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Name you would like to go by:  Trish

Present path or tradition:  Devotional polytheist mainly geared toward Norse, Celtic, and Greek deities in that order with some eclectic witchcraft tendencies.

Interests:  Crafting, reading, writing, gardening, walking, dogs.

Age: Early 50s.

Brief Bio:  I was born and raised in the Detroit suburbs in a working-class household with an auto factory worker dad and telephone operator mom. I work in transcription and have an associate's degree. I grew up in a Christian evangelical atmosphere influenced by Northern and Southern US sensibilities as three of my grandparents were part of the Appalachian migration to Detroit in the 1940s during or after WWII. I left my mother's church as a teen. I had access through a relative to Edgar Cayce and astrology books, which were my first foray into something different than evangelical belief. In my early 20s I was a full-fledged '90s new-age girl and took part in Goddess spirituality rituals with one group for many years and pseudo Native American ceremonies with another. I left both for various reasons including understanding more about cultural appropriation in the latter.

My first career was as a healer, first with Reiki and then with massage therapy for ten years. During the final four years of my massage therapy career, I took on home cleaning clients. This was too much for my body near the end, so I transitioned to a desk job, and I've been doing transcription for about 18 years.

I later joined the Druidry organization ADF but no longer belong. I'm currently a member of The Troth, Hellenion, and the AODA. I recently enrolled in the Grey School of Wizardry and really like their class offerings, but due to finances, I had to disenroll. I haven't been very active in the organizations. I hope to remedy that with the Troth and at least complete their Heathen Essentials program over the winter.

It's nice to meet you all.