My Chaotic Realm

Winter begins (in the northern hemisphere). The Sun is at its lowest point in the sky and it will be the shortest day of the year. Sun enters sign of Capricorn (the Goat). This is a time to celebrate the birth of the new Solar year and the beginning of Winter in the northern hemisphere. The ancient pagan custom began the day with a sunrise ritual, with the ringing of bells or chimes, then visits with friends and family to exchange warm greetings and gifts. It is a joyous, colorful festival accented with singing, feasting, evergreen wreaths, candles, Yule trees, mistletoe, holly, and burning Yule logs. A celebration of the darkness with dancing near the hearth fire. Yule is important not only for its spiritual and symbolic meaning but also for its social activities. Before modern communications the time around Yule was a period when travel was easier. The demands of harvest are over and there is now little work on the land, so people now have time to travel between hamlets. It is als

Well, the week is just now gearing up for Yule..passed out a few small tokens here today (@ wk) and then got started on work work. Also, after staring at the # I was given for a doctor, I called today to make an appointment. Could only stare at it for so long..was not self-healing just by looking at it. So I did it... I called. And, in spite of my reluctance, I have an 8:15am appointment this Friday. No worries, except I must 'fast' and that is the morning after out big Yule celebration for the Winter Solstice. Which means no late night snacks w/our guests, no breakfast casserole after the sunrise service, and I wont even BE there for that because I must leave home by 7:30am and sunrise is @ 7:24am Friday. ARGGGHHH But, after being sick & tired of being sick & tired, I really could not tell them "no" unless I wanted to wait another 2-3 weeks for an opening. And, depending how you look at it, I have already killed that 2-3 weeks by staring at his phone #, hopi

Well, my mom sent me this link ^^^ . Her score was less than great...see what you can do. Mine was 83 seconds...will go back later and try again, took me a second to figure out what I was after. LOL. First I have to finish sorting the files here & then get them into one of the twenty-five drawers awaiting me in the cold, dark, lonely file room. Ugh. I file because I can't stand anyone else getting in there & messing up my "system"... be caredul what you ask for, I guess. I am off early tomorrow for my annual nuerology appointment, then off all day Friday to recover from observing the Winter Solstice. Still need to work on the sunrise ritual.... arghhhh. Hope weather is nice, would suck being trapped in house all night and then have to do sunrise ritual in the rain or some such. Now, a thick fog might be interesting.... Then sleeeeeeeeeeep in on Friday (will have been a long 26-27 hours!) and get up in time for some leisurely chores (rat run for snakes, etc). Ge

... to the end of the year! Wonderful dinner w/Rebel & Spirit (GF was in Houston) on Saturday, then visited Bandera on Sunday for quite some time. Headed home and tried to get a charger for Rebel's cell as Bud ate it... to no avail on a Sunday. Will be an interesting week... home tonight to clean up for Yule sleepover, Tues is the Armadillo Bazaar (or is that Bizarre?) with Energy & maybe Peace, if not too busy w/last minute holiday preparations. Weds will be a last minute free-for-all as we get things ready for the Winter Solstice and the sleepover afterwards. Whew!! Several art swaps up & running, dragonflies (Pagan Yahoo ATC group) are due out Jan 15th 2007. Then about 4 more all right in a row come Febuary!! Ackkk!! Well, worry about that later. Was working on a 'resist' technique last weekend, got 4 cards out to KFlora and my WTA return out to MistyKo, so was somewhat productive, in spite of trying new ideas. well, nap time now... ~ta ta~