Being a working mother, it seems like I really don’t have much time to do the things I would like to do. I spent most of today working on updating this blog to not contain my ramblings, but actual information as well. It still doesn’t contain everything I would like it to, not by a long shot.
When I was done working on my blog, I decided to arrange the photos of those who have passed on. My altar was already pretty bare. We had just moved in two months ago and I had yet to unpack all of my Pagan altar-type stuff. It took a few hours finding the photos of the people and pets I was looking for and cropping some of them to fit in the frames. I wanted it to be ready for Samhain night so I don’t have any setup to do. It’s bad enough we had an early freeze, so the pumpkins on our porch are unusable for carving now.
I also tried making the Skull Bread from the Simple Sabbat book I just reviewed. Both the looks and taste was pretty underwhelming. I followed the written directions exactly, but I somehow produced something more like masks than skulls. I had planned to eat it on Samhain, but I took a tiny taste out of curiosity and it mostly tasted of yeast and spices. I couldn’t really taste the pumpkin.
I still don’t know exactly what I’m going to do on the day of Samhain, but I feel like I’m at least getting into the spirit of the season more!