Hi, @patty! I’m Amethyst from Southern West Virginia. Welcome to the forum! 
You are so brave for journeying on a new path at this stage of your life! I tip my witchy hat to you! 
I’ve heard the PNW is a beautiful area; that’s where I’d want to move, I think, if I ever wanted to move.
I’m an Eclectic Witch who’s into candle magic and chants. And while this isn’t a political forum, if you post anything like that, it should be under a blur spoiler. Go up to that little icon on your chat window that has a plus on it. It looks sort of like a Phillips screwdriver. If you click on it you’ll get all sorts of choices, scroll down until you get to blur spoiler. It’ll look sort of like this: I hexed the man I call Darth Cheeto this morning, and it felt good! Then, when someone reads a post, they can choose to click on it or not!
There’s a forum tutorial, with discobot, LOL! It’ll help you learn this site.
Also, I just found this book on Amazon, you might find it interesting! I haven’t read it, but it’s on my Book Wish List!
Anyhow, it’s nice to meet you! I look forward to getting to know you!