Sometimes, when I wake in the morning, my first thought tries to give me a clue about the day. It’s often pretty nebulous. Most of the time, they’re pretty tame. Sometimes, they’re odd but turn out to be exciting. Yesterday, I woke up with what...
This isn’t real, fortunately. But the description unfortunately rings a little too true in describing the effects on the minds of believers. Don’t fear the Retrograde, y’all! It’s only an astronomical optical illusion.* (*Except when it comes...
June is one of my craziest months–between the Mermaid Parade and Pride weekend, this Witch doesn’t sleep from Memorial Day until July. On top of all of that, yesterday was my Coven’s Litha (Summer Solstice) rite. Many of our rites are highly ecstatic...
When I was a little girl, an incredible librarian at my elementary school read us stories of the Baba Yaga: the scary Witch-lady living on the edge of the forest in Russian and Ukranian folklore. The (mostly) direct translation here is “Little...
It’s the Strawberry Full Moon! The Full Moon in June is labeled this way because in this part of the world (North America), the strawberries are finally ripe! It’s true–last Saturday at our Farmer’s Market, the beautiful red berries made a...
Look at this! This month, I was profiled on Amelia Quint’s Cosmic Chat! As you can probably guess, my Scorpio Moon is getting a total rise out of all the attention from a single blog post. Or maybe that’s my Venus in Leo…..can’t decide. Amelia...
I’ve been of a blog-slut these days and have cheated on this one more than once recently. 😉 A Wild Ride…. On Friday, an interview I conducted with Jane Hash–a Pagan Renegade on Wheels and the self-described “Politically-incorrect voice for the...
In my (mostly) nightly meditations, I pull a card to reflect upon. Sometimes more than one. Earlier this week, I used Tarot of the Sidhe by Emily Carding. I pulled this card the other day in my own reading. “Winter’s Bite.” Awesome. The “She...
I’ve been blogging in a couple of other places. The first one at Witches and Pagans, about an experience Boyfriend and I had which had me digging into some deep places to find compassion. The second is at the blog for Pagan Environmental Council of NYC. Come see...
I used to have a blog call “A Girl Called Woo.” I left it for various reasons, but one of which is because I was so very sick of the term “Woo Woo.” I named the blog after it to be ironic, but now I’d rather be accurate than clever....