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[20:14] <Drum> Hello!
[20:14] <Drum> H
[20:14] <Drum> E
[20:14] <Drum> L
[20:14] <Drum> L
[20:14] <Drum> O
[20:14] <Drum> ;)
[20:20] [Owlhawk] HELLO!
[20:26] <Drum> Hey there!
[20:26] [Owlhawk] how's your summer going?
[20:27] <Drum> It is flying by
[20:27] <Drum> So many festivals, so many miles/kilometers
[20:27] <Drum> How about yours?
[20:28] [Owlhawk] excellent, although very short on rain. KG was fantastic. And we will hopefully put in new windows soon
[20:28] [Owlhawk] in the back of the house
[20:29] <Drum> One day I would like to go to KG
[20:30] <Drum> And rain has been missing here too
[20:30] [Owlhawk] it's an experience. Mead does flow there
[20:31] <Drum> I am sure :)
[20:31] <Drum> I love that land
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[20:32] [Owlhawk] it is very special. I think you'd like Mythwood Campground as well. it's fantastic
[20:32] <Drum> Where is that located?
[20:34] [Owlhawk] North of Shelbourne and south of me.
[20:34] <Drum> one of these days...
[20:35] [Owlhawk] lol
[20:38] <Drum> This feels like the first time I've sat down in weeks
[20:38] [Owlhawk] time to start scheduling some you time
[20:39] <Drum> You have that right
[20:43] <Drum> Pretty quiet here tonight
[20:45] [Owlhawk] it's the summer. up and down it goes
[20:50] <Drum> True
[20:54] [Owlhawk] we're supposedly going to get rain, maybe even thunderstorms, later thjs week. I"m not holding my breath for it...
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[20:55] [Owlhawk] Hello Kimberly
[20:55] <Kimberly> Hello Owlhawk
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[20:55] <Guest473> How are you doing tonight?
[20:57] [Owlhawk] excellent...if this meowing daemon would stop trying to steal potato chips....
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[20:58] <Guest473> I have one of those...tries to steal food right off my plate.
[20:59] [Owlhawk] both of the ones in our house are my wife's fault. 
[21:01] <Guest473> All 5 of my cats were fosters...so I guess they're my fault! :)
[21:02] <Maurilee> Oh cats! How I love them! Hello all!
[21:03] <Maurilee> Merry Meet
[21:03] <Guest473> Hello Maurilee...my real name is Kimberly, not Guest473
[21:04] <Drum> Hello, all
[21:04] <Guest473> Hi Drum
[21:04] <Drum> Hello Kimberly
[21:04] <Drum> Hello, Maurilee
[21:06] <Drum> So what can we tall you?
[21:07] <Drum> Or what would you like to know?
[21:07] <Maurilee> Oh everything
[21:07] <Maurilee> I'm her for the friendship
[21:08] <Drum> :)
[21:08] <Drum> Well, we are glad that you are here
[21:08] <Maurilee> I'll introduce myself, I'm Maurilee to the Druids and Mariah Danu to the Pagans. I'm going on ten years practicing and I am a Navy Spouse currently in New Jersey. I am also close to finishing my Dedicant Path.
[21:09] <Maurilee> Should say ten years Pagan
[21:09] <Drum> Excellent, Maurilee!
[21:09] <Maurilee> what about you guys?
[21:09] <Drum> I have been in ADF a long time, since the beginning
[21:09] <Drum> I am also a priest in ADF
[21:10] <Guest473> My name is Kimberly and I am a solitary living in the UP of Michigan.  I've been a member of ADF for 6 years, a Pagan for about 10.
[21:10] <Drum> Kimberly!
[21:10] <Drum> I know you :)
[21:10] <Drum> or of you
[21:11] <Drum> Welcome to you both
[21:11] [Owlhawk] I've been pagan since the early 90's and joined ADF  7 or 8 years ago. I've finished the DP
[21:11] [Owlhawk] I'm a solitary in Southern Ontario
[21:11] <Drum> Owlhawk is an excellent mead maker
[21:11] <Drum> And I use that term broadly
[21:12] [Owlhawk] thank you
[21:12] <Drum> Kimberly, I have sent you a number of "thank you for renewing letters"
[21:13] <Drum> Maurilee, are you a solitary or attached to a grove?
[21:14] <Maurilee> I am currently attached to Red Oak Grove
[21:14] <Guest473> Yes Drum, we've chatted a few times via email and FB.
[21:14] <Guest473> yes you have Drum.
[21:14] <Drum> Excellent, Maurilee
[21:14] <Maurilee> Owlhawk! I'm from Michigan! The UP is beautiful but I can see it being very solitary based. There is at least one group around there though.
[21:14] <Drum> Kimberly, are you any where near Bellaire?
[21:15] <Guest473> I figured out the driving time to
[21:15] <Drum> There is a great festival there next month
[21:15] <Guest473> Bellaire and it would be about a 4.5+ hour drive from me
[21:15] <Drum> I am about the same distance away, but the other way
[21:15] <Drum> I am in Toledo Ohio
[21:16] <Guest473> There use to be a
[21:16] <Guest473> Grove in Sault Ste Marie...about 3 hours east of me, but it isn't active anymore.
[21:16] <Drum> Right, I remember that. I was sad to see them go
[21:16] <Maurilee> I bet there are still ADF foak around though
[21:16] <Guest473> Me too!
[21:17] <Guest473> I've searched for members here in the UP and haven't found any.
[21:17] <Drum> hmmm
[21:17] <Drum> Is Jan still up in the Sault?
[21:18] <Drum> I think she is
[21:18] <Maurilee> At least there's the chat
[21:19] <Maurilee> And the Facebook groups
[21:19] <Drum> Good point
[21:19] <Drum> I like the chat myself
[21:19] <Guest473> I just looked her up and yes, Jan still lives in the Soo.
[21:19] <Guest473> Yes...it's good to be able to connect with other members.
[21:19] <Drum> I will be trying to visit solitary folk over the next three years, so if you can make Bellaire, that would be grand
[21:20] <Maurilee> Send a call out?
[21:20] <Drum> I am looking for ways to help folks not feel so isolated
[21:20] [Owlhawk] get that damn teleporter working then!
[21:20] [Owlhawk] :)
[21:20] <Drum> I wish!
[21:20] <Guest473> Not to whine, but I do feel isolated most of the time.
[21:21] <Drum> I am sure you do
[21:21] [Owlhawk] I find the chats help with that for me. plus there's a small community in town, althjough none of them are ADF
[21:21] <Maurilee> is it a state of emergency? enough to call in a time lord?
[21:21] <Drum> It is hard when you are far away from folks, but you can still do a lot of things on your own
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[21:22] <Guest473> and I do.  I've built a small grove out in my woods, I do my daily devotionals, etc...
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[21:22] <maurilee> ah I fell off!
[21:22] <Drum> Excellent!
[21:22] <Drum> Welcome back
[21:22] <Drum> Daily devotionals are so very important, I believe
[21:23] [Owlhawk] I would agree with that. Which reminds me, I need to finish putting the books away so that i can find the altar again....
[21:24] <Drum> ;)
[21:24] <maurilee> I'm trying to get started on a daily devotional
[21:24] <maurilee> any suggestions?
[21:25] <Drum> Yes, find the object of your devotion first
[21:25] [Owlhawk] sit down in front of your altar. That's the start. 
[21:25] <Drum> To whom or to what do you want to do the devotional
[21:25] [Owlhawk] and no I'm not mocking I'm serious. that's what worked for me
[21:26] <maurilee> My biggest problem is my altars are high up, because cats
[21:26] <Drum> The secret is to do it every day and of you miss a day, it is not the end of the world
[21:26] <maurilee> so there's no sitting in front of them really
[21:26] <Drum> You can look up at them then
[21:27] <Drum> or do it outside
[21:27] [Owlhawk] lol. standing can work as well. 
[21:27] <maurilee> I work with Danu and An Dagda, Morrigan, and Cernunnos
[21:27] <Guest473> do you have a place outside where you can do your devotionals?
[21:27] <maurilee> I live on base, so there's not much of an outside for me
[21:27] <maurilee> just my garden I've worked over
[21:27] [Owlhawk] that would work.
[21:28] <Drum> A garden is fine
[21:28] <Guest473> that's right.  I was in the AF and lived on military bases for 7 years...I understand.
[21:28] <maurilee> I'll have to try it out
[21:28] <Drum> A simple altar can be a red jasper stone, for fire, a small tree or a rosemary plant, for the tree, and a small bowl for the well
[21:29] <maurilee> What do you do during the devotional
[21:29] <Drum> a red jasper stone and a small bowl or cup can easily blend into yur garden
[21:29] <Drum> your
[21:29] [Owlhawk] I do prayers on a set schedule, different Deity for each day of the week.
[21:29] <Drum> I offer a prayer and a thank you
[21:29] <Drum> And you can add things in between
[21:30] <Drum> ZFor my household spirits, I take water and anoint a stone first thing in the morning after washing my hands and say:
[21:30] <Drum> "I welcome to you, my Lares; I welcome you to another day of friendship and peace"
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[21:31] <Drum> Lares = household spirits
[21:31] <maurilee> How did you choose what deities for the day of the week? What household spirits do you use?
[21:32] <Drum> Lares, the spirits that live in my house
[21:32] <Drum> They may be Nature Spirits
[21:32] <Drum> or just household spirits
[21:32] [Owlhawk] I took the Norse deities for each day of the week, which is one of their sources, and figured out which of the Hellenic Deities I was close to fit that day best.
[21:33] <Drum> Lares is a class of entities
[21:33] <maurilee> Cool, I'll have to look into it!
[21:33] <maurilee> More research! Woo
[21:34] <Drum> :)
[21:34] <Drum> I have a blog about my household spirits
[21:34] <maurilee> link me and I'll check it out!
[21:38] <Drum> It is a Wordpress blog and it is called "A Druid's Progress"
[21:38] <Drum> the blog in question is called "Small Spaces of Solace and Peace"
[21:39] <maurilee> thank you!
[21:39] <Drum> :)
[21:41] <Guest473> Sometimes I only have time to light a candle to say good-morning while I'm getting ready for work, but other times I will do my entire written devotional that only takes about 10 minutes.
[21:42] <Drum> Flexibility is a good thing, Kimberly
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[21:45] <Drum> Well, folks, it is time for me to say goodnight
[21:45] <maurilee> dammit my internet connection is terrible and I froze on the net
[21:45] <Drum> It was nice talking with you all
[21:45] <maurilee> could I get those links again?
[21:45] <maurilee> sorry you have to go and sorry this keeps happening
[21:45] <Drum> https://wordpress.com/post/adruidsprogress.wordpress.com/44
[21:45] <Drum> try that
[21:46] <maurilee> thank you!
[21:46] <Drum> did that work?
[21:46] <maurilee> its saying I have to log in, but I don't have one
[21:46] <Drum> ok, bad link, sorry
[21:47] <Drum> go to wordpress.com
[21:47] <Drum> look for Adruidsprogress
[21:47] <Drum> Small Spaces of Solace and Peace
[21:47] <maurilee> thank you! I got it
[21:48] <Drum> Yay!
[21:48] <Drum> Night all :)
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[21:49] <maurilee> and then there were three ;)
[21:51] <Guest473> Good-night Drum
[21:56] <Guest473> Where in MI do you live Maurilee?
[21:58] <maurilee> I lived in Mount Pleasant with my husband before we moved to New Jersey for the Navy. That's where our legal residence is.
[21:58] <Guest473> How do you like it in NJ?
[22:03] <maurilee> Its where I found ADF, really all druids, and I have a connection here. It isn't a permanent home though and I wouldn't want to settle here.
[22:03] <maurilee> How do you like Michigan?
[22:05] <Guest473> I love it.  Originally from Green Bay, WI...3 hours south of where I live.  I was stationed here at KI Sawyer.
[22:06] <maurilee> that's fabulous
[22:06] <maurilee> what do you do with your time?
[22:13] <Guest473> I work as the Secretary for KI Sawyer Elementary School and I have a small homestead where I raise animals and have gardens.
[22:13] <maurilee> I wish I had more space here and could have chickens at least
[22:13] <maurilee> but hey, nice chatting but I have to get going
[22:13] <Guest473> I have 30 chickens...I love them!
[22:14] <Guest473> me too...still trying to water my garden in the dark.  Take care and it was nice chatting with you.
[22:14] <maurilee> you can email me at phoniex_102@hotmail.com or add me on facebook
[22:14] <maurilee> later
[22:14] <Guest473> I sure will.
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