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Last week<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Last week got a lot more complicated than usual because of a call from my sister on Thursday letting me know that my mother had had a major health issue, and was in the hospital. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

(Mom is improving, but I’m still waiting to hear more about what the long-term plans are like. Having a long weekend in the middle didn’t help here.) <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Thursday: <\/strong>A conversation with one of the people who just finished her Dedicant year about what the next steps might look like. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

(The other initiate in the group joined me for this, and was tremendously helpful. Building a group is hard, but having someone to share this with and talk things through with now is amazing and wonderful and delights me.) <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Friday: <\/strong>An initial conversation with a Seeker, and figuring out scheduling for doing Seeker classes in a prompt manner so that we could do a Dedication before Samhain (since as a tradition, we try not to do those between Samhain and Imbolc.) <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Sunday: <\/strong>I took a day for a proper religious retreat which I haven’t done in ages, mostly with the goal of clearing my head before diving into the new school year. (I work for a school, though not directly with students, but it of course affects the entire rhythm of the year.) <\/p>\n\n\n\n

I went for a walk (gorgeous weather, with bonus swans and public artwork), did my weekly offerings, then settled in to catch up on a lot of magical study reading I haven’t had time for. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

There was also sewing (I’m now working on an elemental set of housewives – that’s a particular kind of 18th and 19th century tool for holding a sewing kit or other small objects. Here’s the one I made from a kit to see what I thought about the project, which is now my actual sewing kit.<\/a>) <\/p>\n\n\n\n

This week<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Monday<\/strong> was a day off, and I caught up on writing things, did some cooking, and some more sewing. Also reading to prepare for coven discussion on Saturday. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Tuesday, <\/strong>I had a longish talk with a prospective Dedicant, and we sorted out next steps there. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Saturday, <\/strong>I have initiate discussion, and then the first of our ongoing Rune discussions (designed to be a thing we can talk about that is flexible rather than going on to what we’d normally work with post-initiation, since initiation isn’t a doable thing just yet.) I’m excited to see how it goes. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Overall<\/strong> I am also sorting out some things about how I want to structure my time, and what’s working and not working for me. (The writing productivity course I did in July continues to be very useful there.) <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Part of this is trying to figure out what I continue with next year. I’m thinking I may not do these posts weekly next year, but may see about doing a monthly summary. If you have strong opinions about wanting one or the other, drop me a note via the contact form<\/a>. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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