NEW VIDEO: Dressing a Fixed Candle
I Have Meniere’s Disease
I do not seek out traditional medical support often at all. My son, Dylan, who is my fifth of six children, is twenty-years-old and just a week or so ago went to the doctor for the first time since he was three-years-old. Maybe it is the Scotch-Irish side of me and the genetic disposition to…
A Seat at the Table
I had the delight this past weekend of attending yet another lecture by one of my favorite bloggers and authors, John Beckett. Every time I sit through one of his classes, I come away with some snippet that will find its way into my own teachings. This particular presentation was at the 2018 Pantheacon gathering…
The Last Closet – A Book Review
The Last Closet Opens I read Moira Greyland’s book The Last Closet: The Dark Side of Avalon (Castalia House, December 2017). Every. Painful. Word. I also read countless blog posts and comments about the revelations contained therein. It is quite a time-consuming and heartbreaking rabbit hole to dive into, as anyone who makes even a cursory exploration…
Winds of Change
The winds of change are gale force strength in my life right now. Fortunately, I dance in typhoons and chase tornados, so winds are where I thrive.
Musings From the Dark: Did 2017 Exhaust You Too?
I love the dark. I also love the dark of the year. I live – on purpose – in a place that has no streetlights, no traffic lights, and no security lights. When my neighbors, who I can barely see, leave their porch light on, I am tempted to shoot it out. Until I moved…
GENERAL HOSPITAL FAN CLUB WEEKEND YEARBOOK – 2017
NOW AVAILABLE! Click the image to order yours! Also Published in 2017:
A Happy Announcement
The next book I publish will have a moon on the spine. I am pleased to announce that I have contracted with Llewellyn Worldwide to write a book on folk magic in the Southern United States. For those who attended my Pantheacon 2017 lecture, this is the book. If all goes well, it will publish…
IRIS OF AVALON
NEW RELEASE! Iris of Avalon, the fourth book in the series, Seven Sisters of Avalon, is now available on Amazon.com in both ebook and paperback formats. Iris is the longest of the four books coming in at five hundred pages. It presented quite a challenge to write because this priestess princess did not have an easy time on her journey. In…
One day my soul just opened up
One day my soul just opened up and things started happening things I can’t quite explain I mean I cried and cried like never before I cried tears of ten thousand mothers I couldn’t even feel anything because I cried ‘til I was numb. One day my soul just opened up I felt this overwhelming…
Granny: I’m With Her Because…Damn
When in doubt, seriously, listen to my late Granny. Granny knows. You had to know my Granny and I am so sorry you didn’t if you didn’t. She was an amazing person and is my greatest “Yes, I actually knew her” hero of my entire life. More on Mary Frances Mitchell in a minute. …And…
Crone: Consulting the Definitive Resource and Accidentally Self-Googling
It is October, right on the brink of the season of the Crone and here I am, crawling over the finish line into my own Cronedom. If life is a marathon, I arrived here with my nipples bleeding, devoid of sweat to lose, and likely having lost control of my bowels at some point. Fortunately,…
Place Your Bets
“Well this low down bitchin’ got my poor feet a itchin’. Can’t you see the deuce is still wild? Baby, I can’t stay, you got to roll me and call me the tumblin’ dice.” Rolling Stones I look at how long it has been since I updated this journal and it makes me uncomfortable, but then I…
Women Who Run With the Wolves…Then Get Eaten By Them
As is easy to see, I have not updated here for a long time. There are the “on top” reasons and there are the “underneath” reasons, just as there is with anything. The main on top reason is that a nonprofit organization with which I am involved hosted a major fund-raising festival in June and for…
Excerpt from “Southern Conjure Woman” series, Book 1: Small Town Magic
By request. Remember that this is the first draft and is very raw. Many edits yet to come and the book is only around a third done:
Springing Forward
I hate time changes. Why…why must we do it? That aside… There is a section of Google Images that allows you to filter according to parameters such as “available for non-commercial use without modification.” Some pretty cool stuff came up when I looked for a banner for this week’s column: March 21 is a year…
Sorry No More
I had a conversation with a friend yesterday that was one of those time where you are offering someone the exact same advice that you realize you need yourself. She was describing a situation where she had suffered a falling out with a dear friend and told me she had cried to the friend saying, “I…
Thank You GPS
It is not yet the end of February and already, this has been a rockin’ year. Last year was a brutal battle fighting (most with myself, as these things are wont to do) for my own sovereignty and creating space on which I could stand. I have been falling down a great deal over the…
Pantheacon – February 12-15, 2016
Hello All, Eric and Katrina Rasbold are excited to once again take part in Pantheacon in San Jose, California February 12-15, 2016. Their schedule is as follows: FRIDAY, 1:30 PM – WEATHER WITCHERY PRESENTATION This fun discussion covers the best magic to work in particular types of weather conditions, as well as how to call in weather…
