Hearth & Horizon

Well, I might be overstating myself in the title. I have dabbled with tarot as a practice on and off for about a year and a half. And for about the last seven months, my deck has sat untouched. Despite that, I still tend to think of myself as a tarot reader, though "tarot learner" is probably more accurate. While I do tend to have a distracted streak, we have had an eventful year that left us in survival mode for the majority of it. From moving to a new house, bringing home a new puppy, handling family health scares, and just trying to keep an even keel amongst all the changes, we were more focused on getting through it than anything else. Now that things have finally settled down, it feels like we can take a breath and look around at the life that we've built and decide what we want to cultivate in it. Taking this newfound free time, I decided to break out my deck and sling a couple cards. This time, I used the "Back on Track" spread from Rose B Mystics, but ...

I might just be the queen of half-finished projects. Instead of leaving a little sparkle wherever I go, I tend to leave a trail of abandoned notebooks, half-finished projects, and whatever ambitious idea caught my attention that week. You would think I would have learned to rein it in after three decades. Which leads us to this moment. I'm staring at my computer screen, wondering why I would want to write a blog. There's a small voice in my head insisting it's presumptuous to think anyone would want to read what I have to say. But there's an even smaller voice reminding me that this itch has been surfacing on and off for the last few years. Then, I remind myself: it's the internet. People post every thought they've ever had. Every meal they've eaten. Every mildly interesting thing their dog did this afternoon. I've certainly scrolled past enough posts wondering, Why would anyone share this?  Now, am I insinuating that I have much wiser thoughts or more i...