog posts since he'll be home the first full two weeks.
I will say I've not accomplished as much on my book this month as I'd hoped but I have problems creating in chaos. With things in more order around here, I'm hoping that will change.
Good morning, everyone!
As I type this, another beautiful day is forecast for the Ozarks. Of course, it's supposed to be hot but it IS July. In spite of the heat, the heat, the garden is doing well. I've transplanted 12 new zucchini plants. We'll see how they do. Squash bugs got one of my first round before I caught them. If you have squash bugs and need an organic recipe for sending them on to their next life, let me know in the comments. I'm happy to share what works for me.
Good morning, everyone!
Time seems to be slowing down a bit... or I'm finally getting caught up.
I enjoyed the peaceful tank time last week. Was nice not to have to focus on anything. I put on some meditation music and let myself relax knowing everything will be fine.
Did you do a Full Moon ritual? Have a channel you'd like to share? Feel free to drop in the comments below.
Here is our affirmation for this week:
I AM
WILLING TO CHANGE
MY APPROACH
TO CULTIVATE
GOOD FEELINGS
Blessed Be
~Rain
Good morning, everyone!
I'm trying to learn more about the moon phases, their zodiac associations and other information. If at any time you see me misrepresent something, PLEASE let me know. Let's educate one another. :-)
I've been receiving what I think is good information from Learn Religions.com - at least until I finish making sense of my own library. HERE is their article on the July Moon.
Courtesy of PIXABAY
Since we added the 6'x2' stock tank as a pool to the back yard a few weeks ago, I'm enjoying going out in the evening to just sit, relax and put a meditation playlist on my phone. Tomorrow, I hope to stay awake long enough to sit out there when the moon is high in the sky. I go to bed pretty early so we shall see.
In the mean time, the garden is doing well and soon I'll be harvesting tomatoes, making sauce and begin prepping new beds for fall.
How will you celebrate this Full Moon.
Blessed Be
~Rain
Merry Meet, everyone!
I hope you all had a safe and blessed holiday weekend.
I spent the weekend prior at a solo writing retreat just trying to get business caught up. Bob and I spent a quiet 4th of July at home, set off a few roman candles and called it celebrated! Aren't we a fun couple? LOL
We will be blessed with a Full Moon tomorrow. I have plans to sit in my new tank 'pool' and soak up an abundance of energy.
He's gone back to work and I'm getting caught up around here. With the exception of paying bills again later this month, I don't have to leave the house! So ready for that.
Merry Meet, everyone!
I hope everyone is planning to spend time with those you love today. This is Bob's last full day home so we're going to enjoy grilling food, playing cards and just chilling.
I never made it to the Llewellyn conference last week. Just made Bob a priority in my life. I'm hoping those sessions were made available in replays on YouTube. If you know, please let me know in the comments below.
This week's affirmation:
I GIVE MYSELF
PERMISSION
TO BE
HAPPY
Blessed Be
~Rain
Merry Meet, everyone!
Wow, it's been a week. I think things are going to quiet down for a bit.
Aside from my in-law's visit last week, I had the 3rd quarter Llewellyn Conference and a Mixed Media art summit.
After the past few weeks, I am basking in this week's affirmation:
Merry Meet, everyone!
As you read this, I'll just be home from a writer's conference. Was great to meet up with friends, make new connections and think about writing again.
I keep trying to think positive but Book 2 in this series has fought me from the beginning. The latest hump was losing the flashdrive with the manuscript. Thankfully, I'm not very far in the story. But that will soon change.
A couple of weeks ago I was able to connect with a combat training officer from Ft. Polk. He's retired and has a thriving homesteading business with his wife and kids. He's local so we're going to get together soon to hopefully get a couple of major questions answered that impact the hero side of my book.
Things are crazy the rest of this week. My mother-in-law and her husband arrive tomorrow. They've not visited us in over five years. The last time they were here, Dick helped Bob lay the floor in my studio. We were walls and floor - that was the extent of my now completely-packed studio/ office.
Merry Meet, everyone!
We've had some rain again this week. This time, I'm being more thankful for the rain. I finally felt up to getting out last week and getting the garden planted.
Merry Meet, everyone!
Today's affirmation sums up last week pretty well for me.
I spent the week following my post cleaning the house and getting the studio ready for a house guest. A dear friend, whom I've known on line for about three years was coming for a visit - technically all the way from England! (though she was in the states for her daughter's college graduation, but still... England to itty bitty middle of no where!)
Terri and I enjoyed three days of thrifting, craft shopping, eating and chatting about pretty much everything.
For several weeks I noticed my Tabby cat was sneezing a lot... like 2-year-old runny nose kind of stuff. Not really anything the vet could do but like all virus' - let it run the course. That was fine until one morning when she full-on sneezed right in Bob's face! Ewwww.
Two days later Bob woke up with a head cold. Thanks for sharing, Tabby! Bob and I avoided as much contact as possible but the cold managed to find me anyway, the last day of Terri's visit. That was a week ago today. I'm still dealing with this stupid headcold.
So today's affirmation...
I CAN LOVE MY LIFE
EVEN IF IT'S NOT
PERFECT!
Blessings
~Rain
Merry Meet, evryone!
I spent a lovely weekend in the city. I spoke at a writer's group on Saturday, had lunch with with my sister then dinner with writer friends. Before that, I spent some time in Barnes and Nobel with a coffee, magazine reads and a bit of browsing. That's when I found this gorgeous hand-tooled Tivoli leather journal from Tuscany, Italy. I wasn't sure what to do with it or if I could justify spending $40 on a journal so I left it there until Sunday when I decided the beautiful piece of craftsmanship would be a Mother's Day gift to myself.
Merry Meet, everyone!
I hope everyone had a Blessed Beltane. The weather here was just beautiful with the exception of wind, preventing me from having a fire ring. I did spend time outside, did a cleansing ritual and enjoyed the power of a New Moon. Such possibilities in the New Moon... possibilites we often allow the Full Moon to overshadow.
My friend, Jenn (Lipstick Legion Crafts) put togther a great video for things to be on the look out for in May. You'll find her video HERE.
This week's Affirmation:
I honor the hard times
that help me appreciate
the happy ones.
Blessed Be
~Rain
Merry Meet, my friends!
Wow... it's been a strong week. I have eight more days before Bob comes home. I've been getting blog posts scheduled into mid-May as well as the projects needed. Thanks to the lessons in Sarra Cannon's HB90 course, I've also made sure to schedule ME TIME into my week. I'm doing things that bring me job as well as taking care of business.
Good morning, everyone!
Bob's been gone almost a week and I've been plowing through everything on my KanBan board. I've been really focused, manifesting all that I want from this 2nd quarter... stepping blocks to quarter three and beyond.
Merry Meet, everyone!
I know I'm coming in late with this post but I've been so off balance that I almost missed this first full moon of the astrological year.
During a live chat on YouTube this afternoon, I realized there are things I need to let go of and that this is the perfect time to do so.
As I mentioned, balance has been a difficult issue for me lately. After falling behind in so many projects, I'm struggling to get in step with what needs done, what I want to do and more importantly, what I need to let go of.
In her HB90 course, author Sarra Cannon talks about getting rid of things in our life that do not move our needle forward towards where we want to be - what we want our life to look like. Within the steps of the course, we discover what we really want our life to be and how to break things down into 3-month increments to accomplish the long term vision.
For me, that's all about my writing, creating art while decluttering tangible things from my life. I could donate a lot of those things, but there's a way for that real estate to earn it's keep as it's going out the door - paying back rent, as it were.
As part of my ritual tonight, I'm letting go of one of my five remaining blogs. I created An Ozarks Journal several years ago to showcase cards that were made by local school children, thanking Maestro Steven Byess and the Polish Symphonia for a Christmas concert at their school. I was able to take photos of all the card and input them into a slide show so that the cards could be viewed from Portland Oregon to Poland.
From there, I thought the blog would be a good place to showcase my writing talents on local history, to serve as a resume when submitting articles for publication to the Ozarks Mountaineer. The magazine has since gone out of business.
Now, the blog has become more of a task no longer serving either of those two purposes. So, today, I will make a final post letting my few (11 maybe) viewers know the blog will be coming down at the end of the month.
From there, it's time for some serious house cleaning.
The Full Moon officially appears at 2:57 p.m. EDT tomorrow (Saturday April 16th, 2022)
What will you let go of? What is in your life that no longer serves a purpose?
Blessed Be
~Rain
Merry Meet, everyone!
I'm scheduling this post so I can spend today with Bob. He heads back out on the boat tomorrow. Nothing in life can replace lost time with those we love. He is my life.
Merry Meet, everyone!
I'm sorry I missed last week. Bob's first Monday home and we had things to do. With the ribs still fussing at me, there was no planning ahead.
On the upside, I'm able to do stuff again without too much issue of the ribs. I'm 'almost' back to 'normal'... whatever classifies as normal in my life LOL
