Project Check In
I figure its time to check in on my progress with various projects that I have been working on.
My shawl is nearing completion. I have crocheted enough rounds to form the shawl itself and now just need enough for the deep hood I want on it. Then I have to put them all together. It is a riotous mix of spring and autumn colours, which I plan to bring together with shades of brown. My friend Lis suggests this might make it look like a meadow. I’ve already posted about the shawl once before and will again as it gets closer to being finished.
The great big afghan I have been crocheting for the last year is up to some 115 rounds (give or take), I need about 150 before I can start piecing it together.
My learning to play the tambourine continues. Read about my choice of instrument here and see pictures of her here.I know how to hold it in a couple of different positions and the different ways to strike it. Now it’s all about practicing to gain skill and develop rhythm. Tap tap tap tap tap … ONE two three four One two three… Continue reading
Something I am Working On …
… a snippet of the start of something. Raw and unedited.
Abbé Henri Breuil sketched diligently by the dim gas-light, in a high alcove deep within a cave system. What he drew there and in other caves, what theories he later published about his discoveries, would help shape not only modern archaeology but also modern Paganism.
The Abbé was a man obsessed, crawling through narrow passages and scaling walls, only to lie upon the floors of caverns humanity had not set foot upon for thousands of years. All to draw the images he found there within. The most ancient of art in European history called to him. Cave art; depictions of bison and horses, lions and hand prints. And, in only a few instances, images of the human form mingled with that of an animal. The experts call these part-human, part-animal figures therianthropes.
The Trois-Frères cave was just one of many ancient cave systems Breuil would visit in his lifetime. In fact, it is far from the most famous of caves he worked in. Discovered in southern France, the art in this cave dates back to the mid-Magdalenian period of about 14,000 B.C.E. This cave features some 280 engraved images… Continue reading
What’s Up
I have the place to myself this weekend … and that also means the podcast. I am going to start recording after dinner.
I am planning a small ritual for Hecate’s Night with a friend of mine.
I am reading To Fly by Night: The Craft of the Hedgewitch. Yep, that’s right my contributor copies have arrived. YAY!
Also, I have been having fun using MS Paint. A member of the Hedge is writing an article and asked for an illustration or two to help her article make sense. I am also adding a few suggestions and ideas to the article. Here’s peek at two of the graphics:
Also, This Buys Me Some Time
Sorry I haven’t posted much in the last couple of days.
I have been busy with Samhain stuff; still have more to do in fact as I am heading out on Saturday for my Hedge group’s ritual and feast!
I have also been working on the podcast, the Hedge website, and other websites (one of the ways I contribute to the Witchy and Pagan community is with web design).
I have helped/am helping a couple of friends with personal stuff.
And you know … life.
I do have a blog pots or two I am working on, as well as polishing a few articles for the Hedge.
In the mean time, I thought it might be interesting to give to the opportunity to ask me a question or request a topic to the blogged about or just bitch about how much I stink. I’m not making any promises of a quick response however!
So please, post a comment and I’ll see what I can do.
- Wordless Wednesday: Ask the Stones Admin
- Swimming the Sunlight Alison Leigh Lilly
- Nature Worshipers and Northern Pass Howling Hill
To Fly By Night
Hoofprints in the Wildwood
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