Heartpsychic is shutting down.  Once I think of a name for my new blog I'll post it here and on twitter.  I'm no longer this person -- even though I am, at the same time. 

Read, in the meantime, thearchdruidreportblogspot.com  and witchofforestgrove.com and forestdoor.wordpress.com to follow some of my current thought processes.

Be well, everybody!

So, um.......

Hi.

Yes, it's been a looong frakkin' time. Lots of family drama, which has calmed down; we're now an English half-hour with amusing anecdotes, rather than MacBeth.

Did I tell you the dominoes were starting to fall? Was I right? How do you like the weather, eh?

No, not your usual post tonight.

So, I can promise you weekly posts, starting.......now. Tonight. I haven't yet figured out yet what the best night is for me to post, but that will be the night.

In the meantime, start washing your hands every time you come in from your errands. Take your vitamins (especially C). Hydrate. You know the drill.

Prices will change this week; I'm initiating a real blogroll; and a post tomorrow, about Archangel Michael. Not that Wednesdays will be Post Day.

with love,

Duffi

PS. I am still really tired from the Drama.

looking around

such an odd summer. So dry outside, after the Winter of 8-foot Drifts (no kidding, I have the pics to prove it!).

I find myself full of gratitude, these days. The simple pleasures. Even just breathing out and breathing in. (Why do I hear Maurice Chevalier when I say that?)

It may continue to be a very tough summer. But we don't have to be reactive. By staying grounded in our own places, doing our own thing(s), we can increase the stability around us.

Be well, breathe deep.

Upcoming.........

Take a deep breath, people. No, deeper than that. Aaaaaand - release.

We're in for a very bumpy ride.

The catastrophe in the Gulf of Mexico is only the beginning. The dominoes are beginning to fall.

Those of you who follow this blog know I strive to be positive. Not dorky-smilyface-it'sFine! positive, but a grateful approach to the daily world.

My attitude doesn't cut into this. Think butterknife on a squash. No dent at all.

This is not about the personal, either. This is global.


So in light of this (and mutterings of doom are everywhere these days, aren't they?), what can you do for yourself?

If you have a creative practice, spend as much time as possible doing it. Music, art, theatre, dancing. It's your throughline in difficult times.

Eat as well as you can. Exercise. Meditate. Do your best to take good care of your physical, emotional, spiritual, and intellectual selves.

Look for small opportunities to do good. Open the door. Smile and say hi to the checker. Pick something off the floor for someone who dropped it. All those small acts which feel like too much, sometimes, but which add up.

If you can, look for larger opportunities, too. It's better for you if you can actually do something rather than write a check. But! Write that check, if that's your life right now.

Be where you are. Love the people you love. Hold hands. Send cards. Talk to Mom (or Dad, or annoying Auntie Whomever).

For those of you who pray, pray. Don't ask for anything: just be with Her/Him/Them/It.

Let's encourage each other through this.

where to begin....

My father died.

I'm handling all the fallout: paperwork, bills, the will, etc. Which is why you haven't seen me in a while.

I'm returning to regular blogging as of this post. I am not sure what "regular" will be yet.

You can expect, this week, a schedule, and a blog about my beliefs: nothing like death to bring one back to basics.

Be well!

going away

Hi all --

I've been following my father's declining health from afar for much of 2010 (which is why I've been so absent from this home of mine), and I'm leaving to go see him and deal with medical and legal details tomorrow.

I hope to be back to regular blogging soon.

May blessings continue to be yours!

Duffi

Please contribute to Haitian relief at www.hopeforhaitinow.org. $53M US so far and still counting. Our neighbors need us.

Blue Moon!

This is a very powerful Moon! Ask for what you want, and prepare to receive! (Yes, too many exclamation points, I know.) Be as specific as you can. Get outside - here in the MidAtlantic of the US it's frakkin' COLD, but I'll be outside, even if for a tiny minute - and rejoice in what you have. Then ASK! and see it as already happened.

And be grateful.