Imbolc “IM-bulk” is a pagan holiday with many names. One of the Sabbats, it is an ancient festival generally celebrated on January 31, February 1, or February 2. It is also known as Candlemas, Brighid (“breed/bride”), and Oimelc (“EE-mulk”) which means ewe’s milk. It is the time of year halfway between December 21, the winter Solstice (Yule) and March 21, the spring Equinox (Ostara). Imbolc is in the middle of winter, but is the optimism of spring.The Egyptians and the Romans also celebrated this time, as it was the earth goddess giving birth to the Sun God. The time to ready seeds for the planting of food. A time of planning weddings, love, and romance. Days are getting longer and hope is renewed. The celebration is to light candles. Night of white candles turns the darkness into light.
The faces of the unwanted. The saying is “Adopt don’t shop”. there are plenty of unwanted pure breeds as well. A lot of people tell me they can’t go through the “good-bye” stage of their loving pet and won’t save another dog’s soul. Your dog would want you to love and love more. Rescuing a dog is creating space to have a best friend.
My son, William just adopted a 10-month purebred. He loves Chesapeake Bay Retriever’s—this 85 lb. Puppy was living in an apartment dumped by the daughter to her parents, the father is an invalid. He was surrendered to a Rescue Organization. My daughter-in-law and I would look at each other as this huge puppy would surf the kitchen counter. We wondered how these people did it, as they had no control over this pup. Luckily he was housebroken but everything else seemed to be chaotic. Certainly, the puppy didn’t know how to behave, and he was huge and terrified. And that is the answer, he didn’t know what to do…the pup was terrified, so my kids set out to give him structure.
Settling him into a household doesn’t happen overnight but with dogs and all pets, it usually isn’t weeks or even months to learn the protocol of what is expected of them. Having a crate, not to lock them in it all the time but to provide it with a safe space, a little cave for them to go and hide is good. And allowing dogs to be locked in when you are away from the house for the first few weeks until they know not to chew or destroy anything. They may need a little melatonin or Benadryl to help them sleep in the crate if they’re super anxious. William put chew toys and a peanut butter-filled kong in to help occupy the dog when he goes to work.
My son takes time to work with the rescue on a leash and play ball with all of his dogs. In a week, we watched the terror become a well-mannered family member, because he knew what was expected of him. My son presented this dog with his very own bowl and a new collar as a simple ceremony and told him he was now a part of the family. The puppy was proud and hasn’t acted unruly since.
The three dogs I have now are rescues. Sophia, a black and white medium-sized dog; I brought her home from the Amazon Jungle in Brazil. Ghosty is a little bigger, brought back from a rescue group show at a pet food store in Arizona. Also Beanie, my French Bulldog was bought by a heroin addict and he couldn’t take care of little Beanie so he gave him to me as a puppy.
Sophia from Brazil. It was a long journey but not an arduous one. I put her into a veterinarian’s office in Brazil and they worked on her paperwork to bring her out of the country and enter the United States. It took about 6 weeks. I was in New Zealand when she was officially released to come to North America, so I had her tag along with an American passenger and she landed in San Francisco rather than Los Angeles. My amazing assistant, Helen, and her husband Dale went to pick her up and keep her for three weeks until I could come and get her since I was still away.
Oh, what to do with Sophia once she came to my little ranch. She kept escaping from the 1/2 acre yard and she didn’t know what I expected of her. She would roam the rural neighborhood. My son, Hunter had taken a break from college and was living with me. She’d trot happily past my entry gate, I would ask if she’d like to come in for a meal. She would wag her tail and away she’d go. I asked Hunter if he’d let her live in his room for a few weeks until she knew she could live in the house and sprawl out on the furniture. She then became a house dog very fast. She learned she was welcomed in the house. I didn’t want her running the land and doing what she’d done in Brazil. She could eat at home too. The neighbors would tell me Sophia was digging at tree roots and eating rattlesnake eggs. It was a talent I could’ve rented her out for… Ultimately what did I expect of her? I wanted to give her the comforts I knew she could never have if she stayed a wild dog.
Daily Routine With Your Adopted Dog
Bathroom times – go with them to the yard and stand by the door and wait for them, until they are comfortable with going to the yard by themself. Walk them if you are in an apartment or yard-less home. I usually let them have another bathroom break after each meal. And a few times during the day and at bedtime
If you have a secure yard, they can stay outside for a few hours during the day
Feeding – twice a day
If you are going to work, crate them. if they are anxious and unsettled the first few weeks. You can use a thunder jacket to make them feel secure. Give them a peanut butter kong (no xylitol) and a chew toy or two. And if they are severely anxious give them a little Benadryl or some melatonin. (small dogs small dosage)
A daily walk, but don’t let them pull or lead. Get the necessary collar or harness.
Train the dog for only a few short minutes. sit, wait, lay down etc…
Treats
Cameras in the house and yard if you need to see what is happening
The Full Corn Moon (Native American) at 6* Aries will culminate, on September 29, 2023, 2:58 am Pacific | September 29 5:58 am Eastern (Farmers Almanac).
This Aries Full Moon is all about Action. Hold on to your horses as you gallop into new scenes. You’ve been complacent and standing back letting your life slip by… and you’re awakening to the fact you have to take your health and well-being seriously. Isn’t your work important on a daily basis? If it isn’t, start to make plans to change what you do and how you do it. Life gives us explicit directions and instructions…
1. Take care of your health
2. Work steadily
3. Take care of others
4. Be Happy where your feet are standing
5. Love and Be Loved
6. Relationships are supposed to be Fun
7. Take a few extra minutes to do something right
8. Become Skillful
9. Smile and the World Smiles with You
10. Listen well
11. Speak productively
12. Open your heart and mind to have a great life
Journal Questions:
3-5 sentences+ for each question.
–What do you need to change, so you can move forward? –
Sentiments
Regrets
Anger
Actual person
Job
Career change
Move
House
Town
Country
Money problems
Bad habits
Health problems
Stress
Phobias
-How can you rebalance:
People problems
Money problems
Relationship problem
Health problems
Personal issues
Bad habits
Phobias
Career problems
Past choices
Stress
Overwhelmed
Where are you most ambitious:
relationships
career
job
homelife
friendships
marriage
children
beauty
exercise
eating
inside maintenance
outside maintenance
person maintenance
place maintenance
thing maintenance
Your new viewpoint:
acceptance of yourself
acceptance of others
Spending too much time on others and not yourself
Spending too much time on yourself and not on others
Forward movement toward positive activities
Forward movement toward negative activities
-Time management, how long with each:
Family
Friends
Job
Career
Money
Beauty
Health
Harmony
Things
Strangers
-When creating calmness in your life:
Breathing deeply a few times a day
Drinking more water
Taking a walk
Meditating
Praying
Writing in a Journal
Creating a solution
Creating plans
Giving Hugs
Offering Smiles
Saying nice things to people
Waving here or there to people
Enjoying a color
Enjoying nature
Enjoying architecture
Complimenting your kids
Complimenting everyone
-Can you clearly say this is what I do now and I like it or I’d like to see a change:
What are you doing now
What job will you have next year
What job will you have in 5 years
What job will you have in 10 years
Do you stay with a career
Do you change careers often
Do you like jobs
Do you like responsibility
Do you like to be a boss
Are you a good boss
Are you a good employee
What makes you happy
When you were a child what did you want to be when you grew up
What is your career
What is your self-confidence
What is your earning potential
What is your verve for life
Are you a winner
Are you sometimes winning
Are you winning yet losing
Are you losing but close to winning
What could make you win
What could make you content
——
*When meditating, remember you’re going to go past your mind and its set ideas, and proceed toward the heart, taking it deeper, releasing false sentiments, and just floating in your divinity, going deeper and deeper to your very essence. Reaching into the core of your being. Shift into knowing you will begin to float in calmness and flow freely forward into divine destiny.
——“We must be willing to get rid of
the life we’ve planned, so as to have
the life that is waiting for us.
The old skin has to be shed
before the new one can come.
If we fix on the old, we get stuck.
When we hang onto any form,
we are in danger of putrefaction.
Hell is life drying up.”
― Joseph Campbell, A Joseph Campbell Companion: Reflections on the Art of Living
Autumn Equinox, 2nd Harvest, September 20/21/22 September 22, 2023 (Almanac) Mabon, (pronounced MAY-bun, MAY-bone, MAH-boon, or MAH-bawn) is the Autumn Equinox. The Autumn Equinox divides the day and night equally, and we all take a moment to pay our respects to the impending dark. We also give thanks to the waning sunlight, as we store our harvest of this year’s crops. The Druids call this celebration, Mea’n Fo’mhair, and honor the The Green Man, the God of the Forest, by offering libations to trees.
Offerings of ciders, wines, herbs and fertilizer are appropriate at this time. Wiccans celebrate the aging Goddess as she passes from Mother to Crone, and her consort the God as he prepares for death and re-birth. Various other names for this Lesser Wiccan Sabbat are The Second Harvest Festival, Wine Harvest, Feast of Avalon, Equinozio di Autunno (Strega), Alben Elfed (Caledonii), or Cornucopia.
The Teutonic name, Winter Finding, spans a period of time from the Sabbat to Oct. 15th, Winter’s Night, which is the Norse New Year. At this festival it is appropriate to wear all of your finery and dine and celebrate in a lavish setting. It is the drawing to and of family as we prepare for the winding down of the year at Samhain. It is a time to finish old business as we ready for a period of rest, relaxation, and reflection. Symbolism of Mabon: – Second Harvest, the Mysteries, Equality and Balance.
Symbols of Mabon: – Wine, gourds, pine cones, acorns, grains, corn, apples, pomegranates, vines such as ivy, dried seeds, and horns of plenty.
Foods of Mabon: – Breads, nuts, apples, pomegranates, and vegetables such as potatoes, carrots, and onions.
Incense of Mabon: – Autumn Blend-benzoin, myrrh, and sage.
Colors of Mabon: – Red, orange, russet, maroon, brown, and gold.
Stones of Mabon: – Sapphire, lapis lazuli, and yellow agates.
Activities of Mabon: – Making wine, gathering dried herbs, plants, seeds and seed pods, walking in the woods, scattering offerings in harvested fields, offering a ritual pouring to loved ones —Flowers and trees, adorning burial sites with leaves, acorns, and pine cones to honor those who have passed over.
Spellworkings of Mabon: – Protection, prosperity, security, and self-confidence. Also those of harmony and balance.
Deities of Mabon: – Goddesses-Modron, Morgan, Epona, Persephone, Pamona and the Muses. Gods-Mabon, Thoth, Thor, Hermes, and The Green Man. Mabon is considered a time of the Mysteries. It is a time to honor Aging Deities and the Spirit World. Considered a time of balance, it is when we stop and relax and enjoy the fruits of our personal harvests, whether they be from toiling in our gardens, working at our jobs, raising our families, or just coping with the hussle-bussle of everyday life. May your Mabon be memorable, and your hearts and spirits be filled to overflowing!
Recipes: Salad Fixings—-Lettuce: any kind Add:
Sliced radishes
Shelled edamame
Cucumbers
Onions
Mushroom
Tomatoes
Peppers
Sliced fruit, like pears, apples, and mangoes
Berries, blueberries, raspberries, strawberries
Grilled salmon
Roasted garlic, Wild rice, quinoa, or other whole grain
Beans, like pinto, garbanzo
White beans
Celery
Italian Parsley
Wheat berries
Fresh basil (especially nice with a deep balsamic vinegar)
Nonfat ricotta cheese (a little goes a long way)
Scallions
cabbage
Grilled chicken breast
tofu
Roasted beets
bell peppers, thinly sliced
Dill
Any Dressing of your choice. Autumn Apple Cider Chicken or Vegan Soup
Chicken (optional) cooked using pam spray, browned in cast iron skillet (preferably)
cut into cubes for soup pot
In big soup pot or crockpot
3 cups apple cider or juice
1 carton reduced-sodium chicken broth
2 tablespoons cider vinegar
1-1/2 teaspoons himalayan salt (optional)
1/4 to 1/2 teaspoon dried thyme
1/4 teaspoon pepper
3 medium potatoes, peeled and cubed
4 medium carrots, cut into pieces
3 celery ribs, cut into pieces
2 medium onions, cut
Sweet Potatoes & Ground Turkey or Vegan Casserole
5 sweet potatoes or yams, cooked-peeled-cubed
Saute’
1 or more pounds ground turkey (optional)
1 medium onion, chopped
5 Green Onions, chopped
3 garlic cloves, minced
1/4 cup low sodium tomato paste
1 cup low sodium chicken broth
2 teaspoons smoked paprika
1/2 teaspoon Himalayan salt
1/4 teaspoon peppe
Add the sweet potatoes or yams, cooked-peeled-cubed
Dash crushed red pepper flakes (optional)
Minced fresh mint (optional)
South of the Border Casserole
4 cups uncooked pasta shapes (whole wheat/ gluten-free)
4 cups vegetable broth or water
1 can (15 oz) black beans, rinsed and drained
1 can (14-1/2 oz) diced low sodium tomatoes, undrained
1 yellow pepper, chopped
1 red pepper, chopped
1 cup fresh or frozen corn, thawed
1 can (10 oz) enchilada sauce
Add –
1/2 cup shredded cheese
Combine in pot, bring pasta and ingredients to al dente and sauce has thickened slightly, 12-15 minutes. Add cheese, melt in the oven and serve Apple-Cranberry Pie
Dough for 2 – pies with lattice tops
2-1/4 cups sugar or Monk sugar (same evalent)
1/3 cup whole wheat flour or rice flour
pie filling –
tart apples, peeled-sliced (about 8 cups)
3 cups fresh or frozen cranberries
2 tsp grated orange zest
1-1/2 tsp nutmeg
1-1/2 tsp cinnamon
6 cups frozen or fresh raspberries
Bake 375* 45-50 minutes Hot apple cider — In a medium-size bowl mix sugar or honey, cinnamon, cloves, allspice, mace, and nutmeg. Heat the apple cider until hot, add 1 to 2 teaspoons to the apple cider Repost Enquire: Sessions & Seminars +1-424-781-7103 Taraappointment@gmail.com
The Full Blue Moon (Native American) at 7* Pisces will culminate, on August 30, 2023, 6:36 pm PDT/9:35 pm EDT (Farmers Almanac). This Full Blue Moon is the second moon of one month. This Unusual Extra Moon won’t be showing up next year. But you must know it is emotionally charged; you may feel weepy, caged, or moody. But once you have a heart-to-heart talk with yourself or people close to you, you’ll feel good again. What do you want? How do you feel? This is about many aspects of your life. Especially the outside-of-you types of things…such as your accomplishments, relationships, and friendships. Your main focus might be on how to make progress. You may not be feeling your center or very balanced. People may baffle you, you might need to regroup.
How to stop the cotton candy spinning in your head and get back to some evaluative thinking. We all don’t want to end up shallow and confused. We don’t need to be wrought. How do we get back to the depth of being?
How to Become a Deep Thinker
1. Keep Learning
2. Align Your Thinking
3. Discipline your mind
4. Know your Emotions
5. Know your Intellect
6. Know your spirituality
7. Listen intently
8. Subdue on interjecting your opinion
9. Ego check
10. Let go of petty
11. Be masterful
12. Be Unconditional
13. Don’t be an over-thinker
14. Study concepts
15. Study skills
16 We are who we admire.
17. Compare your aspirations
Journal Questions:
Are you constructive or destructive:
About yourself
Or others
Family
Friends
Work arena
Neighborhood
City
State
Country
World
Are you trying to be invisible – or are you outwardly visible?
Are you seen as disruptive?
House
Love
Family
Parents
Mate
Children
How can you change: List 3 things if not 3 sentences
Love
Career
Job
Health
Relationships
Friendships
Happiness
Exercise
What aren’t you thinking deeply about:
Spiritually
Emotionally
Intellectually
Materially
Physically
__ We have foundations of learning, either our mentors, teachers, and elders taught us the basics or didn’t teach us. You maybe just ignored them. Never too late. We also learn by example. Either way, we must re-focus. Start thinking about what creates your life instead of what breaks it.
—— “No matter how many mistakes you make or how slow you progress, you are still way ahead of everyone who isn’t trying.” – Tony Robbins, Motivational Speaker
The Full Sturgeon Moon (Native American) at 9* Aquarius will culminate, August 1, 2023 11:32AM PST/2:32PM EST (Farmers Almanac).
This Full Sturgeon Moon is about being proactive and making “headway” toward achievement.
Practicing self-awareness allows you to progress into who you would like to become. Reacting in a positive manner allows you to create situations of trust and calmness. People seldom gather their thoughts and wits in chaos. There are those people who can keep up with a frenzied pace. But are you stopping to listen and learn? Who is out there with sound expertise to help you learn to achieve?
How about learning to cope. There are issues, which happened in childhood or even as an adult, which can prevent our achievement of goals. Sometimes we need to reprogram our minds by positive reinforcement, hypnosis, or pure willpower.
Many people develop healthy skills to cultivate their consciousness. Do you need to make your voice heard above the frey? Or do you listen on a deeper level and take your observations with you to mull over? When you see a conflict or impending problem, are you able to dig deeply and bring your observations to the surface? Maybe you’re even ready to create a solution. We can’t skirt the issues that hold us back, we need to address the concerns which don’t serve ourselves and others, and make some headway in our lives.
To Become Conscious:
Empathy: A sign of emotional intelligence is knowing how you are feeling… and being aware of how others are feeling. Everyone feels differently.
Adaptability: Learning to react appropriately.
Confidence: Being aware of your shortcomings and still acting in faith.
Mindfulness: Becoming aware of the Present. You have this time on the planet to be in the “NOW”.
Patience: Allowing time to be your ally.
Kindness: No-one is perfect. Everyone needs a boost.
Journal Questions:
Who are you kind to:
yourself
others
Family
Friends
Work arena
Neighborhood
City
State
Country
World
Are you seen as Constructive or Destructive?
House
Love
Family
Parents
Mate
Children
Where do you build your life:
Love
Career
Job
Health
Relationships
Friendships
Happiness
Exercise
Are you present in your personal life or work life: List 3 things if not 3 sentences
Love
Career
Job
Health
Relationships
Friendships
Happiness
Exercise
Your Aspirations:
Spiritually
Emotionally
Intellectually
Materially
Physically
What Inspires you:
(5 sentences or more)
Who Inspires you:
(5 people and why)
_____How do your actions affect your daily life and also the lives of others, especially your friends and family? Self-awareness requires acknowledging your emotions, it’s not really why you do the things you do or what you might say. But maybe you could identify how you handle those feelings and how any of those subsequent actions are good for your life or not.
Self-awareness allows you to monitor your emotions and reactions. It lets you know your triggers and weaknesses. What you really want to focus on is your strengths and positive motivation. Life is about enjoying the process, not feeling like you have to be on the defensive or reactive.
—-“The core of your soul. The center of your being. the higher consciousness of your mind. That is where the kingdom of love and peace begins.” Anonymous
Attuning oneself to be present, while in the knowledge of the past and future is mindfulness. You can sit with yourself for a moment, meditate if it feels right and bring yourself to check in. Monitor how you feel, what you want, why you want it, is the day a good day and how to change it, if it isn’t. You are to be in the what’s happening of the “Now”.
Your assignment is to create a resolve by keeping your mind moving forward in a reassuring direction. Quieting your inner chatter. Calmly listening to your emotional harmony on a deeper level. Tuning into your heart beating. Integrating with the natural sounds around you. Attune… to you and your inner light.
Breathe deeply and practice being open and free from obstructions. The only thing that matters right now is your breathe and heart rate. You will be receptive upcoming of handling each new experience in an effective and conflict-free way.
MINDFULNESS:
Sit or stand comfortably with your eyes shut or gazing for a few moments or minutes, breathing deeply, being relaxed and at ease.
Listen easily and gently to where you are, and your environment around you. Remember to let the noise calm you, as you reframe it and allowing your viewpoint to change.
If you start to challenge and chatter at yourself, bring your attention back to something lovely or positive. (no judgement, gossip, disharmony or bills, as they don’t matter in this moment).
You are to give yourself a sweet talk and say, “I’ve got this”, “keep smiling”, “dare to be different”,“there are solutions near” “be the bigger person”, “You are strong”, “life is beautiful”, “life is an adventure”, etcetera.
Practice being mindful in different locations. Needing to regroup is normal and should be done a few times a day.
You’ll notice you have much more composure if you practice mindfulness.
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