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[19:23] <RovenaWindsor> Owlhawk, we are going to have heavy rains all night. Cross fingers that I can keep reconnecting
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[19:40] [Owlhawk] fingers are crossed!
[19:40] <SaraKBlackwelder> high all
[19:40] <SaraKBlackwelder> or hi
[19:40] <SaraKBlackwelder> lol I'm tired
[19:42] <RovenaWindsor> That's okay Sara
[19:43] <RovenaWindsor> Have you been watch CHeech and Chong?
[19:43] [Owlhawk] A familiar feeling
[19:43] <SaraKBlackwelder> no....just not functional apparently!
[19:45] <RovenaWindsor> I filled in for the minister at the local U U this past Sunday.  Everyone survived
[19:46] <SaraKBlackwelder> awesome!!
[19:47] <RovenaWindsor> This is the third time I have done it over the last 5 years
[19:47] <SaraKBlackwelder> that is really great
[19:49] <RovenaWindsor> I am sitting here listening to the thunder. Weatherman says we are going to have two more days of this stuff.
[19:50] <SaraKBlackwelder> wow.  I havent' had a good storm here in a bit
[19:51] <RovenaWindsor> That seems like all we have been having.  Better than the 4 years of drought we had
[19:51] <SaraKBlackwelder> true
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[19:55] <RovenaWindsor> Hello Lauren
[19:55] <SaraKBlackwelder> Hi Lauren
[19:56] <LaurenN> Hey all!
[19:56] <RovenaWindsor> How bad is the weather your way?
[19:57] <RovenaWindsor> How bad is the weather your way?
[19:57] *** Star (Mibbit@sorcery-ijdr9n.res.rr.com) has joined #adf
[19:57] <Star> hi
[19:57] <RovenaWindsor> Hello Star
[19:57] <Star> hows it going?
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[19:58] <Guest19115> Did anyone else have a hard time getting in here tonight?
[19:59] <RovenaWindsor> I have a storm going on so I have connectivity issues
[20:00] <LaurenN> We got 13 inches of rain at the local weather station, but it's been clear today.
[20:00] <SaraKBlackwelder> well I'm lame, but I am going to head out to get some sleep.  hope you all are well and have a great night!
[20:00] <LaurenN> Flooding closed the local schools and stuff.
[20:00] <LaurenN> Night Sara!
[20:00] [Owlhawk] good night sara
[20:00] <Guest19115> good night
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[20:00] <RovenaWindsor> Sleep well
[20:01] <Guest19115> wow that's a lotta rain, Yeah when I clicked the link on ADF facebook page it sent me to a weird chat room not here I had to come through the ADF website
[20:01] [Owlhawk] which group was the link iin?
[20:02] [Owlhawk] they should all lead to the adf java irc java app page
[20:02] <LaurenN> We actually got the light end of the storm, if you can believe it, Star. There are still people who can't get out of their homes due to street flooding on the north side of town.
[20:03] <Guest19115> dang lauren. Owl I don't know I tried the link this time and it came back here but it was a chat site that said I needed to sign in and it wasn't like this layout at all
[20:03] <Guest19115> maybe my internet is just being a Pain been that kind of day
[20:03] <RovenaWindsor> Friends of mine have a second floor apartment and park on the second floor of their garage.  Tjey can't leave but they are dry
[20:03] [Owlhawk] ok. I'll try to remember to post new links for next week\
[20:04] <LaurenN> The area I'm in has been redoing a lot of drainage systems and it does seem to have paid off - they had to close schools yesterday, but at least around here things are mostly back to normal
[20:05] <RovenaWindsor> That is great.  Tax money actually working
[20:05] <Guest19115> yeah the site it took me too said they had just updated so I thought it was just the new format but I didn't recognize any names and when I asked about the nickname I asked if it was the password for ADF or some other password and the person who answered said it was IRC but it wasn't with anyone from in this room now.
[20:05] <Guest19115> Lauren may I ask where is this Texas?
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[20:07] <RovenaWindsor> Greater Houston area
[20:08] <Guest39405> we got rid of cable so I don't see the news too frequently anymore I heard flooding in Texas area's but I wasn't sure. I hope things get better soon
[20:10] <Guest39405> So what is wellsprings like? My husband and I just joined ADF and will be attending for the first time.
[20:10] <RovenaWindsor> Understand that.
[20:11] <LaurenN> There's flooding all across Texas right now. I'm in Houston in particular, but the storm hit most of the state
[20:12] <RovenaWindsor> I believe it is a camping event but it is out of my travel range
[20:12] <LaurenN> I've never been to Wellspring, so I can't really tell you anything either.
[20:13] <Guest39405> ah well :) thanks anyway.
[20:13] [Owlhawk] Wellsprings is great fun. It's moving this year to Tredara, Ian and Lia own Tredara, so it should be a great fest
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[20:15] <TrentDirenna> hi everyone
[20:15] <Guest39405> I have been at brushwood when wellsprings was going on but I wasn't sure the details just saw friends. Hi trent
[20:16] [Owlhawk] Main ritual this year will likely be Drum's elevation to Archdruid
[20:16] <TrentDirenna> cool
[20:17] <Guest39405> :) That'll be interesting
[20:17] <RovenaWindsor> Hello Trent
[20:17] <RovenaWindsor> Would love to see that
[20:18] <Guest39405> is there a difference between wellsprings and summerlands?
[20:19] [Owlhawk] I've never been to summerlands
[20:20] <Guest39405> Thanks anyway :)
[20:22] [Owlhawk] but in my experience every fest has it's own character.
[20:22] <RovenaWindsor> Very true
[20:23] <Guest39405> I am looking forward to meeting new friends and those I already know.
[20:23] <Guest39405> Or putting faces to the internet friends :)
[20:24] <RovenaWindsor> Fests are good for that
[20:24] [Owlhawk] sadly we won't make wellsprings this year, or any tiime soon
[20:26] [Owlhawk] We will be at Three Rivers however!
[20:26] <Guest39405> :( well maybe another year I'll get to meet you face to face and depending on what my husband finds for work who knows where we might move too. Where is three rivers I think I heard of it once.
[20:27] [Owlhawk] Raven's Knoll, just north of Ottawa
[20:27] [Owlhawk] https://www.facebook.com/groups/threeriversfestival/
[20:28] <Guest39405> oh oh I know where I heard of that I think I heard it mentioned on the Wigglian Way once
[20:29] <Guest39405> we have two already this year with school a third would be way hard to attend but maybe next year we'll take our passports up there and spend it there
[20:30] [Owlhawk] That's the one we attend every year, that and Kaleidoscope Gathering, held at the same place
[20:31] <Guest39405> sounds like there are a lot of different festivals
[20:31] [Owlhawk] Many and all over the place
[20:34] <Guest39405> that's great that there is that much support networks to bring people together
[20:39] <LaurenN> it's great if you have the vacation time and the travel funds
[20:40] <LaurenN> I'd like to see more local groups and local things than big national and regional festivals, but then I live out in the boonies.
[20:40] <RovenaWindsor> Hard to make local events coast effective
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[20:41] <lesley> Hello everyone!
[20:42] <RovenaWindsor> Hey Lesley
[20:42] <LaurenN> Hey Lesley :)
[20:43] <Guest39405> hi lesley
[20:44] <lesley> how are yall?
[20:44] <RovenaWindsor> Wet
[20:44] <lesley> I hear ya, luckily we dried out today
[20:45] [Owlhawk] happy that it finally stopped snowing...at least we think it has....
[20:45] <RovenaWindsor> That is good
[20:45] <Guest39405> it was 54 and gloomy this morning and I spent two and a half hours sitting in line today
[20:48] <RovenaWindsor> My good news is that my A1C has dropped 1 point and doctor cut my blood pressure meds in half
[20:49] <lesley> good news Rovena
[20:49] <RovenaWindsor> Thanks
[20:50] <Guest39405> congratulations
[20:51] <RovenaWindsor> one of my reasons for retiring was to get healthier
[20:52] <lesley> nice
[20:54] <LaurenN> Okay y'all, I'm out for the evening. See you tomorrow for the Norse chat, Rovena :)
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[20:54] <RovenaWindsor> See you then
[20:54] <lesley> coolio, have a great night, Kindreds bless
[20:54] [Owlhawk] good night
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[20:56] <lesley> so yall, any deal with Welsh or Irish deities?  I am looking for one over sales to help me more in work
[20:57] [Owlhawk] Hermes is my first thought, but he's Hellenic
[20:58] <RovenaWindsor> Sorry no idea on that
[20:59] <lesley> it is okay, I will ask the welsh list
[21:01] <RovenaWindsor> Hubby found the stovetop smoker and I have ordered the wood chips.  Smoking time again
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[21:02] [Owlhawk] Yes it is. Simon and Garfunkel Smoked Chicken on Saturday, Bacon Wrapped SMoked Pork Loin on Sunday
[21:03] <lesley> I back, lost my website
[21:03] [Owlhawk] I'm gonnna need to get me some beer....
[21:04] <Guest39405> welcome back. That sounds good :)
[21:05] <RovenaWindsor> Sounds good
[21:05] <RovenaWindsor> What is Simon and Garfunkel Smoked Chicken?
[21:06] [Owlhawk] http://amazingribs.com/recipes/chicken_turkey_duck/simon_and_garfunkel_chicken.html
[21:08] <RovenaWindsor> Thanks
[21:09] [Owlhawk] best barbaque sight i've ever found. I also use his pork rub.
[21:09] <RovenaWindsor> We will check it out
[21:11] <Guest39405> When I first heard simon and garfunkel I was a child and I thought it was two women because I didn't realized I'd been listening to it on high speed on my record player lol
[21:12] [Owlhawk] lol
[21:12] <RovenaWindsor> LOL!
[21:13] <Guest39405> I over played my bridge over troubled water and cried when i found out they were men lol
[21:13] <Guest39405> figure I was 5 when I would listen and 10 when I found out lol
[21:14] <Guest39405> o.o lol now I'm playing that over youtube lol
[21:16] <lesley> now I want to too
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[21:18] <Guest39405> Thanks to my father being a DJ and my mother into music while everyone was getting into new kids on the block I was just getting into the mokeys lol
[21:19] <Guest39405> Lesley https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JdzslhGwpZY
[21:19] <lesley> cool thanks
[21:20] <Guest39405> :)
[21:20] <Guest39405> Fail sorry The Monkees*
[21:21] <lesley> it all good
[21:23] <Guest39405> lol room went quiet
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[21:23] <RovenaWindsor> It does that
[21:25] <Guest39405> so is the DP very hard to do I am not much of a writer
[21:25] [Owlhawk] Take it in chunks and it's not bad.
[21:26] <RovenaWindsor> It depends on the person.  I didn't find it hard but it was time consuming and life kept getting in the way
[21:26] <RovenaWindsor> Passing it was a great high
[21:26] <Guest39405> That's why I'm trying to finish my schooling before I move into it because I'm in school for medical billing and coding and that's hard enough lol
[21:27] [Owlhawk] aside from the timed portions, it took me two or three weeks.
[21:27] [Owlhawk] That's a common approach. One thing I suggest is start the meditation now
[21:28] <Guest39405> I just started reading one of the books I picked for the dp whether I'll get the go ahead of course I don't know but hey why not. I'm so bad at mediation
[21:28] <RovenaWindsor> Lots of people find that having a mentor helps
[21:28] <RovenaWindsor> You don't have to be great at meditation. You just record your efforts at it.
[21:29] <Guest39405> Yup I have a local grove so I should be good for mentor help :).
[21:30] <RovenaWindsor> That is great
[21:30] <Guest39405> I'll do my best, do you find that there are many different ways of mediation or is there considered only one way to go?
[21:32] <RovenaWindsor> There are lots of ways.  Different people find diofferent things work for them.
[21:32] [Owlhawk] That's a question better asked on the Dedicant's Elist.
[21:33] <Guest39405> okay I was just wondering if there was a specific way that ADF out lines or not that's all :) There is a lot of content on this page so it'll take me a while to sift and thought I'd ask
[21:34] <lesley> okay goodnight and kindreds bless yall
[21:34] <Guest39405> Good night :)
[21:34] [Owlhawk] It's something of a loaded question. It's been debated a lot. Personnally I suggest starting out with breathing count, 4 square is one example
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[21:35] <RovenaWindsor> That is part of what we are here for
[21:38] <Guest39405> well at least it's not saying to breath through your nose and out your mouth, I find that hard to do makes me headache and nauseous so that's a good thing
[21:39] [Owlhawk] the meditation journal is intended to help you with attaining and sustaining a specific mental state during ritual and when it's needed
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[21:43] <Guest39405> I just hope I can journal I have never had a diary growing up I just couldn't write my notes and thoughts I always wished there was a machine that could just read my dang mind and put it to paper for me  lol
[21:43] <RovenaWindsor> In your essay, show the techniques you try and the results you get.
[21:43] <RovenaWindsor> Try a tape recorder and speak your thoughts into it
[21:44] <RovenaWindsor> The tape would be a first draft
[21:44] <Guest39405> I have made voice recorded notes when I finished reading a part of the book and saved it so that is helpful
[21:46] <RovenaWindsor> Cool so that is nothing new to you
[21:46] <Guest39405> True just putting it to paper in a way that makes sense to someone else reading it lol that will be the trick
[21:48] <RovenaWindsor> Have someone proofread your essays for you.
[21:48] <Guest39405> I will ;) well it's time for some settling time have a good night :) rest well
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[21:49] <RovenaWindsor> Sleep well
[21:55] [Owlhawk] I'm off to bed. good night
[21:57] <RovenaWindsor> Night
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