Kira's Dia de Los Muertos Oferendas

I received a comment from Miss Kelley the other day, telling me that she had created an ancestor altar in Speirling. I went to see it and was so moved by its beauty as you can tell that it is love-filled...Even here in SL, we change...we discover new things about who we are and what we want. Sometimes, to move forward, we have to have a measure of closure on our past and on those that we have lost in our lives as often that pain alone can keep us from healing and continuing on a path to evolve and change into the person we are meant to become.
I think she did a beautiful job...don't you?

Samhain Ceremony and Halloween Musings

I was (gasp!) not in a partying mood tonight, not even for Halloween, one of my favorite days of the year. I went the opposite direction...one of introspection when the veil is thinnest between us and the other planes. So when I received the invitation to the Duchess of Carntaigh's private Samhain ceremony, I was more than happy to attend. I am glad I did, as it was truly lovely and moving and I hope brought peace to many present who were missing their loved ones...We were then ask to meditate and ground ourselves, and their was a visual representation there that had been created by Jess Patton. I tried it, breathing deeply, and started feeling floaty and seeing bright flashes of white light. Afterwards, Mr Drinkwater said a beautiful poem ("The Wild Geese" by Mary Oliver) and we ended it with a celebration, dancing and laughing with one another. Our ancestors are always with us, guiding and protecting us...That's what I have believed for a long, long time...
Afterwards, I joined Mr Hax and caught up on life in Caledon...
As we sat on the huge pumpkin on his rooftop...
Seeing one of these infernal turkeys on fire, now that truly made me smile! Thanksgiving IS coming soon...