What even was my New Years goal? Something about songwriting, right? I’m usually pretty good about this sort of thing, but winter has revolved entirely around getting my manuscript in on time (YASSSSSS). Nothing I played sounded good to me, and I felt guilty every time I sat down with a guitar. Oh yeah, and …
Yesterday was my last day of student teaching, and I’m sitting at a Starbucks drinking liquefied sugar and gleefully clacking away on my laptop for the first time in months. God I missed this. Working really gets in the way of working you know? I actually feel like blogging. Good thing, too, because I’m writing …
Continue reading I’m Writing a Fucking Book and Drinking Lots of Coffee
It’s been a rough morning. By now, most of you probably know that Charlotte was in the news this morning. Driving to work, the streets were littered with broken glass and other trash. Cop cars and news vans were still perched at intersections. The kids are rattled—scared and angry. This isn’t some distant horror; it’s …
One of my first degrees, Lore, tells me that I should just take Oathbound completely off the rails sometime, just for the hell of it. "Just post grocery lists. Or rant about a bad date. Or make up some kind of witch trend and see how many people you can get on board," and she …
I miss you, thornthewitch.com. How have you been? I promised myself that I would keep updating, even once I began writing for Patheos, and I’m afraid I’m failing you. Writing for Patheos is awesome. It’s a blast having a bigger readership and getting to interact with more people, from different paths and practices. I genuinely …
Continue reading Life Update: Patheos, Fall Plans, and Rambling
So I’ve been woefully absent, my friends, as you may have noticed. On top of work and my regular adulting regiment I’m now back in school working on a teaching certificate in secondary education so that I can start promoting witchcraft in public schools because the children are our future. Things are good, but I’m tired all …
In just about a week I’ll be writing on Oathbound: Witchcraft and Magic from the Gut, my brand new blog over at Patheos. I’m super excited, because I’ll be sharing space with established authors whom I’ve followed for a long time (Jason Mankey, Lupa, Aidan Kelly, Peg Aloi, and Lilith Dorsey, among others). So hooray! …
I don't usually double-post my YouTube videos to my blog, but I thought this one may be valuable to the people who keep googling wicca and depression and ending up here. Clearly, there aren't enough people talking about this sort of thing. I see the subject of mental illness and the notion of the "proper person" …
Continue reading The stigma of mental illness in Pagan and metaphysical communities
Oh god it’s 2015 and I could swear 1995 happened ten years ago. Jesus. As a perpetual student and academic, my new year really begins in the fall when classes start. January has always struck me as a dark, in-between place of sadness where nothing good ever happens (but thank god the champagne is on …
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CmlR57RJxZo (And can we please appreciate the thumbnail for this video. I love it when it's this awkward.) Back in my Teen Witch days I longed for a coven with the sort of desperate urgency that can only be generated by out-of-control hormones and the bewildering lack of self-awareness characteristic of overly-privileged suburban white kids. …
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