Wandering from the Path

Somehow over the past year this has changed from a blog about my life and my spiritual pursuits to a blog about my knitting, cross stitch and crochet.  See, the sad thing is I’m not sure I have much in the way of spiritual pursuits any more.  Between watching/changing/playing with/teaching animal sounds to Baby Man, occasionally knitting or cross stitching to remain sane, doing some work for my old-but-still-current job, and general household things, there is really only time left for sleep.  And as important as spiritual pursuits are, when you have a toddler, sleep is more important.

Does this mean I’m dissatisfied, or looking to re-evaluate my faith or, all the gods forbid, give up  knitting and cross stitch?  Nope.  It means that I’m coming to terms with the fact that there are only so many hours in the day and there is only so much I can do without burning myself out.  Right now, Baby Man, housework (ick) and my hobbies are the most important things.  They keep me going.  I’d love to go back to meditation and the like, but then I’d have to let something else drop.

What I want to do–no, what I will do–when Baby Man is bigger is find a way to work my spirituality into my every day life more.  Autumn over at Owls’ Court seems to a great job of this.  Her little man is just about 4 and a half, and they seem to do a great job of recognizing the changing seasons and honouring the Sabbats. (I’m also totally jealous that she lives in the same city as Le Melange Magique.  Why doesn’t Toronto have an occult/Pagan store?)  Baby Man, on the other hand, is not quite two, and is only able to grok day and night, hot and cold.

So, if I’m not dissatisfied, why am I writing about this?  Well, I’m reading Autumn’s book The Way Of The Green Witch (book 10 for the 10 Book Reading Challenge, btw), and it is inspiring me.  It has helped me remember why I decided to follow a Pagan path.  And reading the book has helped me to think about how I can express this in the other things I do.  I’m starting to make my list of goals for 2010, and I think a few Pagan-related things will be there.

And, since so many of you now stop by for small-c crafts (rather than the big-C Craft), here is how Baby Man’s stocking looks today.  The lettering in the snow is nearly done!  Yay!  I am so tired of light and pale blue.  (The darker bands are shadows.  It is late enough in year now that the sun starts doing weird things in the afternoon.)

Naughty or Nice Stocking

Tomorrow: my first Creativ Festival class.  (I wish they would spell it “Creative” rather than “Creativ”.)  I will be taking Jennifer Aikman-Smith’s Perforated Paper Castle Ornament.  She has helpfully posted a picture of it on her blog at the bottom of this post.