So in addition to smudgework, I'll be doing a bit of money-drawing magic for a friend and myself.

it went pretty much like Halloween does around my neighborhood. we didn't really have any ritual, since we did one on the 26th at my UU fellowship. =) and then yesterday, we kinda had a Day of Remembrance/Day of the Dead thing.

Ours was quiet as usual. My daughter never did like dressing up for it so now that she's grown I'm the only one in the family who even tries putting on a costume. I did spend some time thinking of lost family members, two and four footed both.

both my girls and i dress up still. my daughters are 17 and 13. =)

I drew a mix of a Carrion Bird and a Cave Hyena...skeletons, of course...

i can't really draw things to look like what i want them too. i just write instead.

I'm an amateur drawer and writer (and Engineer), so...he looks good enough for where I am at the moment - not where I want to be eventually,

(Hey! An improvement on self image! Quick, call someone who knows me, and this will give them a heart attack! xD)

that's still really cool, Lawtan. =)

what do you write?

It was so cold by the time I got time to do the ritual that I couldn't film it like I'd promised a curious friend I would... and near the end of the ritual, I asked for a sign that it would be alright for me to end the ritual... and my Samhain candle blew out. The other two candles I had going stayed lit, so I took that as my cue to pack up for the night.

Den, i LOVE That book you have! is that purchaseable somewhere?

It's an old item - Spellbound.

Sorry you couldn't film it, Den

As to writing, right now I am working more on reconstructions of older, fragmentary pieces of mythology - mixing them with the history/geography of the area. I plan on moving from there into a full low-fantasy world, as well as science fiction and horror...

Maybe I'll be able to film the next ritual I do, either at Yule or at the calendar new year...

well it's a really cool old item. i love books!

that sounds like some really cool writing!

oddly enough, i finish a lot of what i start...

i only have one piece of writing that's still in progress... and one of these days i will finish it... honest!