Pray tell, how is the AW thing-y going? Well, aren't you kind to ask.

It is FUCKING amazing.

And I'm not even doing it thoroughly. I totally failed the "no reading" thing. Complete failure. I even read a Robert B. Parker novel Tuesday and Wednesday . . . given how I so rarely read books, how bizarre is that?! I mean, it was almost as if I started a diet and then broke it eating twinkies (gah-- gross) instead of something I really liked. But I am nothing if not perverse and this process is all about self-definition, n'est-ce pas?

What works best for me are the morning pages--- that's where the money is. I have been pretty damn shite on the exercises and the artist dates-- but even just doing the readings and the morning pages has had a HUGE impact so I can't even imagine how it is going for all of you who are doing the full kit & kaboodle.

Of course, perhaps the reason I am so high is that yesterday was Imbolc. Oh, wait-- what am I saying? Groundhog Day. Doh.

That's right--just another commercialized bastardized pagan ritual. So I like the pagan traditions-- shoot me.

A couple of not great descriptions are here, here, and here.

Basically, the celebration of this festival was dedicated to the Goddess Brigid, a triple Goddess who represented inspiration, muse, healing, and the arts. Or, as I would say, she is all about the creativity, new beginnings, and nurturing.

Synchronicity for where I am with AW? Simple coincidence?

I'll let you decide. And while you're at it-- you can answer the following questions, too.

Are there red and white tulips in my office with the sweetest pale green stems you ever did see? At home, did I take a metal, heart-shaped tin and create a bed of tissue and fresh lavender for a small angel creature made of corn husks with a dried poppy head? Did I sprinkle blue corn chips and basmati rice on it and light a deeply fragrant Diptyque Tuberose candle alongside it?

Sigh. You know me too well. Please tell me we haven't reached the point in the relationship where intimacy breeds contempt?

P.S. If any of you have better internet resources for Brigid, Imbolc do let me know-- by email-- if you put any web code in the comments it won't post-- spam killer.

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