Several people have already contacted me, very concerned about how we’re doing in Goshen after 60 tornadoes plowed through Illinois and Indiana today. Thanks for your concern. We’re doing well here. I always tell people I cut deals with the Nature Spirits, and I’m really not kidding. Thor is the God of Thunder, associated with the THORN Rune of protection. I mentally draw that Rune all over our property every time I hear of or sense any sort of major storm. Synchronously, just as I sat down to post this announcement, Yahoo news flashed some story across my screen about THOR the movie. Yes, thunder and lightning and wind were very active today! But not so much right here.

I talk to the Nature Spirits like I talk to the bees who get mad at me for interrupting their meal while watering my bee friendly flowers: “Hey, don’t sting me. I planted these flowers, and I’m keeping them alive for you. Don’t sting the hand that feeds you. C’mon, live in harmony, eh?” and the bees let me do my thing without stinging me, just like the wasps when I remind them who planted the plants that house the insects the wasps eat. When storms come, I always request that the Nature Spirits protect our property, especially our home and gardens. I remind them that I can much more easily advocate for Nature if I have adequate living quarters and food. So far, so good. Although much of Goshen was tucked away in basements, I felt fine wandering around upstairs figuring what to wear for tonight’s outing. I just knew no storm would hit our house.

In other cosmic happenings, Comet ISON is rapidly approaching its expected pass by the Sun (Nov 28). Is it affecting us energetically? Well, my feeling is - the Sun is, solar flares are, planetary movements are, why not a comet that is releasing gigantic clouds of gas and dust, moving at 680,000 km an hour (425,000 miles) with "a tail that extends more than 8 million kilometers behind the comet's nucleus. For comparison, that's 21 times the distance between Earth and the Moon." (Space Weather). 

When I ask what ISON's energy might trigger in us: It feels like a clear, sharp arrow (representing Who are you...really?) focusing in on its target (calling you to ask yourself Where are you going?), as everything in the periphery falls away in a blur labelled 'the past' (What or who do you need to let go of in order to become who you really are and get where you really want to go?). While these are all basic questions to be answered by everyone over the course of their life journey, there is a 'quickening' happening. These questions are tapping on our shoulders, the answers are nudging our sides.