Writing U-Turn
Yesterday, I read this lovely post about where a writer gets her ideas. Although my process isn’t the same as hers, it triggered something in me. You see, I’ve been struggling with what I thought would be the second book in my...
My Word 2021
If you’re not familiar with this practice, one chooses a single word to concentrate on for the coming year. I haven’t done this in a while. Our lives are pretty good – the pandemic notwithstanding – so I let it go by the...
♫Happy Holidays♫ Giveaway!
I know, I know. This year has pretty much sucked for everyone. I’m going to do my part to try to cheer folks up. In that vein: Every autographed book purchased from me (see links above for either herb books or fiction books) comes with free...
Anniversary Giveaway
Wow. Did you know? It’s been ten years to the day since I published my first book. I’m a little in shock. I’m celebrating and you benefit. I’m giving away one copy of the book that started it all. Haven’t heard of...
So Glad It’s October
September was a sucky month for me. Even suckier than the previous five months during this horrible pandemic. Allow me to enumerate why: I threw my back out the tail end of August. While I can normally twist myself this way and that to get...
Thinking, Plotting, Writing
Mother Nature has not been kind this month. At least, not to me. It has rained, just enough to make everything wet, either overnight or in the morning, almost every day for the last several weeks. Since I refuse to work outside in the afternoon...
Crone: Part Three
Seasons turned into years. Crone started to feel the passing of those years more acutely. She was slowing down, she knew. It took her longer to get going in the morning, and the garden chores became almost too painful to think of. What had taken...
Crone: A Story in Three Parts
She woke to unfamiliar surroundings. The bed beneath her was much harder than a waterbed, the covers not her usual sheets and duvet but two quilts – they appeared to be handmade, too. She rolled onto her side to see a bedroom much smaller than...
Crone: Part Two
Looking out the window and seeing the clouds, Crone knew the first snow was on its way. It was time to finish putting the garden to bed for the winter. Changing from slippers to her outside shoes, she pulled on her jacket, buttoned it up, and...
Eye Update
This is so much easier than trying to fit everything into 240 characters for Twitter! If you follow me on social media anywhere, you know I’ve been having vision problems. It started seven weeks ago…I started having flashes –...
Celebrate Yourself!
You’ve done (and perhaps even planned) the office parties. You’ve done the family thing at Yule/Christmas/Hanukkah/Diwali, whatever. You’ve done the friends thing at the New Year. Now it’s time to do something just...
Using Herbs in Ritual
To select the proper herbs to use in a ritual of any kind, there are several questions you must ask yourself (and/or those you’re working with). I’ll start by saying intent is everything in magic and words, actions, or even thoughts can change...