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Published in Pollinate Magazine

·Dec 19, 2022

Sing that the Trees May Prosper: The Orchard Wassailing Tradition

This holiday season let’s sing and toast to the trees — As a young person, at winter holiday season, my siblings and I went caroling. We were great vocalists and there were six of us. We caroled around the extended neighborhoods, walking special distances to favored relatives’ houses, together with neighborhood friends. People loved to see us coming. We sang as…

Prosperity 2022

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Sing that the Trees May Prosper: The Orchard Wassailing Tradition
Sing that the Trees May Prosper: The Orchard Wassailing Tradition
Prosperity 2022

6 min read


Published in Pollinate Magazine

·Nov 21, 2022

Owls of the Death Goddess

November is here and so are the great horned owls — In Ancient European Goddess cosmology, it was the Owl Goddess who came for you when you died. On Her wings or nestled in Her womb belly, She escorted you back to Source. At the transitional moment of what we call death, one returned to Her, the Mother of All, the…

Death 2022

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Owls of the Death Goddess
Owls of the Death Goddess
Death 2022

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Published in Pollinate Magazine

·Oct 24, 2022

Forgiveness, Perfectionism and White Supremacy

Could they be related? — Forgiveness and Accountability Forgiveness is a hot topic these days. Most people encourage us to forgive those who have hurt us in some way. We are are told that not forgiving only hurts us, that we should “take the high road” or “turn the other cheek” for our own well-being. “It’s not about…

Forgiveness 2022

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Forgiveness, Perfectionism and White Supremacy
Forgiveness, Perfectionism and White Supremacy
Forgiveness 2022

7 min read


Published in ILLUMINATION

·Sep 28, 2022

Because My Aunt Hid From Her Purpose In Life, The Bats Wouldn’t Let Her Be

Bats and bat medicine in spiritual lineages — My Aunt Caroline was terrified of bats and yet they hounded and haunted her all of her life. She would call our house saying there was a bat in her room. My brother was sent over. …

Philosophy

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Because My Aunt Hid From Her Purpose In Life, The Bats Wouldn’t Let Her Be
Because My Aunt Hid From Her Purpose In Life, The Bats Wouldn’t Let Her Be
Philosophy

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Published in The Memoirist

·Sep 24, 2022

With Blood on Her Knees: My Grandmother’s Pilgrimage to St. Anne

Miracles, Faith and Healing — My grandmother believed my father’s life was saved by a trip to a basilica in Beaupré, Canada — a pilgrimage to St. Anne, mother of Mary, grandmother of Jesus. She was Italian and a devout Catholic. She had heard of this place of miracles through the Catholic grapevine. At the…

The Memoirist

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With Blood on Her Knees: My Grandmother’s Pilgrimage to St. Anne
With Blood on Her Knees: My Grandmother’s Pilgrimage to St. Anne
The Memoirist

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Published in Pollinate Magazine

·Sep 19, 2022

Working with the Spiritual Dimensions of Water

Becoming intimate with the water where you live — One can learn much about the physical and spiritual health an ecosystem by looking at the local water. Water is sensitive to and retains information it gathers. As a medicine person or spirit worker of your local place, getting to know and learning to listen to your local waters are…

Nature 2022

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Working with the Spiritual Dimensions of Water
Working with the Spiritual Dimensions of Water
Nature 2022

5 min read


Published in ILLUMINATION

·Sep 3, 2022

A Girl’s Guide to the Patriarchy or Some Fairy Tales I’ve Known

Hidden messaging in popular stories — This is the story of my enduring conflict with fairy tales. The perpetual “ouch” I felt when I read them, tried to embrace them, heard them repeated. I know. I know. They are not to be taken literally; rather, they are tales to be interpreted. Yes. Yes. We each have…

Feminist

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A Girl’s Guide to the Patriarchy or Some Fairy Tales I’ve Known
A Girl’s Guide to the Patriarchy or Some Fairy Tales I’ve Known
Feminist

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Aug 23, 2022

Figs Glorious Figs: Inverted Flowers Pollinated by Wasps

For some people, the “to die for” fruit — When I first moved into the current house I live in, in Northern California, I was delighted by the magnificent, large, with long reaching branches, fig tree in the back yard. It’s huge, five pronged, leaves and downright prolificness was a thing to behold. I grew up in New Hampshire…

Food

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Figs Glorious Figs: Inverted Flowers Pollinated by Wasps
Figs Glorious Figs: Inverted Flowers Pollinated by Wasps
Food

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Published in Pollinate Magazine

·Aug 22, 2022

Temples and Priestesses of Ecstasy

Mary Magdalene, Jesus, and sacred sexuality in the ancient world — While researching Isis and Mary Magdalene for a novel I was writing, my research led me to Tom Kenyon and Judi Sion’s book, The Magdalene Manuscript. The first part of the book is a series of channeled dialogues by Mary Magdalene who details her role as a priestess of Isis…

Sex And Erotica

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Temples and Priestesses of Ecstasy
Temples and Priestesses of Ecstasy
Sex And Erotica

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Published in ILLUMINATION

·Aug 20, 2022

Working with a Power Ancestor

Who is your “go-to” ancestor? — Most spiritual practitioners have or will develop what I call a “power ancestor.” This is the ancestor you go to when you need help, advice and guidance. The first one you think of. The one you know you can trust 100%. Once this power ancestor is identified, the work you…

Spirituality

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Working with a Power Ancestor
Working with a Power Ancestor
Spirituality

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