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.
Unearthed memories of my journalism yesteryears
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Tarot Spread of Balance for the Spring Equinox
Today is Ostara — the Spring Equinox, when we have equal daylight and nighttime. Like its autumnal twin, Mabon/Fall Equinox, today is a day of balance. In my tarot workshop, …
‘Poor Things’ grotesquely misogynistic
Initially, I wrote “Poor Things” off as a very quirky porn flick, without the cum shots.
Nothing says love like massage
You really CAN learn to do this! Your hands are healers! You don’t need to know a thing about massage — all you need is the heart and compassion to soothe, heal, and provide comfort. Is there someone in you life who needs this? You can learn to provide it!
A Brigid’s Cross tarot spread for celebrating Imbolc
To celebrate Brigid’s strength and creativity, here is a tarot spread, in the shape of the traditional Brigid’s Cross, which is a symbol often handmade with straw as part of honoring her at Imbolc. The cross is often hung inside the home or on the front door as a symbol of protection. So, we will make our Bridgid’s Cross not out of straw, but out of tarot cards.
Just a gross, tired elephant seal creating a stack of snot-soaked tissues
Oh COME ON! This entire sad, tired, overdone stock plot is just one big allegory for the big, virile, rock-hard-faster-than-a-sneeze strong man finally bringing the frail, frigid woman to orgasm. TaDAHH!
I wish I had a thousand vibrators to hurl at every writer who keep reheating this plot and calling it cuisine. Think of something new, for fuck’s sake. Like — repressed witchy woman decides brooding, obsessive man is more annoying than a yeast infection in July, transforms into a dragon, and chomps his head off. And then pukes it up because it tastes like three-day-old boiled okra. That would be a plot twist.
‘Sacred Massage’ is born!
Whether you seek to provide massage to a friend or loved one, or to dip your toe into a massage career, I invite you to take my hand as I show you your own true healer’s path!
Body acceptance — magic that begins within
Simple curiosity leads many of us to the gate that swings open into the Big Pagan Garden—a world of magical, mystical beliefs, practices, and paths, most of which include a …
Are you Pagan curious?
Think back to a time when you were surrounded by nature, all by yourself. Maybe you were in the hush of the forest, or gazing at a rolling, roaring tide, …
Slot machines will eat your brain!
Making the experience even more disturbing was the people-watching… sitting numbly in front of those machines, hitting the “spin” button over and over and over, stuffing in more money, cigarettes hanging from their lips as they stare at the flashing lights in a stupor, as if hypnotized. The slot machines were eating their brains! Everywhere you looked… zombies!