Wednesday, Sept 23rd, I'll be leading a ritual for Persephone's Descent, as I've done for many years outside of ADF and a couple of years for Virtual Fire.  I'm still working on writing a script for this year.  Persephone's being fairly quiet right now, but I do feel like Molly Remer's Return may be of significance.  At least for me.  A Return to Home Within Ourselves.   Twice a year, Persephone returns home.  Home above ground with life in each step.  Home underground with decay in each step. This concept is something that my Spiritual Mothers seem to be stressing at the moment.  Other than the art focus, but then art is also home for me.  I love art--photography, drawing, painting, sculpture, writing, fiber arts, baking, party planning.  Even when I was a little kid, my mom had given me these old falling apart Disney art history books.  I loved them!  I remember drawing the tiny worlds of mice living in our walls ...

I’ve been making big changes to my business this year, choosing to focus more on the psychic part of Hearth Fox Oracle, and remembering why I wanted to start this business in the first place. As I pack up handmade products that never sold or the wasted money on packing and crafting supplies, I can’t help but feel sad and mediocre. Then this rune rolled out from my business shelf. Ingwaz, the rune of Freyr and Fertility. I know good prosperous things will come from this big, necessary change, but it’s also okay to grieve what didn’t work out. Grieve, heal, and move on. Business has to change in order to grow and become successful. I am a better psychic than a crafter. It’s bittersweet. ~ Priestess Kristy "Foxlyn" Tackett