Hey everyone! I just wanted to update everyone on what is happening. I've been working on figuring things out since my diagnosis and it has been a bit of a mess trying to figure out what I should do. But I have managed to get things moving along and my time has been spent asking all the questions, figuring out logistics, working with family to settle my financial troubles as I had to quit my job. Now, I am just weeks away from moving out of the hot and miserable (not to mention expensive) state of Florida, to the foothills of the Ozarks in Arkansas! I am looking so forward to this! The entire energy of that place is going to feel so alive compared to here. I'll be setting up a campfire every single chance I get! My kids' father has about 5 acres of heavily wooded land and Ill be pulling my RV right onto the property. He spends months at a time out of the country so I will be looking after the kids and the farm will be mine to start working some green witchery! But, before I can have fun, I have to do the tough stuff. Setting up with doctors and treatment so that I can beat this. In the meantime, I'll probably be absent for a time while I'm getting the last steps of this move secure. My sister is helping with the cost but the physical work is going to be on my mom, my 2 daughters and myself. So, It's alot. I'm walking a wire right now to make it all happen in the right timing! I ask that you all bare with me and send me some positive and healing energy to help me get through it! I really need to take a little time to do some devotional offerings. I can't explain how the gods, spirits and ancestors have been part of keeping my head together and bringing me really good luck in places where it could easily have been bad. I look for every silver lining I can find! And the fact I've found so many tells me, this is my destiny! This is the right path. It feels good to have that confirmation at a time when things are so crazy. I hope everyone is well! I hope you will post in here and keep each other company while I am away! Remember this is a community, I can't be the only one going through things worth talking about! Tell us about your goals, your experiences, challenges. Give us space in your life so we can cheer you on and assist where we can energetically if not physically! All good intentions here!

The Celtic Month of the Vine or Muin is a tradition that happens between September 2 and September 29th! This tradition was performed by Druids. On the first day, the Muin (or Vine) relates to prophecy, song, inner truth, the harvest, and related to the Ogham rune for M. (Which if you remember from my previous post, sounds more like a W or V.. which seems to correlate to Wine, or Vine.) There are several different ways including neo-Druidic practices around how to associate each day of Muin. The simplest way is to cycle through the names of the first 5 letters of the Muin ogham group of runes. (Muin, Gort, nGéadal, Straif, Ruis). Note: The Druidic Calendar is 13 months with 28 days each! Not 12 months with varying day lengths like our modern calendar. It's a common question as to why we didn't just adopt this method of dating! But hey, let's complicate things! Lol I think it is because instead of roughly four 7-day weeks, we'd have exactly seven 4-day weeks. Isn't that amusing? 😆 Grapes, where the tradition stems from were not native to Ireland or Scotland. In ancient times, the Roman trade routes brought lots of foreign crops and those traveling along these routes and in the Mediterranean areas would make sure to trade for wine! Wine was coveted by the wealthy and for ceremonies of high importance! The Celts, in particular their Druidic members, adapted this as a way to connect better with the spirits and for establishing an ecstatic prophetic state of mind. I know I speak my mind when I drink wine. I also sing alot. Lol However, beware! The energy of the trickster exists here! And the overconsumption can result in a very different understanding and a loss of control. So, learning balance and moderation is a key principle! Muin or Vine is linguistically related to the throat, spine, neck and back. The very part that is most active during prophecy, song and speech in general. The vine is related to community and ancestors and nature and how we rely on each of these deeply for growth. The way a vine would wrap itself around other trees and requires a host to survive.