What if it doesn't go to Plan?

The plan was: Ward the corners of the French Quarter, and then set up to read some runes for people. What happened: Warded the four corners, drawn into tremendous conflict at the intended site, went home.

Yes, of course I'm disappointed. I wanted to meet some new people, and to read their runes, help them in any way I can, and chat. I have a shiny blue table and chairs I want to break in, all fresh for the new year.

What I did accomplish was taking a younger person along for the four-corners blessing, and ending at the fourth corner in the most wonderful way by giving the intended blessing orange to a person who needed it. I consider this an extra-complete ritual, as the sacrifice was put to immediate use and made someone happy who otherwise was not so much.

My mind flickers between thoughts of this man, the extra-complete ritual, and the conflict which has delayed the rune readings for a little bit. I am glad about the first part, but the nature of the conflict was heart-breaking, so of course I am heart-broken about that.

Each of these works were, though geographically related (I try to do that to reduce carbon footprints), separate from each other. So I do not view the time as wasted, nor the completed ritual as null because of what came immediately after. In a way, the conflict can be seen as the start of the warding working, and I intend to let the (internal as well as external) energies settle a little before I go back in next week.

I'm also choosing a different spot! What looked perfect turned out not to be so - at least not yet. There are lots of streets, lots of corners, and here's to turning them and finding new ways, new things, new work.