Commentary on the Ritual. :-)

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Because Idoglossia wanted to know:

The ritual went well. :-)

There was a troupe of cub-scouts in the Grove/Council Circle, so we moved to a more open spot in a field. Which worked fine. There was even a big rock to act as a table for our food. :-)

But: No rain (yay!) :-)

The Moon not visible (too cloudy, even after it got dark... Oh, well), but it was also not too terribly cold (plus we were dancing, which helped). So that was good.

We had some trouble lighting the candles -- I brought short matches, but the candle-holders were very deep. So that was a bit tricky. But it worked out in the end. (I will know to bring the long ones, next time).


There was a good flow from one thing to the next (it went cleanse & ground, call-&-cast, dance, meditation, dance, chat about Beltaine, dance, final words, opening-of-circle, announcements, feasting), even with the occasional technical glitch, and everyone enjoyed the dancing (including me, even though the first one made my hips hurt quite a bit. The others were just delightful. :-)

People seemed to have a good time and get something out of it, which is the main thing. :-)


And the food at the end was yummy. :-) (Some wonderful person brought garlic spread! Whee! :-) And people liked my bread (although I made significantly more than we needed). So I have left-over bread for the making of toast. Whee-hee. :-D


All in all, quite a nice ritual for my first time. :-)


In other news: I made peach frozen yoghurt yesterday, and had some for breakfast. It worked out quite nicely, I think. :-)
It's *so* nice to be able to effectively make icecream that is really, really healthy. :-D I'll be feeding this stuff to my kids, I have no doubt. :-)


- TTFN,
- Amazon. :-D