Happy St Patrick's Day! Irish Catholic decked in Green; Irish Protestants defiant in orange. One of those strange things that illustration the more things change, the more they stay the same...
Jera, Odin, and Algiz offered guidance for today.
Jera is a cyclic rune. Today was quite cyclic. This weekend is the one time during the year I get to spend with a very select group of people. Some are couples, a few are single, and the others are what I like to describe as merry married men. Its not that they fled from their wives. I don't think... Who knows, I guess they could be. However, to hear them talk and describe their wives, that is not the case. One, a southern gentleman, is taking time for himself away from a very trying and distressing situation at home. It must be heart breaking to be caring for your mate and slowly watching her decline. Yet, to hear him describe his bride, he is very much in love with her still and is quite caring when he is home. The author travels to two shows a year and is always reverent when he describes his wife. They travel to their property North of the Medicine Line twice a month and he is very knowledgeable and is generous. The plumber/collector is away from his family for the first time this year. It is quiet, almost too quiet, without the girls here. Its a family here, you make friends and are friendly to the folks you see only once a year. Everyone asks about your successes and makes the appropriate noises about success and failure. As with any family, you keep both tight to your chest except between the select few who are close to you. It is a refreshing break in my yearly routine to return and participate. Everyone should have an event, a group of people, an escape such as this.
Odin brings the mystery into everything. A new caterer, a new environment because the girls aren't here; new roads to travel. New, New, New, after all the new, it is a comfort to find the tried-and-true. Hence, writing tonight when I could be curled up in the bed-on-wheels. By the way, the number of towels are reduced and a pillow did not arrive with my bed....
Algiz is the rune of protection. Protecting myself from stress and frustration are a big part of the first day of this weekend. Always is. Protect from the general public. Protect from other vendors. Protect the inventory. And, last but no means least, protect from my self. I tried a new bit of technology this morning which apparently did not do what it was supposed to do. So, I get to play with it and see if I can make it work. Keep the critic in its place so stress does not rule the day!
Wunjo reversed offers the task for tonight. Joy. Joy in all. Serenity brought by joy. A good night!
