The online home for Lisa McSherry, author and priestess
(Second of a series of three. The first one is here.) Witches love their altars, and we especially love the many beautiful things we use to make our altars the unique structures they are. Taking them with us is rarely practical . . . so what can we do instead? While I’m not out and […]
It’s not really a secret, but authors have to spend a moderately ridiculous amount of time marketing; having an online presence is pretty much required. The fun part is when you meet new people and there is a bonus when you see increased sales. I’m a big fan of efficiency, and a bit lazy, so […]
A home is a symbol of the world, our own mini-world, our own Mother Earth. When we feel safe and comfortable in our homes then we feel more able to deal with the outside world. When we remember this link consciously and honor our homes, we will change our relationship, not only with our homes […]
There is a new scam aimed at authors, and perhaps other content creators, going around.How it works is that creators get an email telling us how wonderful our book is and they offer a way to reach new readers.
(First of a series of three.) Witches love their altars, and we especially love the many beautiful things we use to make our altars the unique structures they are. Taking them with us is rarely practical . . . so what can we do instead? My solution was to create a portable altar.
For many of us, this is a month where we take time to contemplate what we are grateful for. In these times, that can feel cruelly hard. Yet, remembering there is more than hardship in our lives has value. I am grateful, first and foremost, for my husband. He has been in my life for […]
At lunch the other day, a friend mentioned that she needed to find the chapter in my book about traveling during mercury retrograde. I was a bit chagrined to have to tell her that I didn’t have anything specific in the book about it. I will rectify that now! Especially since Himself will be doing […]
This lovely piece of decorated porcelain is a bucket list item. Decades ago, I wrote a list of things I wanted to achieve in my life. This item read: buy a piece of Belleek, green mark or older, in a secondhand shop in Ireland. I wrote this list long before my first trip to Ireland […]
Each year I do a tarot reading to accompany my annual review and goal setting and ask what the coming year will bring.
It’s September, and my social media is filling up with references to Mabon as, once again, it seems like almost all of pagandom is calling this month’s sabbat. But it’s a terrible name for this sabbat, as I think you’ll see.
