The Festival of Samhain was an ancient Celtic festival, falling on October 31st. A day which also marks Catholic All-Souls-Day and the secular Halloween, both strongly colored by the Celtic festival. Unlike most of the other sabbats, Samhain is not dictated by astrological events and therefor always falls on October 31st. Beltane is it’s counterpart laying directly opposite to Samhain in the Wheel...

...procrastinating so hard on the puja. Maybe I'll wait until the parents go to bed, since they have a habit of walking in one me at the least opportune times. On the upside, Kohai is joining me for Samhain tomorrow. ^_^ We went trick-or-treating together today. It's so lolarious...I'm 19 and she's 17, and we're walking around the town talking about gynecological exams while knocking on people's...

...and I am giving it to her. I will attack this house to the best of my ability tomorrow to prepare for our first guest (we have a double bed now people so don't be shy) and then I will go out. It's Samhain. If there is a time to make this change then it is now. The way I am heading I will need to go back on the antidepressents very soon.l I doi not want to do that. I am standing up and I am shaking...

Just a few more hours till Samhain. Get ready folks. Also in other rocking news today Kubuntu 8.10 hit the servers. Make sure to get yourself a copy ASAP !!! And in other rocking socking news, my new Silvertone Revolver Bass finally arrived today at 1:45pm. Picture time !!!!

Tomorrow I will be leaving home at around 4:00 am. I will be going to Al-Jahra desert, and I will be spending Friday and Saturday there. I will be celebrating Samhain, reflecting on the new year, reflecting on the past 2 years and looking into what I am going to take into the new year from the old one. I will also be fasting so that I can do a bit of journeying, I want to talk to my ancestors. I've...

Happy Samhain, everyone.  This article made me laugh and think of all of my "alternative community" friends, across all sorts of interests and spiritual practices, who pretty much despair over rejoicing with their chosen "community" because after all we're all pretty unique and MAN is it hard to get you lot to agree on anything….  :-) . Direct link - http://www.slate.com/id/2203117/ ...

For the brave ... The lowdown from mom over on the family blog. Summary, he's doing better on eating, nurses are still ditzes, Case Manager's got a Plan she's hoping works, dad's body is starting to...to make do with onion powder...) a frappuchino, and a couple candles for dining by. Purple candles with ghosts... sort of cheesy... *sigh* good symbolism though and I'll be able to find others here.

This morning the train platform was covered with sugary frost. It is the first that I have noticed for the year. Upon smiling at its Fae glitter, I felt something shift in me as though a whisper slid by...I do not feel fear or sadness. I feel gratitude for life and for the divine within and without. I am remembering my ancestors with love and longing. I feel change coming, and I’m excited for it

Quality Strand and Element Beads - Oct 29 Love, compassion, strength, patience, courage, balance, poise, wisdom, gentleness, fierceness, purity, innocence, intuition, will, power, hope. With that strand... and I've downloaded pictures of me there from my gallery as a reminder (they show with various others for my screensaver). Also... I note that maybe my handwriting isn't as bad as I thought...

So, tomorrow is Samhain (original Pagan name for Halloween)....and I'm actually NOT looking forward to it in my whole life, it's my favorite holiday, dammit. But, I can't go trick-or-treating anymore which I'm having a hard time coping with for some reason. Instead, since I forgot to ask le mie amiche (my female friends) Heather or Esmeralda from my Italian class if they had anything planned for...