Category: community
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Starcat’s Favorites: The Point of Balance
Happy Autumnal Equinox! We (my family and I) spent our day yesterday celebrating the handfasting and vow renewal of a wonderful couple in our community. Today was about community, too, gathering with a dear friend’s tribe of family and friends to work together to support her as she deals with the effects of stage four…
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Householding, With Mixed Success
Those who know me well already know I’m not really a very good housekeeper. I do well with keeping things picked up and tidy, and I’m a terrific cook. I keep the dishes done and the kitchen in fairly good order. But deep cleaning, like dusting shelves and scrubbing floors, just isn’t my forte. That…
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Starcat’s Favorites: Celebrations of Birth
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This week we’ve been celebrating birthdays! We have a lot of August babies in the family and the community. One of our good friends turned 12, and the Maine Wholeschoolers celebrated with a party at his family’s camp on a lake. Then we had a big birthday bash here at the homestead. My Mom turned…
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Starcat’s Favorites: August Craziness
August is often a very busy month for our family, and this year is no exception. We’re busy with Dryst’s soccer pre-season, birthday party preparations, working, getting ready for our autumn activities (yes, the planning process has begun), making fresh salsa, creating music, being present for some folks who need our help, grieving and healing,…
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A Festival of Inspiration
Blessings of August, and big Happy Birthday smooches to my lovely Leo friends, including of course my dear BlackLion, whose birthday is today! This past weekend he and I attended an amazing music festival. We went with the Dark Follies troupe, and had a fantastic experience there. The vibe was joyful and inspiring. After a…
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Our Fun Feline Fae Tea Party!
So, when I found out about the fantastic Mad Tea Party being hosted over at A Fanciful Twist, I knew it would be a perfect thing to become a part of. Why, you might ask? Well, for several reasons. First, on the very day that it starts, we had already planned our annual Big Backyard…
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Mid-Week Missive
I’m just stopping in to say hello. It’s been a full but fun week so far. Our Full Moon gathering last night was fantastic! Our circle members honored the Venus transit across the sun, as well as celebrating the Full Moon. We plumbed our depths and listened to the voices of our intuition. Mine had…
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Honoring Creative Expressions of All Stripes
BlackLion and I have recently, through our drumming with the Dark Follies vaudeville troupe, gotten involved in the steampunk movement (click here if you’d like to learn more about what that means). We attended the Steampunk World’s Fair in New Jersey last weekend, and had such a fun time! If you link up with me…
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My Busy-ness
Over the past few weeks, I’ve come up with a bunch of ideas of things to post here, but haven’t actually sat down to write them up. Why? I’m busy. I know, lame excuse, everyone’s busy, you hear it all the time. This isn’t the type of busy I’ve had in the past, though, where…
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Much Gratitude
As I write this, Merlin cat is snuggling on my lap and purring. He seems to be feeling much better, and is back to his normal schedule of spending lots of time outdoors, especially during the run of warmer weather we’ve been having. He does enjoy more snuggles and Reiki than he did prior to…