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On this day last year, Nightcat, a YouTuber I followed passed away. I wrote about it here and here. Two things that drew me to her channel were her virtual temples and her meditations. She/they was open and inviting to people of many different backgrounds. As long as you understood that her focus was the gods and not dogma and you weren't hateful, she welcomed you. I now consider her an ancestor of the spiriit and light a candle and offer a prayer in honor of her this day.

She loved many gods, but she was a Lokean at heart, hence the fox image.

Current Mood: thankful

My summer solstice blot this year was to Thor and his wife Sif as well as the ancestors. Work has been greatly on my mind. I gave thanks with an offering of homemade rhubarb cordial for continued good health and the ability to work.

I said prayers of gratitude for my recently deceased uncle, an ancestor of blood and bone, for being instrumental in extending my existence by helping my mother and her two kids escape a bad situation in the '80s, something I neglected to say to him when he was alive. Private prayers were said to the ancestors for myself and many family members. I also offered prayers for Nightcat for her creative and spiritual inspiration as I consider her an ancestor of spirit now. Not a traditional summer solstice blot, I guess, but it's what I was called to do.

Whether you celebrate or not, may this season bring you many good things. Happy summer to you.