Sagittarius Full Moon

 The moon is 100 percent full as I write this. I feel strangely calm; full moons normally give me a restless energy. 

Let's talk about what's going on:

1. People in L.A. are peacefully protesting. This is nothing like the Rodney King riots. The military is going in. The United States government neither supports nor protects it's own citizens. 

2. Snake season is upon us.

This is a timber rattlesnake. I shot it with a .410 shotgun. If you zoom in on the photo, you will see half its head is missing.

3. The pool.

My husband got a 20' pool. It's the largest above ground pool they make. He believes I can swim in it. I don't like the smaller pools because about the time I reach out my arm to make the second lap, I am at the edge. We shall see. The pool is going in the circle. We found the snake when we started cleaning the pool area. We have found several rattlesnakes in this area. Putting the pool near a snake den is a very bad idea. But it is the second most level place in the yard. The most level place is in the front yard. My husband refuses to have a pool in the front yard. 

At this point, I need to take my daughter her phone. I shall return.

@11:15

I used to go to sewing circle. For the most part, I enjoyed getting out of the house once a week to socialize with other women. But I can't get along with my sister-in-law. She has made it her mission in life to stay mad at me, usually because I refuse to take the blame for her spite. I stopped going several years ago. My daughter attends. I have reservations about this. I do not want her to become the scapegoat. Today, she left her phone at the house. When I walked into the church, I might as well been a ghost. Everyone pointedly ignored me, except for my daughter and her grandfather. No one else spoke. They were all very busy looking in any other direction. If I had thought of it, I would have done a protection spell first. 

What number are we on? 4. I think.

4. It rains damn near every day. The garden looks great. 

5. The tent people are still next door. They have taken to lying/scamming my youngest two sons. My sons believe the tent people just need a little help. They have started selling cars to give them money. I tried to warn the boys. They didn't believe me. I decided to let things happen. 

6. I have bought a lot of things for the house. I got a tall set of shelves for DVD's. I bought a trash can with a lid. Added bonus, it forces us to empty the trash when full, rather than over-filling, because the lid won't close if the bin is full. I think this is great. 

I also got a paper shredder. I have started adding the shredded paper to my compost pile. I feel like I am actively saving the planet. I turn trash into compost which fuels my garden. I do some spells both while I feed junk mail into the shredder and when I turn compost, so recycling has become part of my practice. I am thinking of making paper, though I don't really want yet another project. But the idea is on the back burner and I see lots of possibilities- spell paper, adding in dried herbs or essential oils. Maybe even making a spell box, or making a wrapper for burning spells. 

7. I think I will use majick instead of magick. Unless I find out majick was coined by a male chauvinist pig. After years of writing magick, I find I can't go back to magic because that word doesn't convey Witchcraft properly. Majick looks a little more feminine to me. 

8. I made signs advertising puppies and kittens. We are over run. My second oldest son brought puppies here after I told him not to because I was stressed out and didn't need the added responsibility. He brought them here anyway. There's 3 left. Our cat, a stray which I did not want to keep, got pregnant and had two kittens. The kittens climb on everything, constantly get into things, and attack my hair or feet while I sleep. 

9. I still haven't opened the embroidery machine. I never cleaned out a place for it. My studio is still crowded with my husband's tools. His shop is still empty. 

10. Still not doing much sewing. I tackled the mending yesterday. I did half of one project and finished another. Then it was time to cook dinner. 

11. My ex-boyfriend died. He had cancer. He also had heart problems. The chemo was making him weaker, so he stopped chemo. The cancer spread rapidly. He lost his sight, though I am not sure if that was a symptom or a separate condition. A mutual friend told me about his death. After our friend gave me a timeline of the medical diagnoses, I realized my ex had contacted me when he got the news. But he never told me anything was wrong. He never mentioned heart attack or cancer or blindness. I am not sure what to think about that.   

I think I will wrap things up. I would rather actively do something than sit at the computer. Blessed be, my dears. Stay safe and well.