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...
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...
