If money was not a problem, I would be throwing the biggest, fanciest bash in San Francisco, and inviting everyone to come and party the night away… helping me to celebrate 25 years as an ordained Wiccan High Priestess.
And those of you who live a distance away need not worry… you would find a limo waiting at the door; compliments of yours truly, ready to transport you to the nearest airport, where a private jet will fly you to the City On the Bay… so you can join in the festivities.
But alas – I’ve got champagne taste and beer money. In another words… I’m broke, and there’s no pennies in the budget for parties.
So the best I can do is tell you to close your eyes while I wave my magic wand… and we shall be transported through the darkness to a time outside of time, and a place outside of space…
Enjoy the party – and please leave a comment so I know you were there!
P.S. You can check out the special Anniversary Honors here:
https://deafpagancrossroads.com/2009/06/21/happy-25th-anniversary-ocean/
Since Ocean loves seafood,
we’re holding a good old-fashioned clambake on the beach!
To start us off,
there’s plenty of boiled shrimp served up with bowls of cocktail sauce…
raw oysters for those who like ’em
(you do know what oysters are good for, don’tcha???)
and crab legs with lots of melted butter!
There’s also plenty of raw veggies with dip…
lots of fresh fruit…
and a variety of cheeses.
As the sun begins to slowly set,
and we celebrate this day of the Summer Solstice…
you can enjoy some New England “clam chowdah”
served up in sourdough bread bowls…
or a spicy seafood gumbo!
Just make sure to leave room for the main attraction,
for here it comes now!
So dig in, cuz there’s plenty!
There’s also steaks on the grill…
chicken and shrimp
and veggie kabobs!
and of course,
what Pagan Party would be complete without a bottle…
or two…
or three…
or…
of that wonderful “nectar of the gods”
known as
So Osh dons her official party hat and we all celebrate!
As the sun sets, we all gather around
while Ocean cuts the Anniversary Cake
Then we sit around the campfire,
roasting marshmellows
for that final treat of the night!
Thank you for joining me for my party.
Goddess Bless and Goddess Keep
~ Ocean
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Beautiful party! I hope those are Maine Lobsters!
Happy Litha and Happy Anniversary.. what a magical day ❤
I love you.
Of course, they’re Maine lobsters, daughter…
You ordered them, remember?
😀
Love you too, hun.
Just point me to the mead, and I’m happy!
I’ll be even happier once I’ve had a bottle or two.
Great party, Osh.
Congratulations on 25 years!! And many more to come. 🙂
BB!
What a party! Only the best! Congratulations on 25 years, many more to come.
Happy Litha. Happy Anniversary.
Happy Anniversary & Litha, my beautiful friend! You made hubby drool w/ the party pics! 😉 Blessings & love!
What a night!!! My heart and belly are both full and I’ve got a good bit of happy on from the glorious mead. Thank you for sharing your special night, many blessings to you
Well, there went my diet. Whew, I’m stuffed! Methinks I won’t be stepping on the scale tomorrow morning. (note to self: add a couple extra workouts to the schedule this week!)
Celebrating the Summer Solstice and Ocean’s Anniversary, what a perfect day to get together with some old familiar friends, and get to know some newer ones.
I’d like to propose a toast, but I seem to have misplaced my mead. Hmmm…Shoe must be around here somewhere and I’ll bet she has more than one goblet. 😉
Ah well, come on Sis, let’s dance off some of them calories and keep the party rockin’! Good food, good friends, good fun. WooHoo!
LOL…CHEER!! PAARRRTTYY!!
party tied to a blog vicariously. brilliantly ingenious. thanks, I feel full in my stomach and the spirit. Congrats 25 years as HP, whoa, I to meet you soon, honored will am I.
Okay, I am curious now. When I had met Osh, I had only had a glass or two of plain honey mead at a Renn faire. Osh introduced me to various flavors of mead. Ooooh, opened up a whole different world to me! 🙂 But at the time, I would still consider myself a “mead virgin” since I knew so little about it. I was the “sacrificial virgin”. Since then, we’ve broken in more than a few “mead virgins”.
Funny story. Osh and I talked about mead one day with a friend of mine who quickly became a friend of Osh’s too. He asked, “What is mead? Is that some bad-for-you liquor that makes you do crazy things like tequila?” (Ha! One tequila, two tequila, three tequila, FLOOR!)
Osh responded to him something along the lines of, “The nectar of the gods? It only makes you do the happy neked pagan dance down Main Street.” We all laughed. He still had not tried mead. Next Yule, I gave him a good bottle of mead as a gift, and texted Osh that I did so. She texted back to us, directed to our “virgin” friend. “See you on Main Street later!” LOL
He really didn’t try it that night and dance down Main Street later, but he has since become a mead lover just like us.
I’m curious as to how many folks who joined in on Osh’s Anniversary Party were “mead virgins” too????
Ohhhh Gawd… methinks Osh has broken in more “virgins” than the Best Little Whorehouse in Texas.
I can tell ya this, Crystal…
I’m betting that if you took a poll here, you’d find that at least half of folks, if they weren’t virgins before the party, most likely did have their first taste of mead while with Ocean.
And they all danced down Main Street afterwards.
LMAO. Thanks for that laugh!!! Dang Hawk, I think for anniversary sake, we should all go have a mead-induced conga dance down Main Street….with Osh in the lead of course! 😉
Would that conga line be “clothing optional” or should we make being skyclad mandatory?
What would you call a mead whorehouse anyway???
Oh yeah, and I was trying to take a poll as to how many “mead virgins” we had here, btw. 😉
Oh no, you told Al, it makes you do that “happy neked pagan dance down Main St.”, so of course it would be skyclad. But wait…who is gonna bail us out of jail later? 😉
In response to Hawk and Osh, that would be an interesting title for a pagan musical…The Best Little Mead Party in…(insert big city here)!!!
Well, let’s see here…
We could get Willow to take up a collection for the “Witches Mead Rescue League” cuz she’s good at that sort of thing.
Susan can represent us in court cuz she’s an attorney.
But then, this is San Francisco. Naked people dancing down the street is pretty much the norm here.
“The Best Little Mead Party by the Golden Gate Bridge.”
Oh yeah, San Francisco, that’s right. All that mead drinking made me forget where the hex I was partying at. LOL
Ocean.. what a bash.. woke up today after food coma that lasted few days. Eh..
I am wondering what else happened.. Oh well what can I say ” All is well “. Merry Meet and Merry Part.
Merry Meet, Ocean !!!
I focus myself, to take me there . And share with you all for your best anniversary party.. I throw my energy ball on you to be blessed ! Thank you for inviting me in ! May God and Goddess be with you on your special day and always ! I am a very happy for you. Enjoy !
Blessed Be ,
Witchpi