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Hi, folks!
It’s nearly noon. Tempus and I just dragged ourselves out of bed. The wind is blowing in the low 20 and has gusted up to 45mph up here and it’s raining cats and dogs, but it’s beautiful out there…as long as I’m in *here*! There’ve been constant hummingbirds on the feeder, despite its wild dancing in the wind. The wind chime is clonking and a drip bucket that I set up again (the wind keeps knocking it over) makes a tinkling sound. The porch roof drips when it’s not streaming and sheets of rain blow across the yard. I’m looking at fat buds on the clematis, red alder catkins against a lichen-silvered trunk and the various greens of pines, cedars and spruce…and I’m sleepy. The temperature is around 50 here and a little over that downtown. Yesterday was *very* long! We got to the shop around 9am and Tempus ran around town while I was doing some cleaning in the back. We were open before 10am and he headed out to Eugene around 10:30 after we set up to get some stock things to Elan that she needed from us. The sun was shining and it was a truly gorgeous day, as various tourists were telling me who had been out on the beaches or hiking in the woods. Apparently there were some spectacular piles of sea foam at Bob’s Creek wayside and a *lot* of wood down in the parks. Not so much trees as branches, but almost impassable amounts on the hiking trails. I started with computer stuff, then got back into inventory, doing small stuff like the spell candles and herb backstock. Boy howdy, I did *not* realize I had sold *that* many spell candles over the summer! It’s about 4 times what I used to sell up at the old shop location. I figured that I had plenty left in the backstock drawer and I’m actually out of some colors. So that went onto the order sheets. Willow came in and we worked on a couple of her sewing projects…I have to get the cutting board and leather out for one of her projects…and we figured out how to re-build a dress so that it actually fits, although we didn’t have the materials to start. After that she started packing herbs and I had a couple of counseling folks in and then all kinds of customers and the phone kept ringing. I was run off my feet! Finally around our usual closing time it settled down again. I nuked myself some supper and put my feet up for a bit. We were supposed to start Wicca 101 last night, but the only folks that made it were a couple where she’s been having problems with an ear infection and she was so dizzy from the medications that we decided to re-start next week. So, where were the rest of you? From then until Tempus got in at 8pm, I made earrings and worked on a couple of beading projects. I’m having fun with some beads that are shaped like various drinks: a mug of beer, strawberry daiquiri, that kind of thing! The racks are filling up again. I also printed some things that still need to be laminated. Once he got there we started unloading/inventorying/stocking. We had two boxes of books to add to inventory (along with things that haven’t been unpacked…lots of that). There’s a good condition copy of Beyond Pain which has a CD with it. Some of Dorothy Morrison’s books are there, a copy of Pictorial Key to the Tarot (a classic that we’ve been out of for a while), several copies of Celestine Prophecy and a couple of feet of books in the “general” category. There’s a whole rack of rune earrings, now, too. We worked on that until about 10pm and then I started making mistakes. Finally, when I managed to sort a whole column away from the rest of the file (so we’ve got to go back and check whose was which ) we gave up and headed home. I dropped into bed and I have no idea when Tempus came in. During the night I drowsed off to the sound of rain on the skylight, but would be wakened by bumps and rattles, some of which I know, now that I’m awake, was the water rattling in the downspout. It has finally occurred to me, now that I’m awake, that the air purifier is off from the power outage and *that’s* why I was hearing all the rest! I tried to get myself up at the normal time. Honestly, I *did* try, but my eyes still weren’t focusing after an ½ hour, so I gave up and crawled back in next to my warm sweetie. I do mean sweet, too. He lets me put my cold feet on him and even reaches out with his own to get me warmed back up. We’re trying to get ourselves put together enough to head for the shop, but Tempus has a bread loaf going and it’s nearly 1pm. I don’t know….We haven’t even eaten breakfast yet and it’s *really* nasty-looking out there! …and two cups of coffee haven’t even *touched* my drowsiness… The shop is supposed to be closed on Tuesday/Wednesday. We’re now back to regular Winter Hours, 11am-5pm, Thursday through Monday. Love & Light, Anja *** Space Weather News for Jan. 23, 2012 - http://spaceweather.com INCOMING CME: Big sunspot 1402 erupted on Jan. 23rd, producing a strong M9-class solar flare and a fast-moving coronal mass ejection (CME). Analysts at the Goddard Space Weather Lab say the CME should reach Earth on Jan. 24th at 14:18 UT (+/- 7 hr) and Mars a little more than a day later. Strong geomagnetic storms are possible when the cloud reaches Earth. Our magnetic field is still reverberating from a CME impact on Jan. 22nd, so another blow could spark impressive auroras at high latitudes. Sky watchers in northern Europe, Canada, Alaska, and northern-tier US states such as the Dakotas, Minnesota and Wisconsin should be alert for Northern Lights. *** Café Press Products from Ancient Light - http://www.cafepress.com/ancientlight Everything from T-shirts to pillows to coffee mugs to journals with witchy or just fun designs! I’ve added a bunch of products to the Happy Naked Pagan Dance design! Spoonflower Fabrics - http://www.spoonflower.com/profiles/coastalanja The newest designs are in the Bugs ‘n Slugs Collection. We have designs for sale in the Garden Collection and Mushroom Collection and the Pagan Collection is coming soon. Our Circle’s site! http://www.ancientlight.info/circle/ Add things by e-mailing me here. mbartlett@harborside.com *** Today Moon is a Waxing Crescent. New Moon phase ends at 11:39am. New Moon - The beginning of a new cycle. - Keywords for the New phase are: beginning, birth, emergence, projection, clarity. It is the time in a cycle that you are stimulated to take a new action. During this phase the new cycle is being seeded by your vision, inner and outer. Engage in physical activity. Spend time alone. VISUALIZE your goals for the 29.6-day cycle ahead. The new moon is for starting new ventures, new beginnings. Also love and romance, health or job hunting. A good time for evoking self. Diana’s Bow phase lasts until 11:39am on Friday. The 3rd day after the new moon you can (weather permitting) see the tiny crescent in the sky, the New Moon holding the Old Moon in her arms. Begin on your goals for the next month. A good time for job interviews or starting a project. Take a concrete step! Crescent phase - Keywords for the Crescent phase are: expansion, growth, struggle, opportunity. It is the time in a cycle that you gather the wisdom learned in the new phase and communicate your intention to move forward. Light a candle. Write or read an affirmation. LISTEN & ABSORB. Commit to your goal. Bright Orion stands upright at its highest in the south around 8 or 9 p.m. this week. Orion's top left corner is fire-colored Betelgeuse, one of the stars of the equilateral Winter Triangle. The other two are Procyon, about two fist-widths at arm's length lower left of Betelgeuse, and bright Sirius, a similar distance below Betelgeuse. By 9 p.m. the Big Dipper is already standing vertically on its handle, well up in the northeast — an early sign of the approach of spring. In twilight, look far lower right of Venus for the thin crescent Moon. Celtic Tree Month of Luis Rowan Jan 21 - Feb 17 Goddess Month of of Bridhe, runs from 1/23 - 2/19 Runic half-month of Peorth, 1/13-1/27. Feast of Brewing, Druidic Source: The Phoenix and Arabeth 1992 Calendar. Runic half-month of Elhaz, from 1/28-2/11. This half month: optimistic power, protection and sanctuary. Sun in Aquarius Moon in Aquarius Mars Retrograde Color: Red * **** * ©2012 M. Bartlett, Some parts separately copyright * **** *
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