Her glossed lips parted and a tender sigh escaped. The mid-morning light illuminated her face from the subway window. The mysterious stranger couldn’t hide her blush as…… Read more “Ostara Unfurling”
Category: Monthly Witch Please Column
Heart of Purification
In the belly of February we lie, existing in a liminal space where sighs of spring and the waxing light blossoms in-between snowflakes. Like goddesses in…… Read more “Heart of Purification”
The Hermit’s Reckoning
Every morning I forget how it is. I watch the smoke mount In great strides above the city. I belong to no one. Then I remember my…… Read more “The Hermit’s Reckoning”
Waves of Eclipses
“I am always under direct inspiration. I know just what to do and give instant obedience to my intuitive leads.” According to Florence Scovel Shinn, a turn…… Read more “Waves of Eclipses”
Wax Tales of Love
With Beltane (the fire festival welcoming summer in its blazing, sensual glory) around the corner, the most common topic asked by tarot clients and seekers alike…… Read more “Wax Tales of Love”
Seeds of Love On The Spring Equinox
“A cold spring, the violet was flawed on the lawn. For two weeks or more the trees hesitated; the little leaves waited. One day in a chill…… Read more “Seeds of Love On The Spring Equinox”
Eve of Imbolc
Many of my friends celebrate New Year’s as a perfunctory holiday or as “amateur night,” because the calendar year is a creation of modern times. Pagans and…… Read more “Eve of Imbolc”
Father Time
As an enthusiast of the art of comics, one that I’ve kept taped to various incarnations of vision boards is, of all things, a Christian Jack Chick-inked pamphlet,…… Read more “Father Time”
Hey, Jupiter
For my one-year wedding anniversary I escaped to Woodstock and experienced the starry night sky: a cabin surrounded by woods complete with sherbet colored sunrises and falling…… Read more “Hey, Jupiter”
Will-o’-the-Wisps & Samhain Season
“The candles are lighted, the hearthstones are swept, the fires glow red. We shall welcome them out of the night, our home-coming dead.” ~ Hallow-E’en 1917 by…… Read more “Will-o’-the-Wisps & Samhain Season”