Hello everyone!

I’m sorry I haven’t been able to complete the three new pieces I started writing since my last post. I prefer to give you all brand new material, as opposed to recycling, though I suppose it’s all right, so long as it is MY work and original, which it always is.

My daily life has been hectic, stressful, and unpleasant, but that doesn’t ever truly stop the writing. I simply refuse to post something until it is as close to perfect as I can get. There’s always a moment or something that occurs during the course of each day that inspires me to take a moment and jot something down. I’ve got so many notebooks filled with thoughts and ideas for new posts, or half written posts, and sometimes I just have to organize it and type, other times I type from scratch.

I hope that everyone in this hemisphere is enjoying the end of Summer, and looking forward to Fall. Fall is, by far, my favorite time of year. It’s not just the crisper, but not overly cold weather, but it’s also being able to grab a light jacket, the lead in to the High Holy Days, my brother’s birthday, my birthday, Samhain, and my little pumpkin’s “Adoption Day”. It’s a great time of reflection, prayer, grounding, and self-awareness.

I’m moving towards a mid-life birthday this year (based primarily on how old my parents were when they passed away), and while not really looking forward to it, I am still wondering exactly when I stopped being 17 (FYI: I have always been this mature and introspective.). I suppose we all have moments in our lives when we look at our personal growth or we look in the mirror, and we feel the growth, but we say “How old AM I? This feels no different from <insert age here>.” I suppose I’m all right, I’m still being carded at the liquor store and on the rare occasion when I buy a lottery ticket. I could have so many other things to complain about, but I don’t. I am trying very hard to focus on the positive and not allow myself to delve deeply into the negative.

Apart from certain things, like Fibromyalgia and migraines from hell, I am healthy, I’m loved, I have amazing people in my life, and it is my firm belief that things can get better, and will.

So, as I return to work, I wish you a day of self-reflection and blessings. I’ll be back as soon as I can.