Leaving November Behind

It’s been a good month, November. I spent a big portion of it writing a rough draft of my new book. It would more accurately be called a very rough draft but it is indeed an armature for “Asfidity and Mad Stones” and I am grateful for that. November...

Lost in My Own Head

pumpkins and turnips of the season The end of October is always tricksy in my world–there are rituals to do and cemeteries to visit and plots to plan and execute. This year was no exception and it even rolled into the first few days of November with a...

Samhain is Come

By my reckoning, the three-day festival of Samhain began last night at sundown. Today is the first full day of this holy time.last year’s main altar at the Ancestor Vigil We did a solemn, deep vigil for the dead on Monday evening and will do a proper Samhain...

In the Cool of the Evening

I went to that paradise of capitalism Merrimon Avenue today. I took some books to Accent on Books (yes, “Staubs and Ditchwater” is back in stock)  and went to the post office to mail some away. As I left the parking lot of the p.o., I noticed something...