The Quicksilver Sphynx
Miscellanea, March 1994
Nick 'Winter
Spring is coming! Don't lose hope, even when it feels like the wheel of the year got stuck in the snow, it keeps turning, and spring approaches. We're less than a month from the equinox.
Well, let's see what's happening. There's not a lot planned, towards the end of the month, other than equinox stuff listed on the back page. There'll be a healer's convention in mid-April, and a witches' convention is being tentatively planned for early May.
Candace 'Honeybee gave birth a week and a half ago to a healthy son. Reports are that he has very blue eyes and bright blonde fuzz already, so his biological father is presumably Davin 'Honeybee. His name is Marten Gabriel. Congratulations, 'Honeybee!
Article of the month: I recommend two, actually, I couldn't decide. One is by Samantha, about familiars—which types are best for what, the nature of the bond, how to strengthen it, things of that sort. Excellent information for everyone who has a familiar or is thinking of getting one. The other is by Nils Moreau, his speculation on the role elves, dryads, wolves, and human gifted played in creating the very mythologies we now use as a source of symbols. There are places where no evidence is available, but it's certainly enough to make one stop and think.
There's a dance, at the community hall, on the 25th, the Friday before the full moon Sunday. It's open to all, there'll be the usual potluck table so our elves can stay their usual energetic selves, I'm not sure who's DJing. It's 8pm to 1am, sliding scale $3‑10.
Coven Natesa are looking for short stories, poetry, black and white art, cartoons, or anything else that can be printed—they're putting together a book of Haven's creative talents, and we do have a lot! Submissions aren't guaranteed to be in it, but chances are good. They'll be printed, spiral bound, and sold in a few local places.
The White Stag folks tell me they have a whole collection of new Haven-deck, Tarot, medicine, and similar cards. Several are brand-new sets by artists in Canadian or other mixed villages. I don't even do cards but there's a water-slanted witch set that's calling to me!
Coven Starluck's house has found an owner—Coven Sundark! One of Haven's first houses has been abandoned for a decade or more, since even with all the well-off families in Haven no one's wanted the amount of work involved in (not to mention the cost of) fixing it up into habitable condition. Yes, Cynthia 'Sundark promised to let me at the attics (I can hardly wait!), but I swear to behave myself. Besides, Brittany won't let me get out of line!
Historical notes. Sixteen years ago March was the height of the “ghost craze”: someone found out about a nasty accidental death (which I'm not going to describe) and wondered if the ghost of the woman in question might still be around. That got things started, and for a while everyone was seeing ghosts everywhere. The problem is, with the levels of psychic activity in Haven, the “ghosts” could be any of four things: over-active imagination; real ghosts still walking; real ghosts or something else, pulled back by all the excitement; or something created by all that energy focused (sometimes hysterically) on one thing. Eventually, all the “ghosts” that could be found were laid to rest by a group that formed for that purpose, consisting of Haven's more mature and stable mages, witches, mind-gifted, a couple of wolves, a healer, and the three Adepts here at the time.
Enjoy March, see you in April!