Ten Years of the Hearth

[dc]

Last night the Hearth celebrated its tenth anniversary — slightly late, actually, it should have been celebrated a couple of months ago, but never mind. For this, Pauline had decided to have a relaxed, sociable evening, most people brought some food and the pub provided some sandwiches, too. Martin came up with his harp and gave us twenty to thirty minutes of excellent music. It’s difficult to believe it is ten years. Seems like yesterday I met Pauline at the old PF moot (run by Bill then, in Times Square’s cosy wee snug). I recall the first few meetings of the Hearth in the Corn Exchange, Martin talking about magic, Pauline casting a circle... it was like old times last night, seeing Martin there, as well as Tim and Janet and some other old faces; and Potia and Ann turned up, too — first time they’ve made it since the moot moved south of the river. I had a thumping headache at the start of the evening, but it passed off — helped, perhaps, by the soothing harp music. Or possibly it was the bottles of wine we sank.

It was a pleasant evening, too, as far as weather went. We left off our jackets and just went in T-shirts & pocketed waistcoats — a good decision, we would have been much too warm with even a light jacket. It was even a pleasantly warm evening to walk home at midnight. Balmy.

First set of names (and £3 deposits) were taken for the Samhuinn party. At least this year, the venue should still be there when we get to Samhuinn. :)

Comments

[madame-queeny.livejournal.com]

Meant to send you an email - the forums for White Rabbit are now up and running here...

http://pooloftears.com/boards/index.php

[tanngrisnir.livejournal.com]

Thanks for letting me know about that. Looks like a nicely thought-out forum, I'll check it out properly when we get back from England. (We're heading down there for a week to see friends and chill out.) Pity we're going down, actually, your meeting next week looks interesting.

[madame-queeny.livejournal.com]

Not to worry - you can always join us the following month when we'll be having a small Blood Moon ritual (conducted by Me!) - it going to be very eclectic, none of this gardinerian rubbish! Future info for the Fife Moot will be placed on the forum!

Hope you have a nice holiday!