I am feeling the worst effects of the Mercury retrograde this time around! Yesterday was a dozy!

A close friend and I had massive communication problems; between friends and family. Now, yes, everything happens for a reason but wow--stuff just went down bad.

Then, even more importantly, I had a misunderstanding with a client, who is also a friend. Sometimes communication through words via email can be misconstrued, that is for sure, but during a Mercury retrograde? Oy vey. Hopefully I will be able to have a phone conversation with her today and get things back on track.

Lastly, and MOST importantly, CJ and I were going round and round about stupid stuff last night. I blame Mercury retrograde and my very grumpy mood. He swore someone pissed in my wheaties, lol, and ya, it was Mercury! Hahaaha! Yesterday was just a BAD day for communication--with everyone!

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My eldest Witchlet, Olivia, is fixated on faeries. At her dad's, she has faerie doors by trees outside and doorways inside. Now she wants a faerie mailbox so she can send and receive letters to them. She wants one in her room and one outside.

I think having a few faerie mailboxes is a cute idea. I know she wants to do this now so I am trying to come up with some cool Mabon and Samhain decoration ideas for them.

I think having a mailbox for each season or Sabbat is a neat idea! We'd sure have a lot of faerie mail boxes but it's the idea behind this whole thing that I love!

Are you feeling the effects of Mercury in retrograde yet? It began yesterday. During this time, there are usually lots of problems involving any sort of communication. Things break down. Repairs are lengthy and expensive. Travel plans go weirdly awry. Magick also has a tendency to misbehave during this time.

This will last about 3 weeks, the next one is not until 12/9/10.

However, Mercury retrograde can be a productive time for those long overdue cleaning projects, the attic, the garage, the basement. Take something that is known to be negative and turn it into positive!

My mom and her boyfriend are leaving for vacation today...uh oh! Should I tell her about this? LOL

Apparently this is an old video but I just found it today. This video should be used for inspirational products or something; to show that there still is beauty and hope in the world around us.

If you watch closely you will see a dog get hit by a car (the video shows this from different angles) on a busy highway. A second dag sees the injured dog and actually drags it to safety. This 'hero' dog wraps its paws around the neck of the injured dog to pull it to the side of the road, where some road workers see what is going on and help.

When it comes to incense, which do you prefer, cone or stick? I am leaning more and more towards cone incense, simply because of the nice way it burns down.

Not to mention the fact I almost burned the house down once with stick incense, LOL. I was this close >< to needing some serious emergency assistance at putting that fire out! My poor altar cloth.

So, which do you usually burn? Do you have a favorite brand? Favorite sent?

When I was married to Jeff, the house we lived in had a spare room which was my 'witchy room' -- I wish I had pictures of that room. We both designed the room, even had a cad drawing of exactly what w wanted it to look like.

I'd love to have a witchy room here but having a room just for my things is impossible. Do you have a room just for your altar and to do ritual?