tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5118905778148213851.post6549471089390510196..comments2024-01-09T21:25:58.789-05:00Comments on Writing the Witchy Way: Season's EndDeborah Blakehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15329035354859726659noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5118905778148213851.post-78737338239435945032013-10-16T16:05:27.494-04:002013-10-16T16:05:27.494-04:00I'm in Washington State, Seattle to be exact. ...I'm in Washington State, Seattle to be exact. There are some really beautiful autumn trees here right now. I would say we do get very distinct seasons, though very little snow here in Seattle. We do get snow in the mountains close by though, and occasionally a little storm will come to the lowlands. All in all, I am actually a fall/winter person. Spring is beautiful too, but summer is usually too warm for me. I grew up in the mountains of Washington and love the cool crisp fall air, and the chilly & frosty snow days. Though I can appreciate all the seasons for what they are, I feel especially energized during this time of year.<br /><br />Oh, and also, I didn't get to fill out your poll (missed it somehow) but as a side note, my favorite book of yours is probably the Everyday Witch A-Z spell book. I reference it all the time!IndigoGypsyRosehttp://facebook.com/maevaunnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5118905778148213851.post-46905923055801339002013-10-16T10:37:17.968-04:002013-10-16T10:37:17.968-04:00Layers are your friend :-) I love my silk long und...Layers are your friend :-) I love my silk long underwear.Deborah Blakehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04032614187237072683noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5118905778148213851.post-88550046623011205092013-10-16T10:36:43.365-04:002013-10-16T10:36:43.365-04:00It can be really tough in today's fast-paced, ...It can be really tough in today's fast-paced, electric light all the time, world--I think that's why so many of us are drawn to the nature-based Pagan spirituality, even if we can't manage to follow it the way we want to.<br /><br />I don't get to slow down until after the busy holiday season is over, since I run a shop and make jewelry :-)Deborah Blakehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04032614187237072683noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5118905778148213851.post-59794479518195281592013-10-16T10:24:46.857-04:002013-10-16T10:24:46.857-04:00(waves back from sunny San Diego) ^,^
I will say...(waves back from sunny San Diego) ^,^<br /><br />I will say that the fall colors are the thing I miss the most about living in a place where the change of the seasons is more measurable. I /love/ autumn.<br /><br />I have to admit that I'm one of those "charge along" kind of people, though. As a Pagan, I know I should be more connected with nature and the changing energies . . . I'm really not. Not yet, anyway? Work and bills and all the day-to-day cares keep my brain too talkative to manage to connect even when I do go outside and try to just sit. There's always something else I "should" be doing. Might partly be because I'm a city girl and a bookkeeper in a large accounting department. My cycles of "busy" and what passes for "slower" are monthly, with three weeks of deadlines, end-of-period closings, and Billing Day, followed by a week of kind-of-a-breather if I'm lucky. Oy. Summer and winter are the same for me in terms of the energy I have to keep up to get things done.<br /><br />And I probably sound like I'm complaining. I'm not actually. I do enjoy my work very much. It's just really demanding.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5118905778148213851.post-67938681805452075672013-10-16T08:06:36.656-04:002013-10-16T08:06:36.656-04:00And I meant to add that your photos are great!
Su...And I meant to add that your photos are great!<br /><br />SusanneAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5118905778148213851.post-14006696391022440622013-10-16T08:04:15.135-04:002013-10-16T08:04:15.135-04:00I love the changing seasons and can't imagine ...I love the changing seasons and can't imagine ever living in a climate where one day just blends into the next and the next and the next...I love switching to warmer then cooler clothes, the change in diet...Yeah, I love my seasons!<br /><br />The key to winter is dressing appropriately. Seriously. (And trying not to drive in bad weather.)<br /><br />SusanneAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5118905778148213851.post-84834418425648302142013-10-15T22:03:44.329-04:002013-10-15T22:03:44.329-04:00Don't be sad, Emily! It is all just part of th...Don't be sad, Emily! It is all just part of the changing Wheel of the year, and the cycle of birth, growth, death and rebirth. You can't have any one of those without the others.<br />I don't know where you live, but even in the chilly northeast, we have lots of birds all winter long. The cardinals are my favorites.Deborah Blakehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04032614187237072683noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5118905778148213851.post-60984672731723678882013-10-15T21:34:51.992-04:002013-10-15T21:34:51.992-04:00Oh, I hate fall now! It's weird...fall always ...Oh, I hate fall now! It's weird...fall always used to be my favorite season. And back in my student days, I wanted to be pagan, but always felt I was missing something when I went out in nature. Fast forward a couple of decades, and I became a passionate birder. After a couple of years of observing bird behavior, I really "got" it. The Wheel of the Year makes sense! Nature, especially bird behavior, and the complete departing, at the end of summer, of the breeding birds, confirms it! <br /><br />It's weird how I feel more "pagan" than ever since I've started looking at birds...not to mention some odd conversations with the land here in Central Illinois...<br /><br />Well, now as a birder, I get it. I feel more connected to the land than ever. And...fall makes me sad. I can't wait for the spring Equinox, when things start stirring again...and the birds start to come back....Emily Walkerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14088379389854031823noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5118905778148213851.post-70938437384704956782013-10-15T13:32:49.792-04:002013-10-15T13:32:49.792-04:00Skye, winter will always be my least favorite too....Skye, winter will always be my least favorite too. But I used to get horribly depressed, and since I started "going with the flow" and appreciating the aspects of it I could, I find it much easier to bear.Deborah Blakehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04032614187237072683noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5118905778148213851.post-19878965409228630692013-10-15T13:28:58.546-04:002013-10-15T13:28:58.546-04:00I was ready this year too. It helped that it was a...I was ready this year too. It helped that it was a tough garden year, with lots of things going to crap, but also, I'm just ready to stop wrestling with it.Deborah Blakehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04032614187237072683noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5118905778148213851.post-23531181878803159682013-10-15T13:24:51.230-04:002013-10-15T13:24:51.230-04:00We in the Pacific NW have seasons. Those in the mo...We in the Pacific NW have seasons. Those in the mountains and in the more inland areas have larger seasonal changes than those of us on the west side of the mountains, closer to the ocean, but I have seen color changes in the trees and the weather is colder, darker, and wetter (the bad part of living just west of the mountains and next to the ocean). I love the bright blue sky of your autumn. But I don't love snow and ice. We often get some of the first and more of the second, but mostly it's rain and drizzle for days and days (and days and days). That's why so many folks in the PNW get really depressed in the winter. I do believe that the Seasonal Affective Disorder diagnosis was initially developed here. :)<br /><br />I love all seasons except winter. I will try to love winter, because I like your comments about it, and because hating it just makes things worse.Skyehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02353637836935659079noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5118905778148213851.post-34943747533417294942013-10-15T12:57:00.017-04:002013-10-15T12:57:00.017-04:00We put our garden to bed yesterday. It's often...We put our garden to bed yesterday. It's often bittersweet, but this year I'm ready. It's easier to stay at the desk and write when it's chilly or windy or raining outside.Lisa DiDiohttp://www.lisadidio.comnoreply@blogger.com