.......AND THERE WAS BELTAINE.......

SO, last Thursday August reminded me that it was Beltaine weekend. I immediately called Miss Nancy and said, "What are you doing?" And she said, "Going to Anarchist Beltaine of course." And I said, "I wanna go, I wanna go, I wanna go, I wanna go, I wanna go, I wanna go, I wanna go!" So we did. We were there Fri, Sat & Sun. I barely got any sleep, took a bath in the river both days and didn't look at my cell phone from Fri nite until about 11am this morning. I fell asleep on the ocuch last night at about 11:30pm, woke up at 5am and went to bed then slept til 11am. I also have one helluva sunburn, but I love it.

OMG. I had the most fantastic time. The campground was WAY out in the sticks in the most beautiful country side imaginable. Everything was beautiful, the rituals were all fantastic, I had so much fun. I met a ton of new wonderful people and saw a whole bunch of people I already knew. And I came home with some more water to add to my collection -- Beltaine water -- yay! And of course a nice healthy chunk of the Maypole.

I'm hooked. I've been craving the pagan community like a drink of water, but I wasn't sure where to start. I have quite a few in-roads to the larger community but none of them jumped out at me until now. I've made some tentative forays into a few groups and left with a sour taste in my mouth every time until now. This is exactly the group of people I have been looking for.

My ju-ju has not felt this recharged since..... I don't remember. This was one of the first times in a long time that I totally got the vibe and was completely comfortable with it. It took me the first night and about half of the second day to fully immerse in it -- new guy syndrome -- but as soon as my comfort level rose past the critical point I jumped in with both feet. Not coincidentally most likely it was right after I had jumped in the river all the way a couple times -- it was so cold -- the bone ache kind from snow runoff. But a long ass hike made me hot enough that it felt really good, good enough to do it twice.

Spiral Rythyms Festival is next :) June 1-4. I am SO there. I'll be better prepared next time too. I got ready in about an hour and a half, and after I got there I realized what I should have brought. I didn't go without anything I needed, but I know now more what to prepare for -- the fun stuff, not just the camping needs.