Early morning thinky thoughts

I woke up to the sunrise this morning, which was delightful. I laid in bed for a bit, my cat curled up against me, purring, and watched it before I dragged my butt out of bed to put the coffee on and start my day.

Next weekend I am diving into Iron Pentacle work. I am feeling excited and a bit apprehensive. I have a shorter work week this week as I'm going to a disability and mental health summit on Thursday and Friday. Hoping to get to meet Mike Doyle and shake his hand. We shall see. On Sunday night after IP I am going to see Nightwish, my favorite band, who are making a stop in Pittsburgh. So it will be a busy weekend full of magic.

My husband and I spent some time together this weekend, since he was away last week. Friday evening we went to see 'A Wrinkle in Time.' I deeply loved the book as a child. I very much enjoyed the film-it was beautiful to watch, and the casting was amazing. I felt like they had to cut a lot of the details of the book out which left the story feeling disjointed a bit for me and for my husband, who has never read the book. Sometimes that happens trying to translate one medium to another...but we definitely enjoyed ourselves regardless. Mrs. Who was perfect, and Charles Wallace was SPOT ON. Yesterday we had lunch at my favorite Indian restaurant, and stopped at our friendly local metaphysical shop, Moonstones A Metaphysical Haven, before heading to the grocery store. I found a beautiful calcite gazing ball and got some spell candles for abundance, motivation, problem solving, creativity, and money. I also found a funny little gift for two friends who are getting married in May.

I discovered a new podcast that I am really digging on. It's called The Garden of Ink and Bones and is hosted by two Australian witches, Belle and Rue. There's only been 2 episodes so far, but I'm hopeful they will continue it. They spend a large portion of time talking about a particular herb, and encourage their listeners to spend time over the next month working with it, and then usually will also review a book. The first episode they focused on mugwort, a herb I dearly love, and I learned some things I didn't know about it, and got some ideas for working with it that are new for me. They also reviewed a book that sounded fascinating, but to my disappointment when I went searching for it on Amazon appears to be out of print and only available via 3rd party sellers for several hundred dollars. Ah well.

Earlier this week I planted my first actual seeds for the season. I have trays of lemon bee balm and self heal in the window, waiting to sprout. I also have mugwort and yarrow I still need to plant. I am so anxious for the equinox, for spring, to get my hands into the dirt, to whisper to the growing things.

My father's birthday is Tuesday.

I think that's it. Abundant spring blessings to all you fine folks.