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Haley follows George
2021 is supposed to be the year of hope and change, the year we finally rid ourselves of the tyrant, the year of positive change, but even so, it has been a year met with more death and grief. My mom was furious and in denial that Haley, our family Carolina dog and George’s partner…
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Messing Up
I wish I can go back to the short time I had on winter break when I made an escape to Joshua tree just filling my days with nature and hikes. It was too short. It was actually the first break I had for over a year since I had to work two jobs and…
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Winter Break Road Tripper
So we are road tripping right now and just stopped by the Salton Sea. It was smelly enough to invoke puking sounds as I sunk my shoes deep into disgusting smelling sand,, and for a moment panicked by the unstable ground beneath me quickening like quicksand. My shoes are covered with grime and stink, but…
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Season of Making
This holiday season I decided to make gifts. I have dabbled in wire wrapping, wood burning, sculpting, and soap making. So fun!
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Man Child Rant
My oldest son, age twenty, is learning to drive. I hope it’s not a mistake having him out there on the road when he can barely function on his feet. He dropped out of all his classes for the third semester in a row. For the whole two years he has started at the community…
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Out of the Broom Closet
This blog, born from the dark shadows of my depression, has evolved into my confidant as well as my book of shadows. So far, rants and poetry have been my spells, but I hope to expand on this space and integrate more magic into it. Yes, I know this may sound crazy, but this is…
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Samhain Ritual
Is There Peace in our Circle? The four directions are marked by colored candles in lanterns at the edge of our circle. Towards the North is a small table covered by a black lace cloth; two wooden bowls, one with sea salt crystals and the other with water; a goblet, an athame, deity candles; and…
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Faery Sight oil
Ingredients: 4oz coconut oil 1 tsp of each of the 9 herbs: Faery Cup (cowslip) Mugwort Yarrow Flower Eyebright Red clover blossoms Prickly Ash VervainLavender Thyme 9 drops of each of the 9 oils: Frankincense Myrrh Calendula Blue Tansy Lavender Rosemary Birch ThymeArbor Vitae Put herbs in a Mason jar and cover with fractionated coconut oil (or oil of choice). Add 9…
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Thin Veil
When George died, my grandmother said she saw a dog in her room. She rambled on and on about the dog in her room for days. It’s a strange coincidence that she brought that all up after George died. There was no way she would have heard about his death from us. She was hard…