Rediscovering magic in the everyday.

Past Posts

  • Experts and Beginners
    Experts and Beginners

    Welcome to my new look! I’ve just spent the last few hours messing around with my website design, building new pages, and making this look (a bit) more like I had originally envisioned it.…

  • Memorials and Decorations
    Memorials and Decorations

    This Monday marks Memorial Day and having the day off has given me a rare moment to sit in front of my computer without other deadlines pushing in. The rain that has covered us…

  • Random Shuffle
    Random Shuffle

    Hi friends, I’ve missed you this month. It seems to me that either with the “year of firsts” being done, or that ever-present grief being much more quiet this year, I have not been…

  • Spring Check-in ’26
    Spring Check-in ’26

    Happy Mud Season to those who celebrate.  The ratio of days where it is not wholly unpleasant versus those that are just plain awful is slowly balancing out to a more even number, and…

  • Medicine for March
    Medicine for March

    Is it just me or is March terrible?  I remember when I was younger people always saying March comes “in like a lion, and out like a lamb” as a way to remind us…

  • Full Circle with Black Violin
    Full Circle with Black Violin

    Happy Black History Month. Before February ends, I wanted to share with you some Black History in the making that I got to witness.  This weekend, I had the opportunity to see a concert…

  • Mr. Good Bunny
    Mr. Good Bunny

    About a year ago, I wrote an essay about Kendrick Lamar’s halftime show and it’s been my most viewed post since I started this (after all, the people don’t want grief, they want television).…

  • Baseline
    Baseline

    Do you remember any of the thoughts you had as a kid? I know that kid me and grown up me are the same person, but they are also significantly different people.  Today, I…

  • Halfway there
    Halfway there

    Today begins the ancient Gaelic holiday of Imbolc – the halfway point between the winter solstice and the spring equinox. And according to many of the witches of the internet, it’s the more nature…