Luna's Haven~closed save for invitees.

[Daddi_DJ]

I hope I am invited here. I know this time is hard for you and I wish it wasn't. If you need anything, anything at all let me know and I will do all that I can to get it for you. I just wish I could do something to make it better.

 

[Erlind]

I arrive. Another quiet journey through the woods that belong to a wolf. I arrive on her porch and slip quickly inside.

"I wasn't sure if I would be welcome. Maybe I should have been sure, but I wasn't or I would have visited earlier. I didn't want to intrude."

Though I'm always welcome here, I never want to abuse that privilege that has been granted by the beautiful wolf. Luna has always been kind to me and I'd hate to be anything but to her.

 

[Luna_Wolf72]

I arrive. Another quiet journey through the woods that belong to a wolf. I arrive on her porch and slip quickly inside.

"I wasn't sure if I would be welcome. Maybe I should have been sure, but I wasn't or I would have visited earlier. I didn't want to intrude."

Though I'm always welcome here, I never want to abuse that privilege that has been granted by the beautiful wolf. Luna has always been kind to me and I'd hate to be anything but to her.

His scent finds me before he does~ an odd combination of masculinity and sweat, sleeplessness and soap. I glance up, just as he enters my cabin, honey brown eyes brimming with welcome.

Yes. You should have been sure.

A small smile as I rise and make my way to him, arms opening to enfold him in a hug.

How are you, my friend?

 

[Erlind]

I hug back. I always love holding this lovely woman against me.

"I like to be sure."

The hug doesn't quite end. Instead, we kind of just stand there together. I don't want to leave her touch just yet.

"I've been well. Surprisingly well, actually. I figured I'd been in a nasty mood after having to be done with my leave, but things are actually quite good. My roommate is still an idiot, but I haven't had to deal with him much. My job doesn't suck as much because of a recent turn of events. And I find myself much less tired than normal on a regular basis."

"How have you been holding up, sweet wolf?"

 

[Luna_Wolf72]

I listen to his words, nodding happily, pleased that he had home/down time, even if the reality of his situation meant that his small break was now over. It pleases me to hear him relaxed, content, almost happy.

I am...me.

A small but definite, shrug. Head tilts back to gaze at his face, a grin dimpling my cheeks.

Not dead yet and for the first time in a while this particular holiday isn't as bad as it could be. Real world stressors are off the charts and my mind has been a little snappy but...I am okay.

Keeping my arm round his waist, I tug him toward the living room and my fireplace.

Will you be leaving shortly for the real world?

 

[Erlind]

I follow her lead. I love a good fire in the fireplace.

"I'll be here, but as always I can be a little easily distractable at times," I smile as I tell her, "I'll have to leave in about two hours. Maybe a little more."

I'm glad she's feeling well even if life isn't treating her as it should.

"You deserve the world to give you a break one of these days."

 

[Luna_Wolf72]

Sighing softly as I align myself, pressing my smaller body into the warmth of his form.

The real world only does what it does because i am strong enough to not break from the strain. I have to believe that otherwise I will go crazy.

A grin.

I am at work...and attempting to write owed story posts...so if I am uncommunicative, you will know why.

 

[Erlind]

"Not to worry. I am at home, but I'm watching PBS documentaries, chatting with an old friend over facebook, and working on a couple of side projects. I may find myself a bit distracted as well."

I finally slip out of her warm embrace to take a seat on the couch. I smile up at her as the fire light flickers behind her, silhouetting her nicely.

"Kind of the way I figure it too. You kind of have to assume everything will work out, because it doesn't do much good to assume otherwise. Doesn't mean you don't prepare, but still."

 

[Luna_Wolf72]

I look up, so lost in my own world and the reality of work that I had forgotten, for a long moment, that E was here. I see him then, quiet, his eyes half closed as he pondered his own real world reality.

A small smile, one hand reaching out to touch his cheek before I retreat back to my own needs. I am glad he is here...even if only in passing.

 

[DarkWarrioress]

Her gifts, tucked into one box. Yule has arrived. The gifts are small things, save one. The very last small one. That one, above all others, holds more thought than the others.

A new cap because she thought the Wolfling could use a new one.

A journal.

A dream catcher. ~~

And somewhere, tucked into one corner, obscured by the other gifts, this small one, along with a small note:

Wolfing, of them all, this one is how I see you. This is what came to me.

Messenger.

Timelessness.

Healing.

Warrior.

Merry Yule. I hope you find a measure of peace and happiness in the coming year. I know the road is rough and trying but you have grown greatly and you handle things wisely. You make me smile. I am glad we have found our way.

 

[Luna_Wolf72]

I open the gifts from a Lady and smile as I pull each bit out. Until the very last one...

That one...very few people KNOW that I have two birds as guardians. I never talk about that aspect...

I am wolf...and so I only ever talk about HER...

but hawk and hummingbird are my left and right side guardians...

and she has found the one thing most people would never guess.

It makes me cry.

 

[Britwitch]

Our paths are not the same but they run through a similar land.
It's Yule for me too and even though my own celebration may well be very different from hers this is still a time of goodwill and hope...besides, any excuse to be able to give gifts to special people makes me smile.

There are two boxes left for her. One flat and square, one smaller and thicker.

Within the square box is something to help her find herself when she feels lost.

Within the smaller is something pretty but something with meaning.

The small card reads...

"Amber is the color of liquid sunshine...yellow for the midday sun and orange for the fiery sunsets and I like to think it's filled with sunny energy.

I give this hoping a little of that warming light will continue to shine on you...even in your darkest of moments and because you are a light to so many others.

Blessed be.

"

 

[Luna_Wolf72]

Tired body finds itself here, once more. My afternoon had been spent sitting in the watery sunlight, meditating, praying. i figured an hour or so and I would be calm enough to rest. NO such luck.

Instead, my mind is empty but I am still awake. I hate this. Utterly, utterly hate this. There is a thin veneer of calm that covers the seething mass of my emotions and I don't know, I can't tell, I can not begin...to even explain what is wrong.

I hate this.

So, my feet lead me to the porch and then inside. Once there. i find some gifts from a Witch and they make me smile. I love amber. I very rarely wear it, as the stone itself has a powerful effect on me but I love it nonetheless and it seems fitting, what with this being Yule and the sun beginning to once more rise in strength.

I smile, sleepily and gather up the gifts taking them to my special place, upstairs in my bedroom. I will have to send the Witch something. Maybe the piece I had written for my very first Yule long and long ago, before I found the shaman's path and the Good Red Road? This will take some thought.

 

[Luna_Wolf72]

Home again. I only have about 30 minutes of abuse left before I can go home and stare dry eyed at the ceiling.

BUT for the first time in DAYS I am at peace. My small Yule rite went off without a hitch and even though I have not slept~ I feel renewed, refreshed and relaxed. I just hope that those who look down upon me will grant me a measure of sleep today.

A husky giggle...and then maybe, just maybe I can begin to catch up on all my owed posts!!

 

[Daddi_DJ]

I pray you get some sleep. But at least you are at peace and calm...that is ALWAYS a plus!

 

[Luna_Wolf72]

Home and rested. I owe for five threads.

In order...so that makes it

Moon
Rider
E
PGoD
Daddy

With a happy, contented sigh I open my lap top, listen to the crackle of the fire and prepare myself to get lost in the 1930's.

 

[Luna_Wolf72]

No writing was accomplished yesterday. My lack of sleep, my intense emotions made writing something that would not, could NOT happen. I knew it, even though I attempted it. I knew that no writing would occur...

I am not sure if anything will get written this night either. Tis my sister's birthday in a few hours. Christmas Eve.

I am mostly okay. Not as bad as i have been in the recent past, not as angry, as hurt as I have been in the past week. For once I am almost focused. So I need to write. I want to write but I am unsure how much writing will be accomplished.

No matter. The fire crackles cheerily as I take out my lap top, open it and prepare to write some words. Upon the trees guarding the entrance to my woods and the pathway that wanders through it, a sign appears.

Wolf Writing. Stay Away.

 

[Luna_Wolf72]

Madrigal first.

I know the tack I should take with my French woman, my mulatto. She is intrigued and desires something from the woman who even now holds her attention. How to get there? Who knows.

I shall see what she says.

 

[Luna_Wolf72]

Maddie and Pamola, done.

Pamola was easy. She just had to transition them from night to day. Maddie had been harder, but I loved the flow of it and it suited what I felt...therefore it fit.

Who was next?

Misty, my poor Fae...for E.

 

[Luna_Wolf72]

Mistrielle is on hold until I hear from my co-writer...and I think I need another day or two to ponder a response for PGoD. I know what Lorna wants to say...so maybe I can come back to her tonight.

For now, let me focus on Daddy...

a happy smile...as I return to my warrior queen.

 

[Luna_Wolf72]

A sigh. Damn, Ravenia had a LOT to say. I smile slightly and debate working on Lorna. I figure I should but she just might have to wait until tomorrow. I work on the morrow and sleep is needed.

I will watch the fire...and think.

 

[yeishia]

It is christmas morning and carefully I push open the door to Luna' s refuge. I had wanted to visit but every time I had gathered my courage someone else had gotten there first..today I had been determined I would visit.

The early bird I thought giggling ...might just be eaten by a wolf ...if she were lucky.

Hers had been a truly special gift, she had unknowingly made my Christmas special. I had thought long and hard about what to give this very special person....

Carefully I placed her gift on a small table and reverently added the old school record I had chosen for her.

Turning the volume down low I curled up on her sofa and played my small offering.

This is how she made me feel...

Corinne Bailey-Rae: Put your records on

Three little birds, sat on my window.
And they told me I don't need to worry.
Summer came like cinnamon
So sweet,
Little girls double-dutch on the concrete.

Maybe sometimes, we've got it wrong, but it's alright
The more things seem to change, the more they stay the same
Oh, don't you hesitate.

Girl, put your records on, tell me your favourite song
You go ahead, let your hair down
Sapphire and faded jeans, I hope you get your dreams,
Just go ahead, let your hair down.

You're gonna find yourself somewhere, somehow.

Blue as the sky, sunburnt and lonely,
Sipping tea in the bar by the roadside,
(just relax, just relax)
Don't you let those other boys fool you,
Got to love that afro hair do.

Maybe sometimes, we feel afraid, but it's alright
The more you stay the same, the more they seem to change.
Don't you think it's strange?

Girl, put your records on, tell me your favorite song
You go ahead, let your hair down
Sapphire and faded jeans, I hope you get your dreams,
Just go ahead, let your hair down.

You're gonna find yourself somewhere, somehow.

'Twas more than I could take, pity for pity's sake
Some nights kept me awake, I thought that I was stronger
When you gonna realize, that you don't even have to try any longer?
Do what you want to.

Girl, put your records on, tell me your favorite song
You go ahead, let your hair down.
Sapphire and faded jeans, I hope you get your dreams,
Just go ahead, let your hair down.

Girl, put your records on, tell me your favorite song
You go ahead, let your hair down
Sapphire and faded jeans, I hope you get your dreams,
Just go ahead, let your hair down.

Oh, you're gonna find yourself somewhere, somehow

~. ~​

I so wanted to let my hair down...I wanted to find myself somewhere, somehow.

I would wait for her for as long as it took, I was resolute.

"Merry Christmas Luna " I whispered smiling softly as I faded back into my own reality

 

[Luna_Wolf72]

Home again.

In the real world I had cooked and cleaned, taken pictures and spent the day surrounded by family and friends and kids...gods, the KIDS.

Now? The world was drifting toward silence and I was here.

My nose captures the scent of a well missed woman, yee-she. I see the old fashioned phongraph and grin. She had brought me a gift! Striding toward the desk< I turn it on and allow the music she had chosen to waft over me, bringing a smile to my mouth and another feeling of lightness to my heart.

i wish I had been here.

 

[Luna_Wolf72]

Home again, music turned on as I debate trying to find words for E and a patient male.

But first~Floetry.

It's Getting Late

 

[Luna_Wolf72]

Pulling up E's last post, I read his edit and start plotting my next piece for him. And because he is wafting through my brain, another song comes to mind.

Say Yes~Floetry