Oh, it smelled natural all right. But not the kind of natural I was imagining. However, I couldn’t quite identify it. It was oddly familiar. Sickly sweet. Slightly cadaverous. My gag reflex went on high alert.
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She makes magic in a teacup
Enter Jenay Marontate, proprietress of Kitchen Witch Gourmet and author of “Tea Magic — Spells, Rituals, and Divination in Your Cup,” and discover that her many teas and spice blends, already have the magic mixed up and ready for you to brew.
‘Pagan Curious’ getting a baby sister!
While you’re waiting anxiously for “Pagan Curiouser” to be born, if you haven’t read “Pagan Curious” yet, you have time to get up to speed for the sequel! Pagan Curious introduces you to Pagan perspectives and principles, and Pagan Curiouser takes them to the next step: Onward onto your own unique Pagan path.
Just a plain old eclectic Garden Variety Pagan
It was the first major Pagan convention I’d ever attended, back in the early ’00s, and I was awash in wonder, awe, and raging …
Navigating Depression, Pagan Style
There are few people who have never felt blue at some point in their life. It can happen to all of us, to varying degrees. Maybe it was the powder blue of fleeting disappointment, or the deep, dark, bruising indigo of grief and heartbreak, or somewhere in between. Live long enough, and life will offer plenty of unwanted opportunity to experience the darker end of the blue spectrum. However, with time and support, most of us also learn to navigate through those dark blue phases, and eventually the hue lightens, and one day we notice that we’re living, loving, and laughing again.
May I be safe
This can’t go on forever. All things must pass — for the better or worse — but they must pass. How we survive that is by holding each other and becoming safety itself for each other.
Handfasting is ‘Tying the Knot’ — marriage, Pagan style!
“Tying the knot” comes from the ancient Celtic marriage ceremony called “handfasting.” You can have a handfasting ceremony in modern times if you’d like an alternative to a traditional wedding ceremony.
Get ‘Elements of Horse Spirit’ while you can!
“The Elements of Horse Spirit — The Magical Bond Between Humans and Horses” will only be available in paperback through the end of February. Don’t wait!
My inner Hellcat is furious… again
What I am sure about is that seeing a an entitled man getting whatever he wants, while using more qualified, talented, and experienced women as stepping stones to get it, still makes my inner Hellcat roar.
Unearthed memories of my journalism yesteryears
My former publisher found some of my state and national awards for my columns, photography, and investigative reporting while going through some boxes in the former Winters Express office.