Hi, folks!
Today’s the big day! Beachcomber Parade Day! …and with all the other fun stuff!
We’re actually aiming to be at the shop by 8:30. You’re welcome to set up out front. Bring your chairs.
Here’s the schedule:
10am-6pm - Souvenir Green Screen Portraits (at Ancient Light)
11am - Herb Workshop (not this week)
Noon-ish – Care and Feeding of a Rock Tumbler (not this week)
3pm - Sewing Workshop (not this week)
7-10am – Sunrise Breakfast Lions Club at Community/Senior Center
8am – Windermere Wet & Wild 5K Walk/Run, starts at Bayshore Beach Club
9am-4pm Dunk Tank – Waldport Boosters High School Class, West side of Firehouse
9am – Parade Registration at Waldport High School
10am – Vendor Fair Opens
10-4pm Waldport Boosters Chicken BBQ
10-5 Catholic Church Strawberry Short Cake Sale
11am-3pm Fire Department Sausage BBQ
NOON – PARADE
Noon - ? Moose Kitchen Open with limited menu
1-4pm Flounder Inn Beer Garden and Music
1-3pm Kids Zone & Moose Rootbeer Float Garden (behind Mims)
2-3pm – Oregon Coast Wind Ensemble (Community Center)
3-5pm – Adult Games (behind Mims)
4pm – Adult Tricycle Jousting – Bring your own tricycle
5-11pm – Moose Lodge Street Dance
8pm-Midnight – Flounder Inn – Live Music by 80 Prrof Country
8:30-9pm – Sol Fire Dancers (in front of Moose Lodge)
Wow!
If you haven’t been around on Parade Day before, both 101 and 34 shut down for the parade and traffic is really slow both before and after. The parade comes West down 34 from the high school, turns South on 101 at the stoplight and ends at Grand Central Pizza. It’s hard to park in town. That’s why I’m coming down early. I’ll get the car parked and Tempus can ride down on his bike, later.
It’s 54F already and supposed to go up to 72. The computer says it’s clear, but there’s some kind of cloud obscuring the sunlight at the moment, even though the view through the skylights is very blue.
A chickadee just dropped directly out of the clematis onto the bird feeder. That was a little startling, and there’s a grosbeak in the planter.
No time for the garden this morning and I’m hoping that since Tempus is going to come down on his bike he’s going to pick the rose petals.
Tempus spent most of our ½ hour outside before we headed for the shop yesterday yanking up escaped rugosas… If you want some and yell quick, the ones he pulled up will still be viable today, and I can get them into water for you. I did a little weeding in the pinks and was going to start in the dug up spot, but it’s still too wet. Maybe late this evening…or maybe Sunday night….
Tempus got going on sorting out and setting up the back of the shop early on, but then had to run some errands. Marius worked with him and Willow on his techniques for doing the pictures and we ran several sets during the day, trying to get the lighting right. Except for the “foot puddles” from shadows below skirts we’ve got that sorted out. …and those vanish with the foregrounds that I put together for the picture…although the bright yellow sandcastle was startling. I’m going to fix that…..
Fawkes drove down and visited for a while. He had some things to drop off for various people and it was awfully good to see him. It was also his last day with the car he’s been using, so he figured he’d come down to say hi, since he missed us all, too.
I finally got to print some flyers and gave batches to Willow and Marius and Tempus is going to put some around Waldport. I have a picture that I’ll be putting up on Facebook once I get down to the shop
We didn’t get as far as getting into the garden. It was almost dark when we got in and 10:30 before we finished supper and then we went right to bed.
So…heading out, now! See you at the parade!
The shop opens at 10 today. Summer hours, 10am-7pm, Wednesday through Monday. If we’re supposed to be closed, but it looks like we’re there, try the door. If it’s open, the shop’s open!
Love & Light,
Anja
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NASA Science News for June 15, 2012 - A question has been troubling astronomers: Why won't the supernova explode? While real stars blow up, computer models of massive dying stars do not result in much of a bang. NASA has launched a new observatory named "NuSTAR" to seek out the missing physics of stellar explosions. FULL STORY: http://science.nasa.gov/science-news/science-at-na sa/2012/15jun_nustar/
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Space Weather News for June 14, 2012 - http://spaceweather.com
DOUBLE CME: Active sunspot AR1504 is facing Earth and hurling coronal mass ejections (CMEs) in our direction. A fast-moving CME that left the sun on June 14th is expected to scoop up another CME already en route and deliver a double-blow to Earth's magnetic field on June 16th. Weak-to-moderate geomagnetic storms are possible when the clouds arrive. Check http://spaceweather.com for images and updates.
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Ancient Light’s website – www.ancientlight.info – You *can* order from here! …or e-mail…or call on the phone… or Facebook….etc…..
Tempus does Outdoor Power Equipment repair & sharpenings - https://www.facebook.com/pages/Magycke-Mower-Small -Engine-Service/132610430115634
http://www.ancientlight.info/magycke/
Café Press Products from Ancient Light - http://www.cafepress.com/ancientlight Everything from T-shirts to pillows to coffee mugs to journals with witchy or just fun designs! The newest designs are here: http://www.cafepress.com/ancientlight/8866346 These are the Your Personal Satyr designs. …plus we have a new set just for Pan-Pagan with this year’s logo.
Spoonflower Fabrics - http://www.spoonflower.com/profiles/coastalanja The newest designs are in the Anja’s Spring Garden collection (think daffodils in the snow and violets…). We have designs for sale in the Bugs ‘n Slugs Collection, the Garden Collection and Mushroom Collection and two Pagan Collections are coming soon.
Our Circle’s site! - http://www.ancientlight.info/circle/ Add things by e-mailing me here. mbartlett@harborside.com
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Today
The Moon is a waning crescent. Waning Moon Magick - From the Full Moon to the New is a time for study, meditation, and magic designed to banish harmful energies and habits, for ridding oneself of addictions, illness or negativity. Hecate’s Brooch – 3-5 days before New Moon – Best time for Releasing Rituals. It’s the last few days before the new moon, the time of Hecate’s Brooch. This is the time that if you’re going to throw something out, or sweep the floors, or take stuff to Good Will, Do it! Rid yourself of negativity and begin the letting go process. Phase ends at 8:02pm on Sunday.
If you're awake in early dawn Sunday morning, look low in the east-northeast for the thin waning crescent Moon close to Jupiter. As dawn brightens look for Venus 9° to Jupiter's lower left. Bring binoculars.
Every morning, Jupiter and Venus are getting higher and easier in the dawn. Venus (magnitude –4.3), after transiting the Sun on June 5th, is now deep in the glow of dawn. Look for it low in the east-northeast before sunrise. Don't confuse Venus with Jupiter to its upper right. The two planets are 9° apart on the morning of June 16th and 6° apart on June 23th. Below or lower right of Venus twinkles much fainter Aldebaran; use binoculars as daybreak brightens. Jupiter and Venus, the two brightest planets, are on their way up for a grand showing in the morning sky this summer.
Celtic Tree Month of Duir Oak - Jun 10 - Jul 7 –
Goddess Month of Rosea runs from 6/13 - 7/10
Runic half-month of Dag, 6/14-6/28 – Beneficial rune of light, health, prosperity and openings, signifying the high point of the day and the high point of the year when in light and warmth all things are possible.
Sun in Gemini
Moon in Taurus
Chiron, Neptune, Venus, Saturn, Juno, Pluto Retrograde
Color: Brown
Planting 6/15-16
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Calendar
6/15-17 – Waldport Beachcomber Days
6/16 – Saturday, 10am-6pm - Souvenir Green Screen Portraits (at Ancient Light)
11am - Herb Workshop (not this week)
Noon-ish – Care and Feeding of a Rock Tumbler (not this week)
3pm - Sewing Workshop (not this week)
7-10am – Sunrise Breakfast Lions Club at Community/Senior Center
8am – Windermere Wet & Wild 5K Walk/Run, starts at Bayshore Beach Club
9am-4pm Dunk Tank – Waldport Boosters High School Class, West side of Firehouse
9am – Parade Registration at Waldport High School
10am – Vendor Fair Opens
10-4pm Waldport Boosters Chicken BBQ
10-5 Catholic Church Strawberry Short Cake Sale
11am-3pm Fire Department Sausage BBQ
NOON – PARADE
Noon - ? Moose Kitchen Open with limited menu
1-4pm Flounder Inn Beer Garden and Music
1-3pm Kids Zone & Moose Rootbeer Float Garden (behind Mims)
2-3pm – Oregon Coast Wind Ensemble (Community Center)
3-5pm – Adult Games (behind Mims)
4pm – Adult Tricycle Jousting – Bring your own tricycle
5-11pm – Moose Lodge Street Dance
8pm-Midnight – Flounder Inn – Live Music by 80 Prrof Country
8:30-9pm – Sol Fire Dancers (in front of Moose Lodge)
Harvest 6/17-18
6/17 – Sunday, 10am – Wicca 101
Noon - Brea’s Elements (class)
2pm - Practical Craft (not this week)
8am-Noon Father’s Day Breakfast at the Moose Lodge
10am-Noon – Sand Castle & Sculpture contest (from Port to Bridge)
1pm – Sand Castle judging
Noon – Raffle Winner announced
6/18 – Monday – 6pm – Wicca 101 – Lesson 5-6
Treasure Chest Drawings start at Noon at Washington Federal Bank
New Moon, 6/19, 8:02am
6/19, 7pm – Tuesday, Wicca 104 last class – At Anja’s
7/20 - Sun enters Cancer 4:09pm
Planting 6/20-21
6/20 – Wednesday, 3pm – Herbs Outdoors – (weather permitting)
6/20 – Wednesday 7pm, Circle business meeting for Litha (run-through)
6/21 - 5pm - Wicca 103 – Lesson 7
Litha Sabbat Open Circle, 6/22, Friday, 7pm at Ancient Light (waxing moon)
6/21 - 3pm, Crones’ Tea
6/21 - 5pm - Wicca 103 – Lesson 7 Last Class!!!!
Saturn Direct 6-25-12 1am
Venus Direct 6-27-12 8:07am
6/28 - 5pm - Wicca 101-4 – Special Class on the History of Wicca!!!!!! (Donations will be accepted for Deb’s gas to get here from Eugene)
Planting 6/29-30
June 30 - July8 – Psychic Fair – Special Guests, Kat Cunningham, Carl Neal & Lupa Bi
6/30 – Saturday, 10am-6pm – Kat Cunningham
6/30 – Saturday, 11am - Herb Workshop
Noon - Care & Feeding of a Rock Tumbler
2pm –
3pm - Sewing Workshop
6pm - Metta Meditation
7pm – Movie Night, showing Full Circle (discussion follows)
7/1 – Sunday, 10am – Wicca 101
Noon - Brea’s Elements (class)
1pm – Free showing of ?
3pm – Discussion follows movie
7pm – Movie Night, showing The Goddess Remembered (discussion follows)
7/2 – Monday, Carl Neal Workshops
11am - Herb Workshop
7pm – Movie Night, showing The Burning Times (discussion follows)
The Day of Remembrance for Knjaz Sviatoslav the Great - Cherven (July) 3
Full Blessing Moon – 7/3/12 11:52am - Successful Goat Moon
7/3 – Tuesday, 6pm - Circle Barbeque
7/3 – Waldport Independence Day Celebration (fireworks begin at dusk)
Planting 7/4
7/4 – 11am - Herb Workshop
3pm – Sewing Workshop
7/4 – Wednesday 7pm, esbat – waning
Harvest 7/5-6
7/5, Thursday – 11am - Herb Workshop
3pm – Sewing Workshop
5pm – Wicca 102 begins
7/6, Friday – 11am - Herb Workshop
3pm – Sewing Workshop
7pm – Movie Night, showing Howl’s Moving Castle (discussion follows)
Planting 7/7-8
7/7 – Saturday, Readings by Angelica Rose
11am - Herb Workshop
Noon - Care & Feeding of a Rock Tumbler
3pm - Sewing Workshop
4pm – Lupa, Therianthropy 101 (1 hour) Lupa Bi
6pm - Metta Meditation
7pm – Movie Night, showing Princess Mononoke (Mononoke Hime) (discussion follows)
7/8 – Sunday, 10am – Wicca 101 (no class this week)
10am – Lupa, Writer's Q&A (1 - 1.5 hours)
Noon - Brea’s Elements (class)
1pm – Free showing of Princess Mononoke (Mononoke Hime)
3pm – Discussion follows movie
July 8-14 Free Cascadia Witch Camp www.freewitchcamp.org
Harvest 7/9-11
Planting 7/12-13
7/12 – Thursday – Waldport Chamber of Commerce meeting – Noon
Waldport City Council Meeting – 2pm
Uranus Retrograde 7-13-12 2:49am
Harvest 7/14-15
Mercury Retrograde 7-14-12 7:16pm
Juno Direct 7-16-12 3:57am
Planting 7/17-18
7/18 – Wednesday 7pm, esbat - dark moon esbat
New Moon, 7/18, 9:24pm
7/19 - 3pm, Crones’ Tea
7/20 – Ramadan Begins
Perun's Day - Cherven (July) 20
Sun enters Leo 7/22 3:01am
7/25 - Wednesday 7pm- biz meeting, Lughnasadh run-through
Planting 7/26-27
Pallas Retrograde 7-30-12 3:30pm
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8/1 - Wednesday 7pm, esbat - full moon
Full Corn Moon – 8/1 8:27 – Dreaming Heron Moon
Harvest 8-2
Planting 8/3-8/5
Lughnasadh Sabbat Open Circle, Friday 8/3, 7pm at Ancient Light – Full Moon Waning
August 4-5 – Psychic Fair – Special Guest, Carl Neal
August 4-5 – Pathways to Transformation Psychic Fair, Yachats Commons
Harvest 8-6-7
Oregon Coast Pan-Pagan Gathering, Friday – Sunday, September 28-30
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www.wunderground.com
Jun. 16, 2012, Rise, Set
Actual Time, 5:31 AM PDT, 9:03 PM PDT
Civil Twilight, 4:54 AM PDT, 9:39 PM PDT
Nautical Twilight, 4:05 AM PDT, 10:28 PM PDT
Astronomical Twilight, 3:03 AM PDT, 11:31 PM PDT
Moon, 3:27 AM PDT, 6:41 PM PDT
Length Of Visible Light, 16h 45m
Length of Day, 15h 31m
Tomorrow will be 0m 16s longer.
Waning Crescent, 8% of the Moon is Illuminated
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Celtic tree month of Duir Oak - Jun 10 - Jul 7 - The oak of myth and legend is the common oak (Quercus robur L.). It is sometimes called the great oak, which is a translation of its Latin name (robur is the root of the English word "robust"). It grows with ash and beech in the lowland forests, and can reach a height of 150 feet and age of 800 years. Along with ashes, oaks were heavily logged throughout recent millennia, so that the remaining giant oaks in many parts of Europe are but a remnant of forests past. Like most other central and northern European trees, common oaks are deciduous, losing their leaves before Samhain and growing new leaves in the spring so that the trees are fully clothed by Bealltaine. Common oaks are occasionally cultivated in North America, as are the similar native white oak, valley oak, and Oregon oak. Oaks are members of the Beech family (Fagaceae). Curtis Clark
Duir - Oak Ogam letter correspondences
Month: May
Color: Black and Dark Brown
Class: Chieftain
Letter: D
Meaning: Security; Strength
to study this month - Eadha - White Poplar or Aspen Ogam letter correspondences
Month: None
Color: Silver White
Class: Shrub
Letter: E
Meaning: Problems; Doubts; Fears.
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Tides for Alsea Bay
Day High Tide Height Sunrise Moon Time % Moon
/Low Time Feet Sunset Visible
Sa 16 Low 5:40 AM -0.2 5:31 AM Rise 3:28 AM 12
16 High 12:08 PM 5.4 9:03 PM Set 6:41 PM
16 Low 5:13 PM 2.9
16 High 11:07 PM 7.5
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Affirmation/Thought for the Day – Sometimes the most important thing in a whole day is the rest we take between two deep breaths.
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Journal Prompt – Expository - Write about the best teacher you have ever had. What made that teacher so special?
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Quotes
How beautiful a day can be when kindness touches it! - George Elliston
How far high failure overleaps the bounds of low success. - Lewis Morris
I have come to the conclusion that the major part of the work of a President is to increase the gate receipts of expositions and fairs and bring tourists to town. - William Howard Taft (1857-1930) US President (27)
I think books are like people, in the sense that they'll turn up in your life when you most need them. After my father died, the book that sort of saved my life was Gabriel García Márquez's novel One Hundred Years of Solitude. Because of that experience, I firmly believe there are... books whose greatness actually enables you to live, to do something. And sometimes, human beings need story and narrative more than they need nourishment and food. - Actress Emma Thompson
I don't need the primrose, or the blood of the vine;
I am drunk on negation, not on affirmation.
I am a hawk, I love to catch living prey;
I don’t circle like a vulture around corpses.
Vulture, come here quickly! Dare to become a hawk!
Pitch "vulturehood" into the cauldron, become pure.
Then give up even the attributes of the hawk,
Soar higher and transform your essence. - Jalal-ud-Din Rumi (Translated by Andrew Harvey from A Year of Rumi)
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Magick – Litha
Hotogov Mailgan - 6/22 Today's Goddess: White Nights (Russia)
Themes: Sky; Tradition; Arts Symbol: Pale Light
About Hotogov Mailgan: In Siberia, Hotogov Mailgan illuminates the night sky with her heavenly sparkle. She is the Queen of the Sky, a creative force for personal empowerment, and the manifester of the life energies in and around us.
To Do Today: Between June 21 and June 29 the skies in Russia always appear light gray at night because of the northern location. The effect throughout St. Petersburg is very magical, casting unique shadows on the lavender, pink, and yellow pastel-colored buildings. To celebrate this beauty, the citizens enjoy traditional Russian ballets, theatrical performances, and music. So, get out the theme music from Dr. Zhivago, rent a ballet featuring Barishnikov, or cook yourself up some Russian dumplings (varnekey) and invite this goddess to join you.
If you perform any magic today, try putting up some pastel-colored curtains around the space to filter the outside light so it suits Hotogove Mailgan. Or darken the room and use glow-in-the-dark stars to mark the magical circle so you're literally surrounded by her power.
Try taking a bubble bath and dotting the surface of the water with glitter to look like Hotogov Mailgan's night sky. Then sit, relax, and meditate, absorbing the hopeful, dreamy energy that her stars inspire in people everywhere.
)0( By Patricia Telesco~ From "365 Goddess" and GrannyMoon's Morning Feast
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Energy list
6/12/12 – Wanting to have a baby and it’s taking a while.
6/11/12 – Had brain surgery today for a right brain cancerous tumor.
6/6/12 – A friend is having cancer surgery today and asking for help.
6/4/12 – Neighbor harassing and stalking. The law isn’t helping. Putting up wardings and could use some energy to get them to go up and stay up!
6/2/12 – Student in 101 class, had flu, collapsed, ended up in hospital, now has a lung filling up with fluid…. Help! Update 6/7 – She’s quit smoking, is up and running around, but still coughing pretty hard.
5/29/12 – Car accident. Painful, not serious, but ow!
5/19/12 – Dealing with a persistent ex, a mistake from the git-go, stressed and feeling under attack constantly. Help!
5/16/12 – For someone who has found a dream job and wants some extra oomph to help him get it.
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Silliness - GCF: Hashing It Out
I was working as a short-order cook at two restaurants in the same neighborhood. On a Saturday night, I was finishing up the dinner shift at one restaurant and hurrying to report to work at the second place, but I was delayed because one table kept sending back an order of hash browns, insisting they were cold. I replaced them several times, but still the customers were dissatisfied.
When I was able to leave, I raced out the door and arrived at my second job. A server immediately handed me my first order.
"Make sure these hash browns are hot," she said, "because these people just left a restaurant down the street that kept serving them cold ones."
