A day with my book

Bydruidinthecity

It is rare that I get the chance to sit down with my books and notes and actually create something in my Book of Shadows.

Last weekend I finally did that.  The hard part is not the finding the time, as much as it is finding the time when I’m not doing something else.  There are so many things that I do, things that I’d like to do, and things that I think I have to do.

Lately, I’ve taken to creating with my beautiful glass dip pen, and some green ink .. and decorating the pages using Zentangle-inspired shapes and decorations.

I do have an online book of shadows where I put a lot of commonly referenced things like correspondences or ideas for spells or rituals that I haven’t had a chance to try out.  Slowly things are getting transferred into my physical book.  In this age of electronics, I do sometimes appreciate taking the slow way to get things done.

Once they’re created, each one of those pages get scanned and put into an eBook .. which does strike me as odd, but if it’s in an eBook it’s easier for me to carry around and to take advantage of those little moments where I want to look something up, or make a note, or plan tonight’s spell …

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