In this catch all there is encouragement for creating, exercises just for fun, and a series of tarot spreads to assist in contacting your muse (it can be used as a writing prompt if you are not woo-woo inclined). You’ll find a few poems , a love story and even a warning. Thoughts originally generated […]
…previously in this series Catastrophe: Part 3, women and universities Catastrophe: Parts Unknown – October 160th (March 14, 2024) ALLIES Allyship is a pivotal part of any movement against hate. An ally is not someone you have enlisted into your army. Allies don’t have to believe in your cause they have to believe in your humanity. An […]
…previously in this series Catastrophe: Part 2, history and the press Catastrophe: Part 3 October 139th (February 22, 2024) I can’t be cured of my heart. -Albert Camus Let downs. The hardest and most shocking betrayal of October 7th has been the silent betrayal by the women of the world. #Metoo …where the f*ck are you?! […]
…previous post in this series, Catastrophe: an Interlude, a Valentine to hope. I write to archive my own experience, trying to process a world that has shape-shifted radically away from the vision I had of what the Age of Aquarius had promised to be. The opinions expressed here are strictly my own. This is not […]
Catastrophe: an InterludeOctober 131st/February 14, 2024 ♥️ Valentine’s Day. I have so much to say. A whole lot of defending and explaining and clarifying. A whole lot of despair and hand wringing and letter writing and liking and uncoupling from former supposed allies. Massacres aside, it is Valentine’s Day and I want/need/must shift my energy. For […]
Catastrophe Part 1: October 118th/February 1, 2024 Sunday the Baltimore Ravens lost their bid for the Superbowl. In theory they were invincible. Early in life I learned how to be a good loser. I am trained in this specific civilized grace. Ours was a small predominately Jewish independent school. Losing was expected. That is until the legendary 1969 Men’s […]
Living for any length of time on this earth is both an accomplishment and a gift. In June I turned 70 and while I’m all about ‘endorsing yourself for your effort’ …f*cking 70! Most evident to me with this transition is the long list of accomplishments that must be dropped from the resume (that epic […]
* A New Moon is the first lunar phase and occurs when the Moon is not yet visible to the naked eye. During this invisible phase, the Sun and Earth are on opposite sides of the Moon. The Moon takes approximately 29.53 days to orbit the Earth and complete one lunar cycle. If the first new Moon […]
*The questions posed in the spread can also be used as prompts for personal exploration and free writing and do not need to be used with a Tarot deck. general: a moon phases spread an earth medicine tarot spread a cycle of change tarot spread cycle of the year: a winter solstice, yule, tarot spread […]
How do we make decisions unless we have a strong sense of what we value? We are always either moving toward or away from our values with every action we take. It can be hard to tell which direction we’re moving, unless we know what the principles are we stand on and for. Creating a list […]
a Moon Walk on Water Indigenous Shamans have long taken journeys to access healing and protection for their communities. These journeys are usually performed on behalf of and in service to others. They are soul excursions to non-ordinary reality. With honor and respect for the depth of training and initiation required of indigenous Shamans, I call it simply journey, following […]