Round midnight, sitting here trying to keep my stupid vampires alive in Sims 4 , I kept hearing my cat jumping up and down from the island--a forbidden zone for cats. As I was about to get up to yell at her (too late to feed her), I saw that she was sound asleep on my bed.  Back in July, when we brought her inside, another cat came with her. Another black cat with yellow eyes, only this one is a spirit. This one I can usually see clear as day, often thinking its her, until it disappears into the fridge (which I'm sure my cat wishes she could do, too) or wherever. This cat spirit isn't shy--acts just like a corporeal cat, but I think it knows its a spirit, too. Whenever I see it, I acknowledge it, just as I do any spirit...or thing really. At midnight, it got my attention. One of my House Spirits told me this one was connected to Jimmy Ventress--either as an offspring, sibling, cousin, friend (no parent vibes--feels younger than Ventress--looks younger [not kitten] and feels ma...

(My apologies, I feel like I'm making less sense than usual because I have a head cold and have medicine coursing through my veins.) After many pokings and proddings from my Kindred, I finally combined my Healing Altar with our Family Altar to make space for the ADF Altar: Family & Healing Altar Ár nDraíocht Féin Altar The Family & Healing Altar has great energy now--feels like a big hug or someone coming to give you a big warm loving hug. I'm glad to have the ADF Altar up again, too.   Last night I was working on that hearth blanket and suddenly it felt like I was falling or being sucked out of this realm, but I stopped it.  Up until a few years ago, I didn't have control over my ability to astral travel.  Apparently last night, I unintentionally tranced while crocheting, and didn't have control either.  I grounded and regained meself.  Then I heard Mama Hekate in my head telling me to stop and go to bed...and to also meet Her in the Starry Cave....

 Apparently my body decided that I needed to rest before jumping into my first week of the Pre-Clergy Program.  I've been so tired this week and today I woke up congested.  Oddly, no energy or focus to read or work on the PCP, but plenty to sporadically clean here and there, and to work on a hearth-inspired throw/blanket. Log Cabin Square Quilt Design In Progress...    The hearth is "built".  Now I'm working on the cabin log walls to go around it.  It's going to be fairly abstract, like you're both looking down on a hearth and through a window.   I've learned something about myself--apparently it's not just my photos that I want to tell a story with, but also my blankets and throws.  It also keeps me interested, too.  It can take years to make a blanket, and I like to finish my projects before moving onto the next--gotta keep the ADHD part of my brain happy!  This one is the Winter Solstice Healing Blanket, definitely dedicate...

I completed ADF's Dedicant Path back in June 2025.  The next step was the Initiates Path, and then finally the Clergy Path--the path that I became a paid member back in July of 2023 for.  The program that I jumped into the DP on my first day for.  The path that helped me pass the DP. After I completed the DP, I began looking into the IP, and I wasn't looking forward to it.  The DP was a struggle because it was basically 101 stuff which is so boring to me (unless it's new--I still have a lot to learn).  I've been an experiential eclectic pagan and witch since I was 8-10 years ago.  Most of the resources out there are 100-101 materials.  Sometimes I'll look forward to a book just to be disappointed because it's all the same 101 stuff, with some slight differences in cultures, languages, and such.  Same old same old, pretty much.  It's boring.  (We need more advanced materials, publishers!!!!) I struggled through the DP because it's introdu...

Christmas Eve 2025 - When the Uno game battled on for two hours and Mistress Ventress decided that we were done! One of my favorite New Year traditions...or perhaps chores...is filling out the new calendar.  2023 was foxes.  2024's calendar theme was deer.  2025 was baby goats.  This year, I was able to get a Witches Calendar--a favorite of mine that I usually go for. This year's chore had me re-evaluating my Sacred Year--my holy days.   Paganism is a very DIY path, and being eclectic, very  DIY.  Lots of trials, errors, adopting, tossing, tweaking, and self evolution.  My spiritual path is very different than it was 10 years ago, 5 years ago, and even a year ago.  Which is good.  We're supposed to heal, question, and change.  We're supposed to evolve.  My Sacred Year has gone through many changes since I was a witchling. Wiccan to eclectic to spirit work to moon heavy to hearth focused to Hellenic to Norse to a mixture of...

Other than a cabbage detox, I ain't feeling all that different.  As an eclectic Pagan with different Pagan friends, even within my two groves, I experience a lot of New Years throughout the year.  By the time we get to the mainstream one, guess I'm New Yeared out.  The energy is just normal, although I did make an old family recipe for cabbage soup on the 31st, and yesterday we went to my BIL's for slaw dogs and games. I calculated my Personal Tarot Card of 2026: Temperance, which traditionally deals with balance and moderation. You can do yours: Birth Month + Birth Day + Year = ???? ? +?+?+? = Major Arcana Tarot Card 2026's Card of the Year for everyone is the Wheel of Fortune, which traditionally deals with fate, change, and cycles.  Be interesting to see how this all plays out. I attempted to do my 2026 Year Ahead divination reading for myself and when I got to April, my House Spirits possessed me and wrote out a message of omens and blessings.  Told me to st...

Book of Mirrors...Self Portrait... Lots of changes and goals met this year: I passed the Dedicant's Path I finished my Sacred Wheel series I left all of Meta I tried and left Substack I decided to delete my personal blog of 14 years, Book of Mirrors I made huge changes to Hearth Fox Oracle, and potentially will make even bigger changes for 2026 Fell in love with the movie Sinners After lots of research and talking to people, I fully accept my self diagnoses of Autism (but still plan on making it official) I'm finally not obsessed with political news Adopted a stray cat Got a library card Volunteered to lead 3 rituals for my online grove Listened to my body more than my ADHD and that "too much gene" that always wants to be busy Cut toxic relationships and rekindled old ones, despite the fears When I began to self loath, I looked at myself naked in the mirror and all of that self hate went away.  I thanked my body for attracting my husband and birthing my children, and ...

I love crocheting blankets in the winter, so cozy!  Well when it's actually cold; it was 65f yesterday, and today it's 19f but feels like 1f with the crazy winds.  I've been working on a High Day Healing Blanket series since 2023.  Midwinter (Feb1; kids helped with this one) Spring Equinox (IP) Summer Solstice (a friend helped with this one) Fall Equinox (IP) Winter Solstice (IP; using a log cabin square quilt design).     For Midspring (May1), I'm planning on making a bouquet blanket, and I'm learning how to make shapes, so I can make a beehive patchwork throw for Midsummer (Aug1).  I don't have anything planned yet for Midfall (Nov1)--maybe a big ole jack-o-lantern or something?  I still gotta finish a couple of these other ones first. Hail the Hearth, Home, and Family Kindreds.  🔥 Thank yall for the support! Face to the Sun. Trust in Joy. Follow the Bees... - Priestess Foxlyn

  Prayer Beads for Elen of the Ways, Reindeer, and Elk Dec 15, 2023 This post is about another one of my Spirit Guides and Deities:  Reindeer Woman/Mother and Elen of the Ways.  Like Hestia-Vesta, sometimes They appear as one entity or two, although I don't hyphenate Their names, because it's a lot, and RM-EW is just too vague.  Sometimes I do use Their names interchangeably, though. As I said in the Sacred Wheel post , I never really cared for reindeer, especially not Santa's reindeer.  I love antlered (and horned) creatures and reindeer were cool and all, but that was it.  It was like foxes ...until one became my guide.   In the famous story of Santa's reindeer bullied the odd and different Rudolf, until he proved himself useful to them, then they celebrated and became his friend--It's a fucked up story.  The bullies never got reprimanded.  It's a shitty lesson to teach to those of us who're different--that we have to be useful , to ha...