Inside Out
Ten years ago I was in therapy. My therapist assigned the movie Inside Out to watch, as part of some work I was doing about emotions, particularly sadness. This is what I wrote at the time. I was completely unprepared for what happened.
2026 Tarot Reading
Each year I do a tarot reading to accompany my annual review and goal setting and ask what the coming year will bring. (Last year’s was a doozy. This one indicates, at the least, that much of what will happen is under my direct control.) Here it is, presented without comment. (Rider Waite deck)
Musings on “Home”
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 […]
What I am Grateful For
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 […]
Checking off
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 […]
2025 Tarot Reading
Each year I do a tarot reading to accompany my annual review and goal setting and ask what the coming year will bring.
Tomorrow is the day!
I mean, how excited can I get????
Annual Review and Goals (2025)
Each year at my birthday I review the previous year, celebrate my accomplishments, and set goals for the coming year. (Here’s my post from last year.) Sometimes I adjust those goals a bit at the witches’ new year (Samhain). Over the years I’ve learned to set fewer and smaller goals to allow for new opportunities […]
When I Die
I’m in the process of unwinding my father’s life, a necessary part of being an executor, and while he wasn’t big on social media, the very real question of “What happens to all of my virtual information when I die?” has relevance. Many people don’t even document their wishes for the physical things in their […]
Four Things I Would Save . . .
. . . if my apartment caught fire.