Thistle does exist!

Look, it's Thistle! Posting something! Finally. Sheesh.

See? Blessing wasn't making me up.

My apologies for the delay in my first post -- I got very wrapped up (heh.) with my holiday preparations. Between knitting gifts, wrapping them, shopping, decorating, everything involved.... well, it gets hectic.

Anyway, a great big thanks to Blessing for starting us off here. She did a great job of introducing us to the Internet.

Curious about why I'm doing this blog? I thought you'd never ask.

First of all, when Blessing called me about this a few weeks ago, I was thrilled because, well, I jump at the opportunity to do ANYTHING with Blessing. As I'm sure you can tell, she's super-awesome. And aside from that, I also jump at the opportunity to work on my spirituality, and to share with others. I've always worked as a solitary witch, and often have trouble playing with even very similar friends. Including, but not limited to, my girlfriend.

Anyway.

A little about me: I've been practicing as a solitary witch for, oh my goodness, 8 years. That's unreal. I'm usually not terribly conversant about my spirituality, except in the abstract, because of parts of my family -- another story for another day -- and I tend to be independent, slightly private and aloof, and highly personalized in my practices. Also casual. I grew up in Jersey (no jokes, thanks), moved to the town where Blessing and my SPLAC is (which feels like it's super-rural to me), my parents moved to Tennessee, and I'm moving to metro DC this spring. My familiar of many years passed away last November, but my girlfriend (also a witch) and I opened our hearts and home to a rabbit this fall. We adopted Bramble on Mabon, and have noticed strong indications that he may end up being a familiar as well. You'll see some super-cute pictures of him in the very near future, I promise.

I just thought that I'd share some quick shots of my Yule setup here where I'm visiting at my parents' place in Tennessee for the holidays.

That tree was my Yule tree last year. Which means that I have, through my super green thumb skills, kept it alive for at least thirteen months. Go Thistle!

In any case, Blessed Yule, Merry Christmas, Happy Chanukkah and Kwanzaa, and a Blessed New Year to one and all!