When was the last time you... ...laughed? Tonight at dinner -- Nina put her cracker in Jeff's drinking glass. I guess you had to be there... ...cried? This past Friday night, when I was missing Jasmine. ...drank too much? Too much? How much is too much? If too much is until I feel shitty the … Continue reading RAJ – Fun Stuff
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Tarot Permutation 4: About Bloomington
I know I said no more today, but once I started working with this one, I wanted to post it. One more permutation, The Path of Hermes. This one is based on the tetragrammaton, and the cards are arranged in three interlocking triangles. Card 1: 2 of Wands -- The commencement of the commencement. What … Continue reading Tarot Permutation 4: About Bloomington
Tarot Permutation 3: About Bloomington
Okay, one more permutation and then I'll stop for the day. I have to say that while I'm gaining insight into the issue, I'm not really gaining insight into the outcome. The Whole Person Summary Spread is for self-understanding. I take the cards from my spread and divide them into suits and major arcana. Again, … Continue reading Tarot Permutation 3: About Bloomington
Tarot Permutation 2: About Bloomington
The second permutation I'm going to work with is called Past, Present, Future and again, I'll be working with the Bloomington reading. In this permutation, I take the ten cards from the original reading and arrange them into three groups to indicate (you guessed it) the past, present and future. There's a template in the … Continue reading Tarot Permutation 2: About Bloomington
Tarot Permutation 1: About Bloomington
I'm working through Mary Greer's book "Tarot for Your Self" this year as part of my tarot studies. I decided to do some of the exercises in the permutations chapter (6) on the Bloomington reading to see what insight they might offer. The original layout of the cards was as follows: Significator: The Star Situation … Continue reading Tarot Permutation 1: About Bloomington
Happy Birthday, Nina!
Today is Nina's 1st birthday. We're just doing a family thing for her and will have a cake and open the presents that have been sent. I'll take pictures and we'll either post them here or at Ofoto, and I'll post a link here. Last year on this day, at this time, they had just … Continue reading Happy Birthday, Nina!
Good Grief
A good friend asked me the other night how we're doing with grieving. She (rightly) observed that I haven't written about it much here recently. It's a good question. For the first several weeks after Jasmine died, I felt like I was being jerked up and down like some capricious kid's balloon. There were strong … Continue reading Good Grief
night news
Just a quick entry. If you are not a parent, this will probably mean nothing to you, but last night Nina spent the entire night in her own bed -- woo hoo! She still woke up for about an hour from 2 - 3, but I just sat with her in her bedroom until she … Continue reading night news
Body Parts & Fire
I know you don't want to read yet another entry about how my body aches, but damn, we worked my shoulders good today. Last week was very good -- some soreness, but not of the debilitating kind. The scale is inching down, though my impending period will probably halt that somewhat. Anyway, for anyone who … Continue reading Body Parts & Fire
Where’s My Compass?
I have lost my compass. Really. I don't know where, when or why, but I am really struggling right now with making the time for my spiritual stuff. Forgetting dates and activities, not doing my Sapling Studies, and so on. What gives? I need to really think about it. I'm sure figuring out the move … Continue reading Where’s My Compass?
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