primilci (the three milkings)

I've been reading my witches calendar again, and Saint Bede's writing tells us about this month when full forage abounds and the cows are milked three times a day. Primilci is all about abundance and the garden certainly seems to be showing full signs of that. Suddenly I have switched from watching and encouraging growth, to having to prune and clear paths and walkways.

The front yard is looking like it has been there for years.

But when the work is done I have created a space to knit and read, just sit back and enjoy.

mercury retrograde and other topics of thought lately

Mercury goes out of retrograde today and not a moment too soon. Computers have been slow, my sewing machine would only sew in reverse for awhile and confusion over days of the week and banking accounts have been rampant. I explain my absence of blogs to not being able to hold my thoughts together long enough to put them on paper, or whatever we call this cloud we all hang our lives on these days.
As retirement ever creeps into my daily life, or admitting retirement, the idea of ageing is something that seems to wander through the mind and body. I had coffee after yoga this morning with my friend Katinka who is 80 and going strong both mentally and physically. And earlier in the week I had discussions with my 75 year old bookkeeping advisor about taking on challenges to keep our brains working. I am a faithful follower of Betty Reid Soskin's Blog and her recent entry talks about how you are dealt with when you are 95 and assumptions that are made. But Betty makes the point of living in the "now", which I find as valuable advice. Yes, I remember when I borrowed $100 from my brother and it kept me going for an entire quarter during college, but that was 1972. Today is not 1972 and I count my blessings for my house and circumstances going into this stage of life. But I find it important to at least attempt to stay in tune with today's technology whether I use it or not. And then I also find it important to appreciate the small things like being able to have a cup of coffee on the back porch in the morning reading the paper, and enjoying the company of the cats.
We do live in a crazy world these days, but the important thing is to live in it, accept the good and put up with the bad. And Mercury is out of retrograde.