Welcome to Witchgrove's Members Page
TygerCub is a Solitary, an artist and a sometimes writer from Virginia, USA. She also enjoys playing in the SCA, leatherwork and the company of her cats.
Her art can be found at www.KimsArt.com, some of which can be bought at GremlinGraphics.
This group is fantastic in its support and kindess to every member. A perfect place to relax and enjoy the companionship of those who truly understand the path you are on and the direction you may like to travel.
I sit back and read the posts in this list, the same way I do in many other lists. I respond to some, skim some others, wonder what this one is trying to say, raise an eyebrow over another... always keeping the skeptic's POV in the back of my mind, even when it's me doing the posting.
I belong and have belonged to alot of pagan lists, organizations, and groups. Not exactly a novice, if you will. This isn't to wave my own banner, it's simply to show that this ol bruja is not the isolated ol' hill billy that I often portray myself to be. I have spent active time in a large organization some while ago, met the BNP's that others look up to; some I liked, others I didn't. I chose to recluse myself in Idaho after growing tired of the politics and the witch wars. For three years, I've pretty much limited my socializing to local groups - those based in my own state and nearby towns in another state.
Then Mab invited me to join KO and later, Witchgrove. I did with some skepticism, waiting for the politics to come into play. Too large, too many posts, gotta be some ego stuff going on that will send me scurrying back to my little grumpy place in Idaho... and keeping it to local friends. I even told Mab that I expected ego to bite me when I least expected it.
Do you know I sit here with tears ready to spill? I just read the last dozen or so posts and realized how very wrong I was. There is a large list out here full of warm and caring people who put aside their pagan politics, have no agenda other than the sharing and friendship while witch wars are the furthest thing from anyone's minds. I read warm words and encouragement and kudos and the free exchange of ideas and information and wow! I'm melting.
I've never seen a list so full of caring and compassion as this one. I'm just now really starting to sort out the who is who's on the list and there's a few names I don't remember seeing before and that writing styles fluctuate with how much the person had to drink tonight or the night before... (yes, there are other reasons to fluctuate, but...)
I don't know what magic there is here, but it's good stuff and I just wanted to say how much I appreciate the energy that comes through this list. I've made some really special friends here... friends I know would leave my life less fulfilling if they weren't part of my life this day... little holes in my heart, wanting to be filled, if you will. And I think how lucky I am.
If life is like a box of chocolates, I got the bestest ones from the box here.
And that's all I got to say about that.
vetch
Californian Grover, Griselda, started life as a Catholic, before moving onto the Eastern and Shamanistic Traditions. She describes herself as following a path with a heart, where her love for the Goddess is blooming every day with brighter colors.
She is an artist, mainly working in paint, though she loves to do assemblage art as a means of meditation. She creates Spirit Art Dolls and Ritualistic Smudge Besoms (adorned with Power Animals and moons), which she also sells on-line.
Intrigued? Click here to visit her Art Spirit Gallery.
I am thankful to Draig for pointing the way to The Witch Grove, it is such a rich and nurturing space for me... and I wish with all my heart that I can give to others as they give to me. Bright Blessings to all.