March 30th, 2014

So I never posted pictures of my Ostara altar, and I thought I should remedy that before the month is out:

As usual, the lighting was not cooperating, but what can you do? I also took a picture of my shrine, which is set for general use and is currently housing a bunch of birthday cards as a sign of gratitude.

And finally, here's a close up of the card from my grandparents, which I thought was too quintessentially Pagan to be ignored:

For the first time all spring break, it's actually warm outside, and I have my windows open for the first time in 2014. It's so nice to have sun, heat, a gentle breeze, and the sound of windchimes all at once. Here's to spring!

Pagan Bowl

A few weeks ago, I threw a bowl on the potter's wheel in my Ceramics class for fun and ended up using an underglaze technique to paint it at my teacher's recommendation. What's nice about underglazes is that you can layer them and mix them exactly as you would regular paint, but it can be fired and made food safe. I ended up painting a sort of Pagan forest scene on it.

March 15th, 2014

Well, I already know I'm not going to have any time next week to make my Ostara posts, so I'll do it now, yes? I mean, let's see:

• Sunday: Teaching Sunday School (so much irony), work
• Monday: School, rehearsal, work
• Tuesday: School, rehearsal until 8:00
• Wednesday: All day rehearsal, more rehearsal, work
• Thursday: School, rehearsal, work, MY BIRTHDAY, Ostara
• Friday: School, rehearsal until 7:30, parent night
• Saturday: All-day acting competition, theoretically going out for the birthday dinner I'm not getting Thursday...

I think that paints an accurate enough picture of my schedule. That's not even accounting for homework time. But enough about me. I mean, gosh, you'd think this was, like, my blog or something.

Today being the first weekend in months that I haven't had homework, I finally had a chance to power-clean my room. Ever since winter break, I've been home so little that I just had college mail piling up in corners with books and art pieces, two baskets of clean laundry waiting for me to put them away, a terribly made bed, dust all over, ceramic pieces I've made without a proper home, and on top of all that, my poor altar and shrine were still set for Yule. It feels so much better to have everything in order - I jest you not, there is a physical difference in my stress level right now. Cleaning gets rid of negativity, of course, especially since dust hangs on to it, but it also looks way nicer.
After cleaning my room, I got down to the business of fixing my altar. I got out all of my Ostara decorations (plastic eggs and silk flowers, mostly) and got the Yule stuff boxed up at last. My little brother came in as I was working on it, and he just sort of stared for a moment before saying:
"Is that all you do to make a living, besides work? Decorate your closet?"
I just laughed. He thinks it's so bizarre that I change my decorations every other month or so.
Suffice it to say, it's overwhelmingly pleasant to be caught up. Now if I could just find the motivation to sew the buttons back on my coat...