*** Opened channel log for #ADF at 07/10/2014 7:41:10 PM [19:48] *** BrianODell (Mibbit@32562733.nwrknj.fios.36f5c1fe.net.hmsk) has joined #ADF [19:49] [Owlhawk] hello [19:49] Hi... it's my first time, I'm a nooby! LOL [19:50] [Owlhawk] we all were at one point [19:51] Yeah... I usually don't hang out in chat rooms as I can't type so fast! [19:51] *** rovena (Mibbit@14055b31.6ca5ec7e.174.33.imsk) has joined #ADF [19:52] [Owlhawk] hello [19:52] Prefer FB posting or email. [19:52] *** Mode change [+o rovena] on #ADF by ChanServ [19:52] Hello [19:52] Howdy Rovena [19:53] How is everyone? [19:53] good... stop listening Isaac Bonewitz discussion to tune in here. [19:54] [Owlhawk] The OBOD pod cast? it's a good one [19:54] Yes, very good... really emphasized stuff I've read in Our Druidry book [19:54] [Owlhawk] Good. Rearranged the computer room today and started cleaning out the back room. 5 boxes of cook books and cooking magaizines are being tossed out tomorrow [19:55] Oh, I could never give up my cookbooks! LOL [19:55] [Owlhawk] The wife has at least another 5 boxes..... [19:55] [Owlhawk] She collects 'em [19:55] Is there a used book store that would take them rather than pitching them? [19:56] Where are you? Don't you have a freecycle? [19:57] [Owlhawk] Likely. by toss I'm referring to getting them out of my house. I'd take em to raven's knoll in the spring, but that would mean they stay here another 6 months. They'll likely end up at the Salvation army or Value village or the wife's church [19:57] Cool so long as someone can enjoy them [19:57] Cookbooks never really go out of style [19:58] [Owlhawk] it's scarey how many she has [19:58] unless we run out of food! [19:58] *** MagerMax (Mibbit@4b8d2ddf.dynamic.6b54840a.net.hmsk) has joined #ADF [19:59] Hi MagerMax! [20:00] Hello MagerMax [20:00] Hio all :) [20:05] [Owlhawk] hello [20:05] So what do we want to talk about? [20:05] [Owlhawk] the same thing we talk about every night Pinky! [20:05] [Owlhawk] :D [20:06] *** SaraKBlackwelder (Mibbit@6e188568.tampfl.fios.36f5c1fe.net.hmsk) has joined #ADF [20:06] [Owlhawk] hello Sara [20:06] Hello Sara [20:06] hello! [20:06] How's everyone tonight? [20:07] Good, enjoying the chill in the air! [20:07] oh yes! It's been lovely down here too [20:07] Ditto :) [20:08] Same here tonight but back to the 90s tomorrow [20:09] I'm thinking it's still supposed to be in the 80s, but I haven't checked either [20:09] [Owlhawk] I expect snow by Samhain so the relative warmth is welcome [20:10] I think it was 2 years ago we got snow around Samhain (in NJ) [20:10] What plans does everyone have shaping up for Samhain? [20:11] We're lucky to get it for Jule! [20:11] [Owlhawk] I'm helping move my best friend's girlfriend on Nov 1, so nothing elaborate will be going on for me. [20:12] I'll be going to my first rite in NYC - ADFstyle [20:12] I'm getting the grove ritual together and well be heading to Florida pagan gathering [20:12] [Owlhawk] I'm expecting another winter like last year. [20:15] Have no clue what the winter will be like this year [20:19] Trying to get the protogrove motivated to write ritual or I will have to do it myself [20:19] [Owlhawk] farmer's almanac, I'm told, says nasty [20:23] *** SaraKBlackwelder (Mibbit@6e188568.tampfl.fios.36f5c1fe.net.hmsk) has quit IRC [Quit: http://www.mibbit.com ajax IRC Client] [20:24] May, we are quiet tonight [20:24] looks like - i [20:25] I was just flipping between this and reading some of my GSP work lol [20:26] [Owlhawk] I keep meaning to start on that... [20:26] People seems to do a lot of multi tasking [20:26] [Owlhawk] first Flash episode is on now...... [20:27] *** SaraKBlackwelder (Mibbit@6e188568.tampfl.fios.36f5c1fe.net.hmsk) has joined #ADF [20:27] [Owlhawk] hello again! [20:27] weird [20:28] NCIS is on Ducky and his younger self [20:28] the cat has decided I'm not paying enuf attention to him by typing here! [20:28] [Owlhawk] it's your turn this week, that's all. Mine was the week before [20:28] I was just saying the move to grove status has been tough [20:28] *** Kantus (Mibbit@dbd7cd4b.hvc.res.14056255.com.hmsk) has joined #ADF [20:29] [Owlhawk] One of ours sits on the back of my Lazy Boy [20:29] [Owlhawk] at times [20:29] All the kittens have had their antibiotics and are asleep [20:29] [Owlhawk] that won't last [20:29] he just bit me! Yikes! [20:30] Why is the transition so hard? [20:30] well with more stuff to do, and many of the folks that were pushing have had to back out for personal lives going crazy [20:31] so I feel the support system I had has dwindled [20:31] locally at least. :-) [20:31] Yeah, understand that [20:32] That is one of the reasons we haven't made the move [20:32] *** Kantus (Mibbit@dbd7cd4b.hvc.res.14056255.com.hmsk) has quit IRC [Client Quit] [20:32] I'm wishing now we had waited longer, but oh well. do what I can! [20:34] [Owlhawk] take it one thing at a time is all I can suggest [20:35] that's what I'm doing. slow and steady. :-) [20:43] *** MagerMax (Mibbit@4b8d2ddf.dynamic.6b54840a.net.hmsk) has quit IRC [Quit: http://www.mibbit.com ajax IRC Client] [20:44] *** BrianODell (Mibbit@32562733.nwrknj.fios.36f5c1fe.net.hmsk) has quit IRC [Quit: http://www.mibbit.com ajax IRC Client] [20:44] *** SaraKBlackwelder (Mibbit@6e188568.tampfl.fios.36f5c1fe.net.hmsk) has quit IRC [Quit: http://www.mibbit.com ajax IRC Client] [20:44] *** JasonM (AndChat501@afb43f9a.hsd1.ma.5aa6454b.net.hmsk) has joined #ADF [20:45] Hello Jason [20:45] Hay Owl, Rovena. [20:45] [Owlhawk] hello [20:45] How are you tonight? [20:45] Quiet night. [20:46] People left early [20:46] Been a extreme busy couple of weeks [20:46] Aww I missed the party? [20:46] Nay, we will start a new one [20:47] [Owlhawk] you showed up during a lull [20:47] I can always count on you Rovena [20:47] I do try ... but sometimes I can be trying or so my husband says [20:48] So I have been presented with an odd opportunity for interfaith outreach [20:49] DO tell us [20:50] I was having a lovely conversation on a flight Sunday with a social worker for a DC school District. [20:50] Contrasting paganism, major monotheism, and Buddhism. [20:51] Interesting [20:51] When as we were deplaning I was asked by the gentleman in the row ahead who had over heard a out my plans to pursue ordination. [20:53] It turns out he is the senior reverend at a uu church in Cambridge ma and would love to discuss the prospect further. [20:54] Cool. U U churches are very open to interfaith [20:55] It is doubly odd because this is the church that hosted the soup kitchen I frequented when I was homeless and also was were I had my first (now failed) marriage [20:56] So it was a sight of instability and tradition. And may now contribute to my ongoing stability. [20:56] Going full circle [20:57] Oddly yes [20:57] [Owlhawk] nice contrast [20:58] [Owlhawk] closing the circle like that. [20:59] Yeah I thought so. I have a coffee meeting with him on the 30th [21:00] Do either of you do any interfaith work? [21:01] Yes as much as I can. On board of directors for World Religion Day [21:01] [Owlhawk] no. [21:01] Religion editor of local newspaper wants to observe a ritual [21:01] [Owlhawk] There's no public pagan groups in my area [21:03] Then you should start one owl [21:03] That is awesome Rovena [21:03] [Owlhawk] no, this area is too backwoods for that still. [21:03] [Owlhawk] I've started a coffee moot. we'll see how that does over time. [21:04] Hope it goes well [21:04] That's sad. They are never going to move forward if you don't drag them kicking and screaming [21:04] I'm sure the moot will lead to great things [21:04] [Owlhawk] too much work [21:06] [Owlhawk] I figure the moot growing will take a few years at least. this is a small, sleepy town. [21:07] Gotta start somewhere [21:07] Know that feeling all too well [21:07] I totally get that outreach is not everybody's thing [21:08] It's the steady constant base that keeps the whole thing going [21:08] [Owlhawk] that's what I'm aiming at getting started, that base [21:09] And frankly consistent practice is way harder then the fits and starts of public interest [21:09] *** ErinPicard (Mibbit@6ca5ecc1.14055ad5.70.51.imsk) has joined #ADF [21:09] [Owlhawk] yes it is. [21:09] [Owlhawk] also more important I feel. [21:09] hello! [21:09] *** Lesley (Mibbit@8701b380.lightspeed.hstntx.3e6fd2e2.net.hmsk) has joined #ADF [21:10] Hey yall [21:10] how is everyone? [21:10] hi [21:10] Hello Erin [21:10] [Owlhawk] hello [21:10] hi rovena, hi owlhawk [21:10] Hay Erin, Lesley [21:10] hi jason [21:11] hi lesley :) [21:12] Hello Lesley [21:12] How are you all doing tonight [21:12] what is everyone up to? [21:12] I am doing good and you? [21:14] I'm well thank you [21:16] So I travel a lot. Does anyone have suggestions on substitutes for oils or incense while on the road? [21:17] [Owlhawk] as offerings? it depends on the pantheon. I use Olive Oil. Water will work as well. [21:18] I used recently the e-juice from my ecig cause I had nothing else and it was accepted good [21:18] I have also used portions of my food from meals [21:18] It is the manner of offering. Hotels frown on fires. [21:19] [Owlhawk] Ah. Well, when all else fails pour it down the sink. [21:19] yes they do, battery operated candle and then use silver to a well or a vocal offering [21:19] Air freshners can be a substitute for aromatic oils [21:19] like a story or song [21:20] another option is write or draw something that can be shared with others [21:21] [Owlhawk] for solid offerings, you can always wrap them in a napkin and place it in the garbabge. [21:21] when I was on the cruise, I gave silver to the well, then would just use verbal gifts till back [21:21] All very interesting ideas, thank you. [21:21] bird seeds can be scatter from a window or balcony [21:22] I typically giv whiskey to the locals when ever I spent more then a night or so in a hotel. [21:23] [Owlhawk] Reciting things like the Homeric Hymns for a particular diety works as well. [21:23] *** ErinPicard (Mibbit@6ca5ecc1.14055ad5.70.51.imsk) has quit IRC [Quit: http://www.mibbit.com ajax IRC Client] [21:23] It's always amusing to see the bartenders face when I walk outside and dump out the whiskey I just paid for. [21:24] lol [21:24] Ooh that [21:24] Ooh that's good owl [21:25] I aught to do that one day when performing in Houston especially since all the bartenders know I am an alcoholic and don't drink [21:26] That would be priceless Lesley [21:26] [Owlhawk] Our liquor stores carry small 1 oz bottles of booze that work well for offerings. [21:27] Who does everyone make offerings to when they travel? [21:27] Nips are my goto Owl [21:27] *** ErinPicard (Mibbit@6ca5ecc1.14055ad5.70.51.imsk) has joined #ADF [21:28] I give to Domnu my patron and Goddess of the Sea and Sky, Garanus who is over transformation, and then to the Sky Father [21:28] dam, i clickeed [21:28] I give to Mannan Mac lir since I consider travel liminal space. [21:28] welcome back Erin [21:28] Morrigan - my patron [21:28] i clicked the wrong button and poof [21:28] oh man I hate when I do that [21:28] glad you are back [21:28] [Owlhawk] Hermes. and it depends on the method of travel for others. [21:29] and my predictive text isnt working ... [21:29] thanks lesley [21:29] we are talking about who we make offerings to when traveling and also how we do offerings when traveling [21:29] oh [21:30] hermes [21:31] To the best of my knowledge there is no celtic deity for travel [21:31] [Owlhawk] Mannan would be my guess. Or Lugh. [21:32] Mannan Mac Lir is a good one [21:32] Most Celts I know just stick with their patron [21:32] nuts, i just got here and i gotta go to bed.. have a good night all.. :) [21:33] Sweet dreams [21:33] [Owlhawk] good night [21:33] night night [21:35] Head I tend to go with Mannan as I said. But mostly because I view travel as inherently transitional [21:35] Yeah I tend* [21:35] I would also look at those of protection [21:36] [Owlhawk] Zeus quite often as well. [21:38] Also the Sky Fathers are good because they don't change from land to land...where as when a tribe moved the name of the Earth Mother would move [21:38] Oh that's an interesting point Lesley [21:39] there is some neat work on it on the site that was done [21:40] ? [21:42] I can not remember who, I think it was Raven and his wife, did a presentation and article about the Sky Father and was the whole reason I incorporate him in my rituals just like the Earth Mother [21:42] Yeah it was Raven and Carrion Mann [21:42] *** ErinPicard (Mibbit@6ca5ecc1.14055ad5.70.51.imsk) has quit IRC [Quit: http://www.mibbit.com ajax IRC Client] [21:43] I do like raven's talks [21:44] I do miss him, he gave us much before he passed away, he was a great guy to know [21:47] *** ErinPicard (Mibbit@6ca5ecc1.14055ad5.70.51.imsk) has joined #ADF [21:48] Is anyone doing anything for the eclipse tomorrow night? [21:48] Speaking of liminal places and all that [21:49] I thought it was in the morning [21:49] or at least it is for me [21:49] [Owlhawk] 4 am EST. I'll be sleeping [21:49] the news said it was tonight [21:50] Begins at 4:15am, full eclipse at 5:25am [21:50] I think it's at like 6:45 am [21:50] I should see so of it on the way to work if it isn't too cloudy [21:50] I am lost on when it is [21:50] We are expecting thunder storms so will likely miss it. [21:51] [Owlhawk] if it's at 6:45 I might be awake for it. [21:51] 6:45 Est [21:51] So that's like 5:rt your team right Owl? [21:52] 5:45 [21:52] ok 5:55 am central time is what it is saying for my area [21:52] I am going to try and go see it and give thanks [21:52] [Owlhawk] I'm EST [21:52] but I may be asleep [21:52] *** ErinPicard (Mibbit@6ca5ecc1.14055ad5.70.51.imsk) has quit IRC [Quit: http://www.mibbit.com ajax IRC Client] [21:53] I usually don't get up till 7am and hit snooze till 8am lol [21:53] If we were expecting clear sky's I'd be up for it. But there seams little point to standing in the rain. [21:56] we will be partially cloudy, but says should be able to see it [21:56] Awesome [21:57] *** ErinPicard (Mibbit@6ca5ecc1.14055ad5.70.51.imsk) has joined #ADF [21:58] erin is riding the rubber ball tonight, very bouncy. [21:59] lol [22:00] sorry I got caught up in the voice [22:00] don't know why [22:00] now for my big bang show lol [22:02] *** ErinPicard (Mibbit@6ca5ecc1.14055ad5.70.51.imsk) has quit IRC [Quit: http://www.mibbit.com ajax IRC Client] [22:04] good night. Last one out, put out the cat and lock up, please. [22:06] Night rovena [22:06] good night, I am getting off too, Kindreds blessings to all! [22:06] I think misguided out too. Have a great week everyone [22:07] *** JasonM (AndChat501@afb43f9a.hsd1.ma.5aa6454b.net.hmsk) has quit IRC [Quit: Bye] [22:07] [Owlhawk] good night [22:07] *** ErinPicard (Mibbit@6ca5ecc1.14055ad5.70.51.imsk) has joined #ADF [22:09] *** rovena (Mibbit@14055b31.6ca5ec7e.174.33.imsk) has quit IRC [Quit: http://www.mibbit.com ajax IRC Client] *** Closed channel log for #ADF at 07/10/2014 10:10:04 PM