06~22~10
If you forget me

I want you to know one thing
You know how this is:
if I look
at the crystal moon, at the red branch
of the slow autumn at my window,
if I touch
near the fire 
the impalpable ash
or the wrinkled body of the log,
everything carries me to you,
as if everything that exists,
aromas, light, metals,
were little boats
that sail
toward those isles of yours that wait for me.

Well, now,
if little by little you stop loving me
I shall stop loving you little by little.

If suddenly
you forget me
do not look for me,
for I shall already have forgotten you.

If you think it long and mad,
the wind of banners
that passes through my life,
and you decide
to leave me at the shore
of the heart where I have roots,
remember
that on that day,
at that hour,
I shall lift my arms
and my roots will set off
to seek another land.

But
if each day,
each hour,
you feel that you are destined for me
with implacable sweetness,
if each day a flower
climbs up to your lips to seek me,
ah my love, ah my own,
in me all that fire is repeated,
in me nothing is extinguished or forgotten,
my love feeds on your love, beloved,
and as long as you live it will be in your arms
without leaving mine.

Pablo Neruda

05~17~10
  Let It Rain
           
The rain is falling through the mists
Of sorrow that surrounded me
The sun could never thaw away
The mist that lays around me

Let it rain, let it rain
Let your love rain down on me
Let it rain, let it rain
Let it rain, rain, rain

My life was like a desert flower
Burning in the sun
Until I found the way to love
Was harder said than done

Now I know the secret
There is nothing that I lack
If I give my love to you
You'll surely give it back

by Eric Clapton

 04~09~10

Some witchy humor posted on another site that I just had to share.

If anyone has any others feel free to send.

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What do ya' call 13 Witches in a hot tub?
- Self-Cleaning Coven
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What is a witch's favorite snack?
- PAN pizza
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Sign in a Wiccan Books store:
"No Shoplifting! Offenders will be Possessed!
Second-time Offenders will be Re-Possessed!"

Love and light,

night

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• Full Snow Moon - February 28 ,2010 

 Since the heaviest snow usually falls during this month, native tribes of the north and east most often called February's full Moon the Full Snow Moon. Some tribes also referred to this Moon as the Full Hunger Moon, since harsh weather conditions in their areas made hunting very difficult.

11~28~09

The Full Cold Moon; or the Full Long Nights Moon -

Happy Full Moons.
The Full Moons will be Dec. 2,
and Dec.31, 2009 
The second full moon in December is called the blue moon.

 During this month the winter cold fastens its grip, and nights are at their longest and darkest. It is also sometimes called the Moon before Yule however it will be after Yule this year. The term Long Night Moon is a doubly appropriate name because the midwinter night is indeed long, and because the Moon is above the horizon for a long time. The midwinter full Moon has a high trajectory across the sky because it is opposite a low Sun.

It is the last full moon of the conventional calendar year, this bright moon which usually falls before Yule (or the winter solstice). The full moon of December rises icy cold and clear into starry winter skies, and it may well be the most beautiful moon of them all - it is certainly the most brilliant.

December's moon always seems poignant to me and rather lonely, floating up there in the velvety darkness by herself. When this full moon rolls around, those of us who live in the north are huddled indoors near our hearths, heaving wood into the fireplace or stove at regular intervals and watching the dancing flames, drinking tea, trying to stay warm and out of the wind and the cold. We watch the ebb and flow of the seasons and the passing of the short days and long nights from our frosty windows, and we hold fast to thoughts of warmth and light returning, knowing well that it will be the end of January before we begin to see any real change in the length of our days and the warmth of the sun.

All my love,
NightSoftWhisper

            And then he stuffed the turkey.

Happy Thanksgiving to all my friends on Collarme.

NightSoftWhisper

Samhain literally means “summer's end.” In Scotland and Ireland, Halloween is known as Oíche Shamhna, while in Wales it is Nos Calan Gaeaf, the eve of the winter's calend, or first. With the rise of Christianity, Samhain was changed to Hallowmas, or All Saints' Day, to commemorate the souls of the blessed dead who had been canonized that year, so the night before became popularly known as Halloween, All Hallows Eve, or Hollantide. November 2^nd became All Souls Day (my birthday), when prayers were to be offered to the souls of all who the departed and those who were waiting in Purgatory for entry into Heaven. Throughout the centuries, pagan and Christian beliefs intertwine in a gallimaufry of celebrations from Oct 31st through November 5^th, all of which appear both to challenge the ascendancy of the dark and to revel in its mystery.

In the country year, Samhain marked the first day of winter, when the herders led the cattle and sheep down from their summer hillside pastures to the shelter of stable and byre. The hay that would feed them during the winter must be stored in sturdy thatched ricks, tied down securely against storms. Those destined for the table were slaughtered, after being ritually devoted to the gods in pagan times. All the harvest must be gathered in -- barley, oats, wheat, turnips, and apples -- for come November, the faeries would blast every growing plant with their breath, blighting any nuts and berries remaining on the hedgerows. Peat and wood for winter fires were stacked high by the hearth. It was a joyous time of family reunion, when all members of the household worked together baking, salting meat, and making preserves for the winter feasts to come. The endless horizons of summer gave way to a warm, dim and often smoky room; the symphony of summer sounds was replaced by a counterpoint of voices, young and old, human and animal. 

In early Ireland, people gathered at the ritual centers of the tribes, for Samhain was the principal calendar feast of the year.   The greatest assembly was the 'Feast of Tara,' focusing on the royal seat of the High King as the heart of the sacred land, the point of conception for the new year. In every household throughout the country, hearth-fires were extinguished. All waited for the Druids to light the new fire of the year -- not at Tara, but at Tlachtga, a hill twelve miles to the north-west. It marked the burial-place of Tlachtga, daughter of the great druid Mogh Ruith, who may once have been a goddess in her own right in a former age. 

At at all the turning points of the Celtic year, the gods drew near to Earth at Samhain, so many sacrifices and gifts were offered up in thanksgiving for the harvest. Personal prayers in the form of objects symbolizing the wishes of supplicants or ailments to be healed were cast into the fire,  and at the end of the ceremonies, brands were lit from the great fire of Tara to re-kindle all the home fires of the tribe, as at Beltane. As they received the flame that marked this time of beginnings, people surely felt a sense of the kindling of new dreams, projects and hopes for the year to come. 

The Samhain fires continued to blaze down the centuries.  In the 1860s the Halloween bonfires were still so popular in Scotland that one traveler reported seeing thirty fires lighting up the hillsides all on one night, each surrounded by rings of dancing figures, a practice which continued up to the first World War. Young people and servants lit brands from the fire and ran around the fields and hedges of house and farm, while community leaders surrounded parish boundaries with a magic circle of light. Afterwards, ashes from the fires were sprinkled over the fields to protect them during the winter months -- and of course, they also improved the soil. The bonfire provided an island of light within the oncoming tide of winter darkness, keeping away cold, discomfort, and evil spirits long before electricity illumined our nights. When the last flame sank down, it was time to run as fast as you could for home, raising the cry, “The black sow without a tail take the hindmost!”

Happy Halloween!

and

Blessed Samhain!

 Ghoulishly yours,

NightSoftWhisper

10. Guaranteed to get at least a little something in the sack.

9.   If you get tired, wait ten minutes and go at it again. 

7. You don't have to falsely compliment the person who gave you some.

6. Person giving you some, doesn't fantasize you're someone else.

5. If you get a stomach ache, it won't last for nine months.

4. If you wear your Batman mask, no one will think you're weird.

3. Doesn't matter if kids hear you moaning and groaning.

2. No guilt the next morning.

        And, the #1 reason trick or treating is better than sex....

Night

Happy Fall
cd
Night

In darkness my heart was won.

NightSoftWhisper
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Autumn Equinox or Mabon