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[20:03] [Owlhawk]  hello. 
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[20:04] <rovena> Hello
[20:04] <DrakeCollins> Hello
[20:04] <rovena> How are you tonight?
[20:05] <DrakeCollins> lol fighting with my camera while doing my Vigil
[20:05] <rovena> No fun
[20:06] [Owlhawk] wishing the snow wasn't so eager to arrive.
[20:06] <rovena> That is why I live in Louisisana
[20:06] [Owlhawk] lmao
[20:07] [Owlhawk] on the upside, I had a 5.5 day weekend!
[20:07] [Owlhawk] Yes, we got that much snow last weeke!
[20:07] <rovena> Cool.
[20:07] [Owlhawk] And I'm paid for snow days!
[20:07] <rovena> That is always goof
[20:08] <rovena> good
[20:08] [Owlhawk] up here, it's a necessity. We lost an entire January to snow days a few years ago. The entire county was shut down for a month
[20:10] <rovena> Local newspaper put an article and a 44 second video of our Yule ritual on their website
[20:10] <DrakeCollins> We don't get too much snow here, since We're on the Eastern side of the Peninsula, It all drops before it gets to us.  Certainly not like I used to get back in the Snow Belt of Ohio
[20:10] [Owlhawk] I'm between Lake Huron and Georgian Bay. We get snow when the wind sneezese
[20:23] [Owlhawk] Awesome Rovena. Was it  a positive article?
[20:23] <rovena> Very positive.
[20:23] <rovena> She wants to come to mote rituals
[20:23] <rovena> more
[20:25] <rovena> Last year she went to the Wiccans' SPring Equinox.  They aren't holding public rites any more so she came to ours
[20:25] <rovena> She enjoyed it.
[20:26] [Owlhawk] Awesome. Well done Madam
[20:27] <rovena> Thank you.
[20:31] <rovena> How are Blondie and the cats?
[20:32] <rovena> Had one fixed today. That leaves one left to tame and catch.
[20:32] [Owlhawk] Sadly, we are down to one cat. Tear left for the Summerlands at the beggining of the month. Blondie is recovering. 
[20:34] <rovena> I am sorry.  I know how that feels.  Wish there was something I could do.
[20:36] [Owlhawk] He passed while cuddled in my arms. It was peaceful and without pain. I know he passed easily and happily to the Summerlands. I thank the Nature Spirits for aiding in his passing.
[20:37] <rovena> That is good to know.
[20:39] [Owlhawk] Having a really great Vet  answer the afterhours clinic call was a real blessing. She was awesome, and made a huge difference.
[20:39] [Owlhawk] Snowball is the last one left and is enjoying being an only kitten
[20:40] <rovena> Yes a good vet is a blessing.  Most of mine would love to be an only child.
[20:43] <rovena> My Bichon has started to develop dementia but he is still happy so we are dealing with it.
[20:46] [Owlhawk] that's all you can do. We won't get  another pet while Snowball lives. 
[20:47] [Owlhawk] While we're both here, I have Surgery on January 10th, so I likely won't make chat that night
[20:48] <rovena> No problem.  I will be here and will do the Facebook announcements.  Good luck with the surgery.
[20:49] <rovena> Do whatever you need to to heal properly.
[20:50] <rovena> May I light a candle for you?
[20:51] [Owlhawk] I would be honoured. I'm having a deviated septum repaired
[20:53] <rovena> Doesn't sound like fun but it should make life a lot easier
[20:53] [Owlhawk] fingers crossed. Specialist thinks it will solve my allergy/sinuses clogged problems
[20:54] <rovena> That would be good.
[20:54] [Owlhawk] that's an understatement
[20:55] <rovena> I am lucky. I have a hole in mine but it only causes minor nosebleeds. They aren't common yet
[20:55] <rovena> Doctor says at some point I will start to whistle in my sleep.
[20:57] [Owlhawk] I did the nosebleed thing in my childhood...alot. so I passed that  stage a long time ago
[20:57] <rovena> He swears that I had to have broken my nose at some point in my life but no one knows about it
[20:58] [Owlhawk] lol. that's what the specialist told me was the cause of my issues.
[20:58] <rovena> Does this make us cousins?
[20:58] [Owlhawk] And I don't remember ever breaking a bone!
[20:58] [Owlhawk] lol
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[21:00] <rovena> Hello Randy
[21:01] <RandyHansen> Hello
[21:01] <rovena> How are you tonight?
[21:01] <RandyHansen> Tired
[21:01] <RandyHansen> You?
[21:01] <rovena> I am sorry.  DId you enjoy whatever made you tired?
[21:01] [Owlhawk] snow bound. It's gonna be one heck of a winter
[21:02] <RandyHansen> I'd like a to go ten toes up on a beach for a week
[21:02] <rovena> It was 75 F on Saturday and 31 F on Sunday
[21:02] <rovena> Undertand that
[21:02] <RandyHansen> -5 Saturday, and 50 F today
[21:03] <rovena> Crazy temp swings
[21:03] [Owlhawk] I figure we got 3 or 4 feet of snow from Wednesday to Sunday. ..
[21:03] <RandyHansen> My never ending list, just isn't shrinking yet
[21:04] <RandyHansen> We need a few feet, instead of inches
[21:04] [Owlhawk] given our start, I 'm just hoping we don't have 20 ft by the end of January
[21:06] <rovena> We really get snow.  Every few years we get ice storms.
[21:06] <rovena> really = rarely
[21:06] <RandyHansen> We seem to get up to 10 feet of snowfall total, on our mountain from September through May.
[21:07] <RandyHansen> So far, I'm thinking we've only received about 6 inches
[21:08] <RandyHansen> Rovena... thanks for forwarding my question on Podcast rituals to the preceptor.
[21:09] <rovena> No problem.  She was at work when I messaged her.  SHe says to give her a bit of time while she consults with others on it.
[21:09] <DrakeCollins> We've got about a foot on the ground here ATM
[21:09] <RandyHansen> Wheres here Drake?
[21:11] <RandyHansen> By the way... for the DP, is it an honor system for a start date?
[21:12] [Owlhawk] We don't bother counting. We end up with incredible numbers when we keep count
[21:12] [Owlhawk] Yes, mostly it is on the honour system
[21:12] <RandyHansen> ok
[21:12] <rovena> Yes it is the honor system
[21:12] <DrakeCollins> I'm in Detroit
[21:13] <rovena> My mother was born in Detroit
[21:13] <RandyHansen> Sunday was my start date... if the Preceptor allows a podcast rite to count 8)
[21:13] <DrakeCollins> What about the DP has a start date? beyond doing the full cycle of rituals within the same year?
[21:13] <RandyHansen> Drake, ... any improvements on the water in Detroit?
[21:14] <DrakeCollins> Detroit's water is fine, it's Flint's that's the problem.
[21:14] <RandyHansen> Ah... cycles... forgot about that
[21:15] [Owlhawk] the meditation essay has to be a continuous 5 months...I think  it is. maybe 6
[21:15] <rovena> 5 months
[21:15] <DrakeCollins> It's supposedly been improving, and they are saying lead levels for a lot of people are OK now, but nobody really trusts that
[21:15] [Owlhawk] The rituals must be a full year cycle
[21:16] <RandyHansen> My Senior Druid talked to me on the phone about the meditation thing last night. I'm so not looking forward to that...lol
[21:16] <DrakeCollins> I guess that's just another cycle, rather than needing a specific start date.
[21:16] <DrakeCollins> the Meditation thing is the biggest part of why I haven't finished my DP... in 7 years...
[21:16] [Owlhawk] the ritual essay helped me finally learn to meditate....it only took me since 1990. to learn....
[21:17] <rovena> Remember, you don't have to succeed at meditation just document your efforts at mental discipline
[21:17] <RandyHansen> right
[21:17] <rovena> You can try various techniques and explain how they helped or failed for you
[21:18] <Raggiedmon> Is the meditation the thinking kind or the void kind?
[21:18] <DrakeCollins> lol they fail for me because I lack discipline
[21:19] <rovena> Either Raggiedmon
[21:19] <Raggiedmon> ah
[21:19] <DrakeCollins> the longest I've been able to consistently stick with a meditation is 3 weeks
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[21:19] <RandyHansen> I may just do the 'Three Powers Meditation' to start with. I'm used to that one for the High Days. Maybe I can study each power more closely, as a result.
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[21:19] <DrakeCollins> unless you want to count the year cycle of Ordeal work that I did with Cougar last year, but that was only once a month, so it doesn't meet the DP requirements
[21:20] [Owlhawk] The meditation is about learnign to meditate. That is, to be able to enter trance like state in meditation
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