No resolutions here. I’m keeping them tucked away in my head for they are small, easily felled creatures. And really, they can be set loose any day. Of course, calendars are rather arbitrary things, aren’t they? We take our calendar for granted, but other places measure time differently. Apparently there are seven different calendars in …
We all have a story why we write or make art or create whatever it is we create. How far back does the story go? Does my story go back to the first book I fell in love with? (Watership Down) Does it go back to my mother’s love of books? My grandmother’s love of …
I hid the babies in my closet. There were three–baby rabbits that fit in the palm of my hand. The stray cat that had taken to sleeping in our carport had killed their mother, and my step-sister and I found the babies in the dirt by the pool. N. wasn’t living with us anymore, but …
Who is the dreamer? An artist of some kind, I expect. A storyteller. A mad woman? I don’t know. Maybe everyone is mad these days. Well, not everyone. The other evening I watched a documentary on Netflix about the shoemaker, Manolo Blahnik. Do you like shoes? I have mixed feelings about shoes. Because of my … Continue reading
“I took a deep breath and listened to the old brag of my heart. I am, I am, I am.” ~from Sylvia Plath’s The Bell Jar Today, I didn’t blindly pull the Sylvia Plath card. I took out my Poet Tarot deck and she was on top. Of course, she was. I placed her there … Continue reading
My mother and I had those topics we returned to again and again. One was the role of ritual in our daily lives. Questions we tried to answer: Was ritual (or spiritual practice or tradition) necessary? What was ritual for? Did ritual make a person happier? Healthier? Was the lack of ritual a contributor to … Continue reading
Do you remember the first time you heard about witches? From a children’s book, a movie, or a family member? Something else? I don’t remember specifically, but most likely I learned about witches from the fairytales my father read to me. Perhaps the witch who locked Rapunzel in her tower. Or maybe from the Let’s … Continue reading
When I was little, my dad used to nod at an abandoned shack tucked back in a wooded area along our two-mile long, winding road and say, “A witch lives there.” My dad liked convincing me of fantastical things–a witch lived in the shack, Indians lived on the other side of the lake, Santa’s elves … Continue reading
I don’t believe in horoscopes, but I read some of them anyway. Recently, I read this one: In accordance with the astrological omens, I encourage you to move the furniture around. If you feel inspired, you might even want to move some of that old stuff right out the door and haul it to the … Continue reading
Warning! Long post alert! Have you seen the new movie The Greatest Showman? It looks like a visual treat. There isn’t just dancing, there’s dancing in the air on the trapeze! There are beautiful costumes and misfit characters! I love all these things! I love musicals! I’ve loved lots of movies that are not historically … Continue reading
