Hi, folks!
Crones’ Tea at 3pm. Last Wicca 103 class at 5pm.
The computer says that it’s overcast, but tell that to the view outside my study window! Lost of bright pink in the retaining wall in with that beautiful new green of the rose leaves, lot of spots of gold and orange and purple in the herb garden….granted the sunlight comes and goes, but I wouldn’t call that overcast.
A towhee is in the tray that we put bread cubes on. The tray is empty, but he’s pecking up crumbs, anyway. Sparrows have been all over the seed feeder this morning. They’ve really lowered the amount of see. One tube is nearly empty. A raven just chased off the towhee, but he’s not finding much. There’s a finch on the feeder, now.
The radio spot went pretty well and they want me back! It was fun surprising Larry and Beth, too. They had no idea that I was going to be there, since I got subbed in on short notice. The link to listen to the show is up on the website and you can follow this one. http://www.kcup.net/pod/wednesday/WaldportTodayWit hLarryProfittAndKathyAmick6.20.12.mp3
Tempus got some shopping done and I have to get to chopping vegetables when I get home tonight. He helped me get the shop open and then took off for work.
I was pretty busy at the shop. People were in and out all day, mostly browsing. I need to get the small CD player set up so that people can listen to the sample CD’s. Right now, I have to put them on the very temperamental stereo!
I spent most of my time prepping herbs. A lot of the comfrey and the rest of the horehound were dry, so the grinder and mortar and pestle were going at a good clip. The drying rack is full again. When Tempus got back, I took a nap and then got back to work in the herbs.
I was so exhausted that I walked in after we closed the shop and crashed, so I missed esbat. Tempus says that they did more discussing than run-through, but everyone has tasks to do.
Today, I have more of the same, then there’s a meeting about setting up the Web portal for the South County area, then the Crones’ Tea, then the last 103 class.
The shop opens at 10 today, and we’ll be there through class time tonight. Summer hours, 10am-7pm, Wednesday through Monday. If we’re supposed to be closed, but it looks like we’re there, try the door. If it’s open, the shop’s open!
Love & Light,
Anja
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NASA Science News for June 20, 2012 - According to data from NASA's Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter, ice may make up as much as 22 percent of the surface material in Shackleton crater at the Moon's south pole. FULL STORY: http://science.nasa.gov/science-news/science-at-na sa/2012/20jun_shackleton/
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Ancient Light’s website – www.ancientlight.info – You *can* order from here! …or e-mail…or call on the phone… or Facebook….etc…..
Tempus does Outdoor Power Equipment (lawn mower, string trimmer, chain saw, etc.) repair & sharpenings - https://www.facebook.com/pages/Magycke-Mower-Small -Engine-Service/132610430115634 http://www.ancientlight.info/magycke/
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Spoonflower Fabrics - http://www.spoonflower.com/profiles/coastalanja The newest designs are in the Anja’s Spring Garden collection (think daffodils in the snow and violets…). We have designs for sale in the Bugs ‘n Slugs Collection, the Garden Collection and Mushroom Collection and two Pagan Collections are coming soon.
Our Circle’s site! - http://www.ancientlight.info/circle/ Add things by e-mailing me here. mbartlett@harborside.com
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Today
The Moon is New at 8:02am. New Moon - Named as such in calendars. When doing “New Moon Magick” use the day of, the day before and the day after. 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. Phase ends at 8:02pm on Wednesday. Waxing Moon Magick - The waxing moon is for constructive magick, such as love, wealth, success, courage, friendship, luck or healthy, protection, divination. Any working that needs extra power, such as help finding a new job or healings for serious conditions, can be done now. Also, love, knowledge, legal undertakings, money and dreams. Diana’s Bow – On 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!
This is the time of year when the Little Dipper floats straight upward from Polaris after dark — like a helium balloon (I sometimes think) escaped from a summer evening graduation party.
New Moon (exact at 11:02 a.m. EDT).
Jupiter (magnitude –2.0) is coming into view deep in the glow of dawn.
Celtic Tree Month of Duir Oak - Jun 10 - Jul 7 –
Goddess Month of Rosea runs from 6/13 - 7/10
Runic half-month of Dag, 6/14-6/28 – Beneficial rune of light, health, prosperity and openings, signifying the high point of the day and the high point of the year when in light and warmth all things are possible.
Sun in Gemini enters Cancer 4:09pm
Moon in Cancer
Chiron, Neptune, Venus, Saturn, Juno, Pluto Retrograde
Color: Brown
Planting 6/20-21
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Calendar
6/21 - 5pm - Wicca 103 – Lesson 7
Litha Sabbat Open Circle, 6/22, Friday, 7pm at Ancient Light (waxing moon)
6/21 - 3pm, Crones’ Tea
6/21 - 5pm - Wicca 103 – Lesson 7 Last Class!!!!
Saturn Direct 6-25-12 1am
6/24 – Sunday, 10am – Wicca 101
Noon - Brea’s Elements (counseling)
2pm - Practical Craft (not this week)
6/25 – Monday – 6pm – Wicca 101 – Lesson 6
Venus Direct 6-27-12 8:07am
6/27 – Wednesday, 3pm – Herbs Outdoors – (weather permitting)
6/28 - 5pm - Wicca 101-4 – Special Class on the History of Wicca!!!!!! (Donations will be accepted for Deb’s gas to get here from Eugene)
Planting 6/29-30
June 30 - July8 – Psychic Fair – Special Guests, Kat Cunningham, Carl Neal & Lupa Bi
6/30 – Saturday, 10am-6pm – Kat Cunningham
6/30 – Saturday, 11am - Herb Workshop
Noon - Care & Feeding of a Rock Tumbler
2pm –
3pm - Sewing Workshop
6pm - Metta Meditation
7pm – Movie Night, showing Full Circle (discussion follows)
7/1 – Sunday, 10am – Wicca 101
Noon - Brea’s Elements (class)
1pm – Free showing of ?
3pm – Discussion follows movie
7pm – Movie Night, showing The Goddess Remembered (discussion follows)
7/2 – Monday, Carl Neal Workshops
11am - Herb Workshop
7pm – Movie Night, showing The Burning Times (discussion follows)
The Day of Remembrance for Knjaz Sviatoslav the Great - Cherven (July) 3
Full Blessing Moon – 7/3/12 11:52am - Successful Goat Moon
7/3 – Tuesday, 6pm - Circle Barbeque
7/3 – Waldport Independence Day Celebration (fireworks begin at dusk)
Planting 7/4
7/4 – 11am - Herb Workshop
3pm – Sewing Workshop
7/4 – Wednesday 7pm, esbat – waning
Harvest 7/5-6
7/5, Thursday – 11am - Herb Workshop
3pm – Sewing Workshop
5pm – Wicca 102 begins
7/6, Friday – 11am - Herb Workshop
3pm – Sewing Workshop
7pm – Movie Night, showing Howl’s Moving Castle (discussion follows)
Planting 7/7-8
7/7 – Saturday, Readings by Angelica Rose
11am - Herb Workshop
Noon - Care & Feeding of a Rock Tumbler
3pm - Sewing Workshop
4pm – Lupa, Therianthropy 101 (1 hour) Lupa Bi
6pm - Metta Meditation
7pm – Movie Night, showing Princess Mononoke (Mononoke Hime) (discussion follows)
7/8 – Sunday, 10am – Wicca 101 (no class this week)
10am – Lupa, Writer's Q&A (1 - 1.5 hours)
Noon - Brea’s Elements (class)
1pm – Free showing of Princess Mononoke (Mononoke Hime)
3pm – Discussion follows movie
July 8-14 Free Cascadia Witch Camp www.freewitchcamp.org
Harvest 7/9-11
7/11 – 7pm – House Capuchin meeting at Ancient Light
Planting 7/12-13
7/12 – Thursday – Waldport Chamber of Commerce meeting – Noon
Waldport City Council Meeting – 2pm
Uranus Retrograde 7-13-12 2:49am
Harvest 7/14-15
Mercury Retrograde 7-14-12 7:16pm
Juno Direct 7-16-12 3:57am
Planting 7/17-18
7/18 – Wednesday 7pm, esbat - dark moon esbat
New Moon, 7/18, 9:24pm
7/19 - 3pm, Crones’ Tea
7/20 – Ramadan Begins
Perun's Day - Cherven (July) 20
Sun enters Leo 7/22 3:01am
7/25 - Wednesday 7pm- biz meeting, Lughnasadh run-through
Planting 7/26-27
Pallas Retrograde 7-30-12 3:30pm
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8/1 - Wednesday 7pm, esbat - full moon
Full Corn Moon – 8/1 8:27 – Dreaming Heron Moon
Harvest 8-2
Planting 8/3-8/5
Lughnasadh Sabbat Open Circle, Friday 8/3, 7pm at Ancient Light – Full Moon Waning
August 4-5 – Psychic Fair – Special Guest, Carl Neal
August 4-5 – Pathways to Transformation Psychic Fair, Yachats Commons
Harvest 8/6-7
Oregon Coast Pan-Pagan Gathering, Friday – Sunday, September 28-30
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un. 21, 2012, Rise, Set
Actual Time, 5:31 AM PDT, 9:04 PM PDT
Civil Twilight, 4:55 AM PDT, 9:41 PM PDT
Nautical Twilight, 4:06 AM PDT, 10:29 PM PDT
Astronomical Twilight, 3:03 AM PDT, 11:32 PM PDT
Moon, 7:40 AM PDT, 10:24 PM PDT
Length Of Visible Light, 16h 46m
Length of Day, 15h 32m
Tomorrow will be 0m 6s shorter.
Waxing Crescent, 4% of the Moon is Illuminated
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Celtic tree month of Duir Oak - Jun 10 - Jul 7 - The oak of myth and legend is the common oak (Quercus robur L.). It is sometimes called the great oak, which is a translation of its Latin name (robur is the root of the English word "robust"). It grows with ash and beech in the lowland forests, and can reach a height of 150 feet and age of 800 years. Along with ashes, oaks were heavily logged throughout recent millennia, so that the remaining giant oaks in many parts of Europe are but a remnant of forests past. Like most other central and northern European trees, common oaks are deciduous, losing their leaves before Samhain and growing new leaves in the spring so that the trees are fully clothed by Bealltaine. Common oaks are occasionally cultivated in North America, as are the similar native white oak, valley oak, and Oregon oak. Oaks are members of the Beech family (Fagaceae). Curtis Clark
Duir - Oak Ogam letter correspondences
Month: May
Color: Black and Dark Brown
Class: Chieftain
Letter: D
Meaning: Security; Strength
to study this month - Eadha - White Poplar or Aspen Ogam letter correspondences
Month: None
Color: Silver White
Class: Shrub
Letter: E
Meaning: Problems; Doubts; Fears.
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Tides for Alsea Bay
Day High Tide Height Sunrise Moon Time % Moon
/Low Time Feet Sunset Visible
Th 21 High 1:37 AM 7.6 5:32 AM Rise 7:41 AM 1
21 Low 8:41 AM -1.2 9:04 PM Set 10:25 PM
21 High 3:16 PM 6.3
21 Low 8:36 PM 2.6
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Affirmation/Thought for the Day – Listen to the morning sounds: bird's songs; wind in the tree; the roar of traffic; children's voices. What do these sounds convey to you?
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Journal Prompt – What is? - What us the definition of beauty? Write a definition for “beauty,” and provide examples to illustrate your meaning.
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Quotes
Perfection consists not in doing extraordinary things, but in doing ordinary things extraordinarily well. - Angelique Arnauld
Self-worth comes from one thing - thinking that you are worthy. - Wayne Dyer
She was beautiful, but she was beautiful in the way a forest fire was beautiful: something to be admired from a distance, not up close. - Neil Gaiman & Terry Pratchett (Good Omens)
Sincerity is not a test of truth. We must not make this mistake: He must be right; he's so sincere. Because, it is possible to be sincerely wrong. We can only judge truth by truth and sincerity by sincerity. - Jim Rohn
STORM BATTLE
Blue gray storm clouds covered the sun
I see them floating about and getting thicker;
they look threatening and fierce,
ready to destroy us with their storms.
We look small below them and unimportant
they can smush us with cold rain and hail,
frighten us with their thunder
and the spears of the lightnings they send.
I can see behind the clouds! There are warriors,
blue gray warriors hiding, ready to spring
throwing their spears, pelting us with hail,
flattening the earth so they can rule again.
It must be the Norse warriors... the fiercer ones,
not the bright Valkyries on their flying horses.
Perhaps they are enemies, let us call;
call to the Valkyries to protect us!
Here they come, whirling around on their steeds,
bright hair swirling, battle cries with high notes,
fighting the dark, fierce warriors
who would destroy us with the thunder and hail.
What beautiful armor, white winged horses,
bows and arrows, runes on their armbands...
swoop down so I may ride behind you
let me be a battle-maiden too, serving Freya!
Teach me your battle-cries, paint my face with runes,
proud warriors! May I be your sister?
Like glittering Brisingamen, the sun shines again,
glowing upon your armor...
The shadow warriors dissipate, the clouds roll away,
the Valkyries have won the battle.
My warrior sisters must fly back to Valhalla,
but they will come for me in the dream-time. - © August 2005, Beth Johnson (Mystic Amazon)
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Magick – Litha
GOOSEBERRY FOOL -
4 cups Gooseberries
1/4 cup Water
2 cups Sugar
Whipped cream
1) Cook gooseberries in water until done (or you may use the equivalent of canned gooseberries).
2) Mash gooseberries in blender or food processor.
3) Beat sugar into hot gooseberries.
4) Cool mixture in fridge or freezer
When cold, mix with stiffly whipped cream and pour into sherbet glasses for serving.
Faery Cookies
Make a batch of Shortbread or Sugar Cookies, and give them lots of glittery sprinkles! When you go into the garden, or woods, share them with the fairies and the little ones. Here’s a recipe for shortbread followed by the method for decorating.
Irish Shortbread Cookies - Mrs Pearl Kells of "The Arches", Drumyouth, Arva, Co. Cavan, Ireland.
Yield: 30 cookies
1cup butter, softened
1cup granulated sugar
2 cups white flour
1 teaspoon salt.
1. Mix butter and sugar until well blended.
2. Work in the flour and salt.
3. If the dough is too dry, add 1 to 2 tablespoons more butter.
4. Roll 1-inch thick on a slightly floured board.
5. Cut into rectangles approximately 1-inch by 2-inches.
6. Prick each rectangle with the tines of a fork.
7. Bake at 350 degrees F. for 18 - 20 minutes.
Faery Cookie Decorations -
Summer coating or chocolate (Wilton’s Candy Melts™ are a good option here)
Edible glitter, colored sugar or raw sugar grains
Optional – flower-shaped sprinkles or candies
1. After cookies are cooled enough to handle, fill a two cup microwave-safe measure ½-way with the chocolate or summer coating.
2. Fill a saucer with the glitter, etc.
3. Fill another saucer with the sprinkles or candies.
4. Melt chocolate, etc. in the microwave, one minute at a time, stirring each time with a heat-proof spoon. It may take 3-5 minutes for the chocolate to be completely melted.
5. Dip each cookie end on quickly into the melted chocolate, then immediately press one side into the glitter and the other into the sprinkles. If you have candies instead, pick one up and hold it to the cookie. If it doesn’t stick, dip it into the chocolate and quickly press into the cookie.
6. Let cool thoroughly and store in fridge (or cooler) until serving.
Herbal Lemon Cookies – author unknown
• 1 cup Butter or margarine
• 2 cups Sugar, divided
• 2 large Eggs
• 1 teaspoon Vanilla extract
• 2 1/2 cups Flour
• 2 teaspoons Baking powder
• 1/4 teaspoon Salt
• 1/3 cup Lemon Grass / Lemon Balm / Lemon Basil chopped
1) Cream the butter and 1-3/4 cups sugar.
2) Add the eggs and vanilla.
3) Beat well.
4) Combine the flour, baking powder, salt, and herbs.
5) Add to the creamed mixture and mix.
6) Drop dough by teaspoonfuls, 3 inches apart, on a greased cookie sheet.
7) Flatten slightly with a fork or cup bottom.
8) Sprinkle lightly with the remaining sugar.
9) Bake at 350 degrees for 8 to 10 minutes or until barely browned.
10) Cool slightly, then remove to a rack.
deborah wrote:
To: Hearth_Witch@yahoogroups.com
From: "deborah"
Date: Tue, 06 Jun 2006 17:21:06 -0000
Subject: [Hearth_Witch] Herbal Lemon Cookies
Cherries Jubilee
1 scoop coconut ice cream
50 grams castor sugar
100 grams of cherries
2 tbsp Grand Marnier
1 sprig mint leaves
2tbsp orange juice
1. Stem and pit the cherries.
2. Dissolve sugar in the orange juice and bring to a boil.
3. Cook cherries in boiling orange juice for 3-4 minutes.
4. Heat the Grand Marnier.
5. Add to the cherries.
6. Light and serve the flaming cherries with coconut ice cream.
7. Garnish with mint leaves.
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Energy list
6/12/12 – Wanting to have a baby and it’s taking a while.
6/11/12 – Had brain surgery today for a right brain cancerous tumor.
6/6/12 – A friend is having cancer surgery today and asking for help.
6/4/12 – Neighbor harassing and stalking. The law isn’t helping. Putting up wardings and could use some energy to get them to go up and stay up!
6/2/12 – Student in 101 class, had flu, collapsed, ended up in hospital, now has a lung filling up with fluid…. Help! Update 6/7 – She’s quit smoking, is up and running around, but still coughing pretty hard.
5/29/12 – Car accident. Painful, not serious, but ow!
5/19/12 – Dealing with a persistent ex, a mistake from the git-go, stressed and feeling under attack constantly. Help!
5/16/12 – For someone who has found a dream job and wants some extra oomph to help him get it.
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Silliness - GCF: How the Government Works
Once upon a time the government had a vast scrap yard in the middle of a desert. Congress said, "Someone may steal from it at night." So they created a night watchman position and hired a person for the job.
Then Congress said, "How does the watchman do his job without instruction?" So they created a planning department and hired two people: one person to write the instructions, and one person to do time studies.
Then Congress said, "How will we know the night watchman is doing the tasks correctly?" So they created a Quality Control department and hired two people: one to do the studies and one to write the reports.
Then Congress said, "How are these people going to get paid?" So they created the following positions: a time keeper, and a payroll officer, then hired two people.
Then Congress said, "Who will be accountable for all of these people?" So they created an administrative section and hired three people: an Administrative Officer, Assistant Administrative Officer, and a Legal Secretary.
Then Congress said, "We have had this operating for one year and we are $38,000 over budget. We must cutback overall cost."
So they laid off the night watchman.
