Gathering In
Seasonal Offerings for October at Apothecary Bar
October invites us to gather in.
September asked us to recognize the harvest — to notice what had grown, what had changed, and what was finally ready to be gathered.
Now we begin bringing it home.
The evenings arrive a little earlier. The air begins to cool. We reach for warmer cups, deeper spices, candlelight, and the comfort of gathering around the table.
October reminds us that there is a time for reaching outward and a time for drawing closer.
A time to gather what nourishes us.
A time to remember what came before us.
A time to release what has completed its season.
And a time to prepare ourselves for the quieter months ahead.
Remember • Release • Gather • Return
October 8th–11th — A Little Pause
October 8th — Closing Early at 2:00 PM
The Apothecary Bar will be taking a short pause before returning to our regular schedule on Tuesday, October 13th.
Sometimes gathering in also means knowing when it’s time to step away, rest, reconnect, and return.
October 14th & 27th — Tea & Tarot Connection
6:00 PM | $10 Energy Exchange
Come gather around the table for tea, cards, conversation, and connection.
Bring your favorite teacup and whatever medium you enjoy working with — tarot, oracle cards, pendulum, runes, or another intuitive tool that speaks to you.
Whether you’ve been reading for years or are simply curious, this is a welcoming space to practice, ask questions, learn from one another, and strengthen trust in your own intuition.
No pressure. No expectations.
Just bring your cup, your cards, and yourself.
October 21st — Preparing the Samhain Altar
6:00 PM | $15 Energy Exchange
As we move closer to Samhain, we’ll gather for an evening of remembrance, release, protection, and preparation.
Together, we’ll explore the meaning of Samhain and the simple ways we can create sacred space for the people, animals, experiences, and stories that helped shape who we are.
You’ll create your own ritual altar salt, choosing botanicals and symbolism that reflect the intention you want to carry into the season.
You’ll also create a personal botanical offering blend to bring home and place upon your altar or sacred space.
This isn’t about creating the “perfect” altar.
It’s about creating something meaningful.
You may wish to bring a photograph or small object representing someone or something you’d like to honor.
Our intentions for the evening will be simple:
Remember what deserves to be remembered.
Release what has completed its season.
Protect what is sacred.
Carry forward what still belongs with you.
October 24th — Hunter’s Full Moon Meditation
6:00 PM | Free Gathering — Donations Welcomed
We’ll gather on the eve of the Hunter’s Full Moon for an evening of meditation, reflection, and release.
Traditionally, this time of year was about preparation — gathering what was needed before winter and recognizing what would sustain us through the months ahead.
We’ll bring that idea inward.
What sustains you now?
What have you been carrying that has become too heavy?
What deserves your energy as you move into the quieter season?
And what are you finally ready to leave behind?
Bring your journal and your favorite teacup as we gather beneath the nearly full October moon and listen for what this season is asking us to carry forward.
October 30th — An Evening with a Mortician
6:00 PM | $45 Energy Exchange | Limited to 15 Seats
Yes… you read that correctly.
Come spend an evening with a mortician.
As we approach Samhain and a season that naturally brings conversations about remembrance, ancestors, life, and death closer to the surface, we’re opening the Apothecary Bar for a conversation we don’t often get the opportunity to have.
Curious about what happens behind the scenes?
Have questions you’ve always wanted to ask but never knew whom to ask?
Nothing is off limits.
This is an opportunity for honest conversation, curiosity, education, and perhaps even a different perspective on a subject our culture often avoids discussing.
A special tea will be prepared for the evening, so don’t forget:
BYTC — Bring Your Own Teacup.
Only 15 seats are available and reservations are required.
October 31st — Welcoming Samhain
As October reaches its end, we arrive at Samhain — an ancient seasonal threshold associated with the end of harvest and the beginning of the darker half of the year.
Samhain invites us to remember.
To honor those who came before us.
To acknowledge endings without fearing them.
And to recognize that remembrance itself can be a form of ceremony.
You don’t need an elaborate altar or complicated ritual.
Light a candle.
Set out a photograph.
Prepare a favorite food.
Speak someone’s name.
Remember an animal who once shared your home.
Tell your children a story about someone who came before them.
Sit quietly with gratitude for the people, places, experiences, and even past versions of yourself that helped bring you here.
Sometimes remembering is enough.
From the Apothecary — Warming the Kettle
October also changes what’s brewing behind the Apothecary Bar.
The bright, cooling flavors of summer begin giving way to apple, orange, cinnamon, warming spices, roots, flowers, and deeper cups of tea.
One returning seasonal favorite is our Winter Blend — black tea layered with orange peel, cinnamon chips, apple, rose petals, fruit, and warming spice.
The black tea offers a little caffeinated lift, while apple, orange, and cinnamon bring the flavors we begin craving when mornings grow cooler and evenings arrive earlier.
It’s warm.
It’s fragrant.
It’s cozy.
And after an Arizona summer, that first steaming cup somehow feels like a celebration all by itself.
Gathering In
September reminded us to recognize our harvest.
October reminds us to bring it home.
Gather what nourishes you.
Keep close what matters.
Remember the people who helped shape you.
Release what has finished its season.
Prepare your hearth — whatever hearth means to you.
And when the world begins to grow a little quieter, resist the urge to immediately fill the silence.
Perhaps the quiet isn’t empty.
Perhaps it’s an invitation to return to yourself.
Remember. Release. Gather. Return.
Come as you are. Leave a little more rooted.
You’re always welcome here.
