When you ask for bounty, it comes in ways you don't expect....

                 At the summer solstice, or Litha, as I call being a Wiccan, I asked for great fertility, and the blessing of bounty.

                  Fully engaged with the field of existence, calling it by a name the creative force hasn't heard for a while.   The Goddess Pomona.

                   Loving Pomona, I asked,  bless my garden, and my fruiting plants with great fertility and abundance.  Blessed is the life force, and this I wish to happen.

                     Then I took my wand and walked all around my fenced area, which also includes the chickens and their large foraging area.  Safe from coyotes and neighbors dogs during the day, locked up at night, they have a wine grape, and several plum trees and other yummy delights within their little kingdom.

                     I might have been just a little too enthusiastic.  Just after that eight little chicks hatched,  then
twelve little chicks hatched to another hen.  And one to a hen whose parenting skills suffered a setback earlier in the spring.  Then another two, then a hen who had shown no interest at all in setting a nest, and really has terrible parenting skills.

                      The last one, well,  she has lost two babies, but I saved four and now here in September I find
myself with four little chicks who call me Mom.

                        But wow, the garden.  The pumpkins are acting live they mean business, the quinoa is
ready to harvest, big beautiful heads.  I have lettuce a plenty and cucumbers hurtling themselves everywhere.

                        Melons, lots of little ones.  But this may be the last time I try them.  We end up with lots of small ones, but none to be delirious over.

                         Corn was planted late but still getting there, just really amazed.  I did this last year, but not so totally immersed into this loosing of fertile imagining when performing my rite of blessing for the crops.

                           Earth is a wonder Great Mother, and she really loves to show off.  At least this is how I view it.  She will go all out if you do your job.  Acting in accordance, like composting and working the soil,
etc. will set the stage.  But I have done all those things before, and it has never been like this. 

                           Not saying it hasn't been good in past years, but this is pouring over the edges kind of good.

                           However, there is a catch to the response you can get.  Group anxiety, and fear can result in just the opposite result. Fear and anxiety can create a frequency that will move what you want in a different direction.  This is the secret of all energy work on this planet, all the old magick systems from all over the world worked based upon this knowledge.  I use a k at the end of spiritual magick to differentiate it from stage magic, which is slight of hand.  Common pagan spelling.  Two different things altogether.

                           And I think in this country there has been a lot of anger, fear, anxiety within the last few months to set the stage for some really scary results, earth change wise.

                           Calming, relaxation, de-stressing one's self by meditation,  walking, doing energy exercises and staying tuned in to what is going on within one's self is pretty important right now.

                            Sipping a little wine, or beer, is okay.  But not to the point you are simply plastered all the time in an attempt to zone out of worries.

                             Same with smoking pot.  Other things, not at all good.  Too much pot will impair your ability to move and direct universal energy.   Other stuff, besides the obvious stuff, will simply shut you down.

                             Life is full of worries,  I recommend not watching the national news networks very often, and spend as much time outside grounding and communing with nature.  As a pagan, and a country dweller
I do this without a thought.  But for those in a city, it may be that you can only find a patch of grass.
Bring the outside indoors.  houseplants, a balcony with a bird feeder, hardy shrubs in pots, butterfly attracting
flowers.  Do what you can to stay tuned into the life force of this planet.

                            Finding spiritual comfort, well that is your choice how you do so.  Just remember all ways lead to the center, so find your niche, but we are all connected so no looking down your nose at others for their choice of connection to Creator=Universe=Field of Existence.  That is not what it is all about.

                            Love and respect for all humantiy, and the Great Mother Earth.  And show it and feel it
next time you plant.  Believe me,  it really works.

                              Want a chicken anyone???