Aging Baby Boomer! At 50 I am rediscovering and redefining ME! My family is very important to me. I think our daughters and granddaughters are pretty amazing!
I studied as a Solitary for 3 years and now have found a coven to study with. As for a label, I consider myself a witch following the Celtic Path, but enjoy learning about other paths as well.
Music
I enjoy a wide range of music; Classical,Celtic, Classic Rock and New Age. Some favorite artists include Nightwish, Godsmack, Black Sabbath, Loreena McKennit, Sharon Knight, Enya, Evanescence, Nox Arcana, Mediaeval Baebes, The Dolman, Deanta, and on and on....
Movies
TV
TLC, HGTV & PBS (Brit Wit!). Medium, Jericho, Ghost Whisperer, Brothers & Sisters. Finding I am watching TV less lately.
Books
Books on herbs, divination, Celtic Mythology and the occult. I enjoy poetry, Irish poet Thomas Moore, Edgar Allen Poe and Emily Dickinson are among my favorite writers.
Likes
I love nature, walks in the woods or next to the tide of the ocean soothe my soul!
Dislikes
Dishonesty, users and posers, fickle friends, people who will trample anyone to get ahead in life. Heat, I am a fall/winter person!
Hobbies
Studying my craft!
I love gardening, both indoor and out! My passion is growing herbs! I am learning how to use them magically & medicinally. I enjoy scrapbooking, sewing and trying new recipes.
Honoring our ancestors is very important to me. I have been very in to genealogy since I was a teen. I loved listening to the stories from older generation now gone. It is my mission to write and save their stories.
Virtues
Heroes
MY HUSBAND - He is a caring person who has always put the needs of his family first.
MY DAD taught me what unconditional love was and I miss him dearly now that he has gone to the Summerland. He shared his love of history and music with me. He taught me to always ask "WHY?" (and I am sure there were times he was sorry he did!)
MY "PAP" (mom's maternal grandfather)lived to be 97 and was alert and active until only a few months before he passed. I loved summer evenings on the front porch swing, listening to his stories and wisdom. He was a PA Dutch Pow Wow practitioner. Oral traditions suggest there were gypsies in his wife's lineage.
MY MOM was a beautful woman with an infectious laugh and a beautiful singing voice. Her paternal grandmother was Native American, we think Lakota. I haven't been able to get documented verification of this, obviously records were poor at best back then.
LIFE has been happening fast and furious the last few months. I have kept up with my MySpace page more, so I have been able to keep up with a few of you there, but haven't had a chance to visit my friends here for a while!
My job is always crazy in April and May, then dear friends celebrated their Handfasting in May. We have been happily busy with our Coven too. The last two weeks we have focused on our youngest who graduated from High School on June 4. Spent as much time with her as possible, had a party for her and she got to go to the shore with friends a few days before we dropped her off today at the Recruiting Station. She left for processing in PA and then will be sworn in to the Army tomorrow. We will go see her sworn in and then she will leave for Missouri. This was not an easy thing for me to accept when she first told us of her decision in December. She joined the Future Soldier Program and last Saturday was given her Pvt. status. She was accepted in the field she wanted, Carpentry and Masonry. Saying goodbye today was hard, but I knew I would get to see her tomorrow. Tomorrow will be VERY difficult. This is our baby!
Which leads me to our transition. Today, our daughter left this house and is now officially an adult. She will come home to visit, but our little girl is all grown up now, as are her sisters. Lovely girls with lives of their own. Now, while this is rough to let them go, there is some excitement to this as well. When we married we blended our families so we have never been just a couple. Another chapter of life begins for all of us!
The last few days I have been off work and have found I was not sleeping too good. So I have been trying to keep my mind of our gal leaving by catching up on emails and updating my different web pages and my site THE RAVEN'S NEST. Sure would love to find a job where I could play on the pc all day! And that too is something I am feeling may be on the horizon. I am feeling more and more that it is time for a job change, but with the economy being what it is, that is not going to happen too quickly I fear.
At 50, I find myself reflecting on what I have accomplished so far and what it is that I truly want from the final chapters of my life. I still have a few dreams tucked away that I would like to fulfill and enjoy with my wonderful hubby. So while tears will flow a bit in sadness for all the empty bedrooms in our house, I will look forward to celebrating the events of our girls and their families as well as new adventures for hubby and I!
For all the women who celebrate this day as a mom, I send my best wishes to you. For everyone, we celebrate our mother figures this day, those who are with us and those who have passed on.
Greetings to my CovenSpace friends. I hope you are enjoying the arrival of spring in your area of the planet. The last few days have been pleasantly cool. This past Saturday my oldest granddaughter and I went to Four Quarters. This was her first trip and she had a great time and had a chance to join in the drum circle which she enjoyed. The day was warm and folks danced and enjoyed being together. Our day ended with the New Moon Circle followed by more drumming and dancing around the campfire. As darkness fell, being closer to the fire felt really good as the temperatures fell too!
I am very lucky to be able to drive a back country road to work in the morning. Yesterday was one of those days I was really sorry I didn't have my camera in my bag. While it was cloudy, it was still a very pleasant morning and there were birds everywhere. One of my daily rituals is to see how many birds I can see on the way to work. Along with the regulars; the ravens, crows and sparrows, I have seen Blue Jays, Cardinals, Orioles, Woodpeckers, Barn Swallows, Doves and a number I am not sure of! Today I noticed the "Canadians" visiting at a pond on one of the farms. These beautiful migratory birds are so wonderful to watch in flight as well as on the ground.
The streams are running nicely after recent rains. I hope this is something that continues considering the dry summer we had last year. I love to pause at one stream in particular and just gaze at the water dancing along and over the rocks. This is why I don't always make it to work at the same time each day too!
My biggest delight during my drive yesterday was seeing about 12 new little calves on the one farm frolicing alongside their moms. They were not there yesterday, could have been in a lower field and I missed them, but the nursery was overflowing today for sure. A little further down the road little goats and sheep were wandering the field and enjoying the quiet of the morning.
The trees are budding, something my head has taken notice of as I grab for another kleenex. They are so pretty though! The rolling hills are dotted with bright green, pink and white blossoms. Yellow forsythia are in bloom everywhere. As I drove into town, the site of the white and pink blooms on the trees was so gorgeous. With heavy storms in the forecast for tomorrow and Friday, the blossoms will soon be gone, but what a joy to be able to see all the spring gifts from Mother Earth.
Take time to look around you today and enjoy the beauty of this spring!
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