I Love My Grove

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Catriona McDonald

24 July 2017

Have I mentioned that recently?

I. Fucking. Love. My. Grove.

Friday we started brainstorming for opening and closing rituals at East Coast Gather. There was mind-mapping, spitballing, chocolate tasting, silliness, synchronistic moose, and the burn of Awen across our tongues and minds.

Saturday the work continued (though I wasn’t there). Hammering of details, wordsmithing, logistics, and costuming lists furthered the process. Friends coming into their own, growing so beautifully.

Today was editing, polishing, tweaking…followed by a fabulous evening at one grovie’s paint bar. And again the Awen flowed.

Not everyone is suited to group work. Not everyone is fortunate enough to be near a community that fits them all the way to the soul. If you find your tribe, hold fast, nurture it, love it deeply.

In this I am fortunate, and I count these blessings every day.

3 responses to “I Love My Grove”

locksley2010

21 August 2017

I have no idea what ‘Synchronistic Mongoose’ is. Can it be a thing? Please let it be a thing!

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1. Catriona McDonald
  
  22 August 2017
  
  Welp, it was a Moose instead of a Mongoose, but aside from that!
  
  Basically, as we were picking animals to represent the cross-quarters, we stumbled upon the idea of moose. At that same moment, 300+ miles away, another of our Grovies had an encounter with a moose. So yes, synchronistic moose are indeed a thing!
  
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  1. locksley2010
    
    1 September 2017
    
    Yay! I love this.
    
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