Halloween Crafts

Challenge #9:  (3 week challenge):  Make something for Halloween, Dia de los Muertos (the Day of the Dead) or Samhain.  You can write, sew, photograph, build, knit, draw… doesn’t matter!

I am really in the Halloween spirit this year.  I helped with a Halloween party, made Halloween cards, plus did some coloring and made a Halloween Star (go figure!).

The lines are from a defective toner cartridge in my printer. 

These Halloween cards are for my peeps at the NAMI Coffee Klatch.

Heal the "Ouch" 38 U: Oracle Card: Week of Oct.27-Nov.2, 2014

From the Enchanted Map Oracle Cards Guidebook by Colette Baron-Reid:

"Forgiveness is the healer of the soul."

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"This is a time for great soothing of the heart, body, soul, and mind, as this card indicates that healing will be prevalent in your life now.  If you feel drawn to study the healing arts, you'll be successful in developing your natural capacity to restore others to wellness.  However, the message my be that you're being called to change your behaviors in order to heal the earth.  Perhaps you'll switch to a cruelty-free diet, eating less meat;  or perhaps you'll pay more attention to how much water or electricity you use.  You're asked to be conscious of your footprint on the sacred earth and all of life and to commit to the healing path.

The Heal the "Ouch" card may also be an indicator of old wounds and broken bonds being mended.  Reconciliations are possible now.  Let bygones be bygones."

I've been looking for some guidance lately.  I'll be sharing the Oracle Card for the week on Sunday nights, for awhile at least.  I won't be interpreting the messages I get.  I'll leave the personal interpretation up to you.  Share what comes up, if you like.  :)

Rescue 16 U: Oracle Card: Week of Oct.20-26, 2014

From the Enchanted Map Oracle Cards Guidebook by Colette Baron-Reid:

"You are always safe and secure, and free to be yourself!"

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"Asking for help isn't easy for many successful people.  However, that's what you need to do now as you expand your life.  If you find yourself troubled, you can expect help with whatever issue is at hand now.  You need only ask, and assistance will come your way.

The most important support you can expect is from Spirit.  Get into a right relationship with the Divine and you'll see that many conditions line up as if by magic to provide you with all the help you need.  Ask and you will receive.  There is no need to fear.  Safety is a place within."

I've been looking for some guidance lately.  I'll be sharing the Oracle Card for the week on Sunday nights, for awhile at least.  I won't be interpreting the messages I get.  I'll leave the personal interpretation up to you.  Share what comes up, if you like.  :) 

Letter #55

Hi Dad,


I know I haven't written for awhile.  Betty Boop isn't doing so hot.  She's unsteady on her feet.  Made a last-ditch effort and gave her some tapeworm meds today.  I hope they help.  She's lost a lot of weight.  I feel she may leave us before too long.  I thought I was OK with death, guess not. 

I'm really really bored.  A lot.  I mean I've been sick with a cold so haven't felt like doing much.  I look around, I've got books, movies, the new U2 CD (fantastic, btw) and I'm still bored out of my mind.  I could write I guess, well, here goes nothin'.  So I'm writing to you.  I could do homework but I'm singularly unmotivated in that department. 

You probably know what's bothering me, why I've been praying today, the unknowable, the unsolvable...  You were probably right.  It doesn't make it any easier.  I'm in a dark place right now.  It's been bad lately.  I should go look for distractions, Mahjong or Video Slots or something.  I'm not.  I'm just going to sit with it. 

I've been having these not nice Saturn transits.  Kinda makes me feel like I'm closed up in a little box.  Granted the box has a cushy bed and a decent sound system.  That's beside the point.  I looked at my shelves of books and thought:  I gotta do something.  I gotta shake things up.  I'm dying here.

So I plan to do some fun stuff this fall.  A Halloween Party, a USO style party, a Bigfoot festival.  That doesn't change right here, right now.  I cried for over an hour today.  Why do we always try to distance ourselves from the pain?  It's right here, next to my heart, a dark and hollow place.

Missing you.

All for now.

Anne

Mom and Betty on Betty's 14th birthday.

Making a Choice 30 R: Oracle Card: Week of Oct.13-19, 2014

From the Enchanted Map Oracle Cards Guidebook by Colette Baron-Reid:

"You're required to come to a decision now."

Reversed

"This is not the time to abdicate responsibility for your life.  Letting others choose for you doesn't make things easier.  Don't compromise because you're afraid of facing the consequences of your choices.  Even if you've opted for a difficult path, you can always make another choice in the future.  There is great power in reclaiming your ability to choose.  No one can take that away from  you no matter what.  Don't give your power away.  If you're willing to be rigorously honest with yourself about your motives behind your choices, you may see the need to change things.  You can change course and choose another route.  Just be willing to clean up what you've left behind."

I've been looking for some guidance lately.  I'll be sharing the Oracle Card for the week on Sunday nights, for awhile at least.  I won't be interpreting the messages I get.  I'll leave the personal interpretation up to you.  Share what comes up, if you like.  :)  

Mind Map of Possibilities

Challenge #8:  (2 week challenge):  Create a Mind Map of Possibilities for your life! 

I didn't take this challenge too seriously, as you can tell.

 

 

Solitude 13 R: Oracle Card: Week of Oct.6-12, 2014

From the Enchanted Map Oracle Cards Guidebook by Colette Baron-Reid:

"I am comfortable in my own skin as I detach to replenish my soul."

Reversed

"Too much solitude results in isolation and separation.  Now is the moment to get together with friends and join in the merriment!  Hiding out will lead to lonliness and negative thinking.  Separation at this time isn't a healthy choice.

Are you in a situation in which you feel alone?   You need to share this, not keep it to yourself.  By joining in with others, you'll hear what you need to know, because Spirit finds ways to speak through them without their even knowing it.  You have the key to let yourself out of your own prison.  You are loved... and never alone."

I've been looking for some guidance lately.  I'll be sharing the Oracle Card for the week on Sunday nights, for awhile at least.  I won't be interpreting the messages I get.  I'll leave the personal interpretation up to you.  Share what comes up, if you like.  :)  

Leftover Yarn Project

This is my leftover yarn project.  I didn't use a pattern.  It ended up about 7 feet long.  It's going to be a blanket.  I'm using 2 different colors of yarn and switching those when I run out.  I'm really enjoying making this one!  I can't usually stitch a whole row in one go.  It just takes too long.  I'm making it with my big purple crochet hook. 

"Self Sacrifice"

Self Sacrifice

Like a knife to the throat

I threaten myself.

You must stop.

You must quit this nefarious behavior.

But I don’t.

Ever guilty.

Ever after.

"The Urge to Purge"

The Urge to Purge

I’m getting the urge

to purge.

Time to declutter

I’m all aflutter.

Where to start?

With what will I part?

I think I’ll begin

You don’t have to pitch in

with the notebooks and piles

my drawers of files.

I keep everything though

It will be hard to let go.

Out with the old

Fate favors the bold!

"This Moment"

This Moment

Take a picture,

it’ll last longer,

what I always say.

Hoping this lasts

beyond this moment.

For you, just another birthday

For me, willing to try, one more time.

The flash pops.

He can’t figure out your smartphone.

Camera’s easy,

easy peasy.

Image stabilizer hard at work.

Maybe it’s me,

just didn’t know which icon to touch,

which button to push.

Maybe it’s me…

I doubt that very much.

I didn’t come with an instruction manual,

batteries not included.

I use the lithium Energizers,

they last longer.