by ashevillewitch | Oct 31, 2015
In my personal calendar, this is the last day of the old year. I woke too early for the day ahead, when there can be no nap to refresh me and I need to be sharp, alert, at my best. I’m doing a wedding later today for a family of whom I am very fond and, as you...
by ashevillewitch | Oct 25, 2015
It’s called “A Ramble Through Appalachian Folk Magic with Village Witch and UNCA Alumna, Byron Ballard.” Tuesday, 10/27 at 7PM I’ll be on campus in Laurel Forum to present my latest research on the origins of these intriguing Appalachian...
by ashevillewitch | Oct 25, 2015
Sunday, November 22, 2-4PM Asheville Raven and Crone, 555 Merrimon Ave. This will be a open and safe space for discussion and conversation on the abuse and rape culture we live in. I’m facilitating the discussion. We will focus on the Pagan community, in light...
by ashevillewitch | Oct 24, 2015
We began a discussion on Facebook, as one does, about the nature of societal change and the onset of the much-discussed revolution. I had just gotten up from a long nap and gathered my haunted thoughts and replied: I talk about Tower Time rather a lot and people...
by ashevillewitch | Oct 24, 2015
The Ancestor Vigil ends with a benediction that I’ve done a bajillion times. But last night, as we reviewed the ritual before we started, I told the rest of the clergy team that I wanted to say something between the Charge and the benediction. And I added the...