I got delightfully accosted today by some of the women from the Sisterhood of Avalon - they asked me if I wanted to lead some pilgrimages to sacred sites in Ireland or the British Isles. They'd pay my way and such and I would teach classes on different things. They talked about doing incubation rituals, or divination work, all kinds of things. Up to this point they've been primarily serving a women-only consituency but they're interested in opening things up to teachers from other traditions, and to a wider audience.

I'm very enthusiastic about the idea but have to think about this and talk to them about everything from where to when to what.

My Living a Celtic Reconstructionist Path talk went very well. The room was pretty much full, and it seemed to get a good reception. There was some good dialogue and there were some excellent questions. We talked about localizing, about daily life issues, about values and virtues and what it means to reconstruct and to create culture in our time. Lots of fun and I sold all the books I brought with me. One guy came up to me afterwards and thanked me for the Samhain festival that we did back in the early 90s; he's down in California now and talked to me about having me come down to talk at their grove. I told him if they'd float my transportation, food, and shelter, I'd be happy to come down to see them.

The Pagan Newswire Collective meet and greet was really exciting. We had some great discussion between folks in the PNC and some of the community's elders. Selena Fox, Margot Adler, Macha NightMare, and Andras and Deirdre Corben-Arthen attended, as well as Glenn, who runs the con. Generally, the atmosphere was very supportive and excited. Some questions and challenges were brought up -- journalistic ethics, issues of privacy, models of journalism, and developing localized reporting and editorializing within our communities. Selena was asking to talk to me about Pagan military issues at some point. I gave her my contact info, but I'll try emailing her after I get home and see what she's wanting to ask about.

I've been having a fabulous time this year, and having a little more time to talk to people has been great. I've got a ritual tomorrow night and then a panel Monday morning and I'm done with my official duties. I'm up in the ADF hospitality suite after having had dinner with finnchuill, alfrecht, mythworker and a number of folks who came by at intervals, including ogam. We talked about all kinds of things, from the PNC to historical inaccuracies in TV shows about the ancient world. *chortle*

finnchuill's workshop on The Poet's Truth was well-presented and filled with good material. We talked about historical poetical traditions, incubatory work, and modern poets and poetry. We also did some writing of poetry as the final exercise; that was a lot of fun and got some really great stuff.

And now, tired Erynn is tired. I'm really looking forward to the next couple of days. lwood and dpaxson are off at seidh right now and I don't expect them back for quite a while yet. I may be able to catch a little bit of a snooze in order to be about and lively for tomorrow.