Years ago, I helped start a writers’ group. Just a small bunch of friends who got together once a month and talked about writing. It was fantastic, and helped me with my writing so much. When I moved here, I looked for other opportunities. I actually helped to start two songwriters’ groups here, and they […]
Love ‘im or . . . meh, Joe Biden is probably the next guy who’s butt will be in the chair behind the big desk in the Oval Office. And honestly, whatever. He knows the gig, he’ll do fine, Kamala will charm everybody and we won’t be a laughing stock anymore. Which is great. But […]
One might almost think humanity has outstayed its welcome here on Mother Earth. I don’t think I can even remember all the midden that has hit the windmill. Between the pandemic and the fire tornadoes, it has been one hell of a ride. The effects of climate change are making themselves conspicuous. We’re launching into […]
As is not unusual, I had no idea what to write about for this week’s post, so I asked the Tarot, because why not? Two of Swords, Seven of Wands, Ruler (King) of Cups.* Interesting. The Two of Swords is a card that typically advises the querent to withdraw, isolate, call a truce — but […]
Yep, I went through a rough patch. And I wasn’t going to talk about it, but then I realized, if we’re ever going to remove the stigma from depression, schizophrenia, bi-polar, and other otherness, we’re going to have to talk about it when it happens to us. I’ll try to be brief and not whiny. […]
It seems strange that in this time when I have contact with so few people that I am finding myself without words. You’d think they’d have piled up. Maybe it’s that I’m getting used to solitude and silence and words seem more precious now, to be “kept for Sunday best.” Or maybe it’s because I […]
I love it when Science meets Witchcraft. Way back in March – do you remember March, when we all thought, hey, we’re gonna be cooped up for a couple weeks, this oughta be okay and then we realized it was not gonna be okay at all and some of us are in fact still cooped […]
Frienily, we have some healing to do, some deep deprogramming – if not reformatting altogether – and some relearning. And it is not going to be easy, or pretty. The dominant culture on this entire planet is designed to exclude non-white and non-male people from power. Occasionally somebody sneaks through, and thank goodness they do. […]
Last Tuesday, I wrote about the history of my evolution as a musician, and this week, I promised the Mystery of it. So, I was born remembering Music. When I was three years old I recognized the tool that would be, literally, at my fingertips for the rest of my life, that would shape me […]
I’ve been doing a lot of internal work recently – some brought about by external things beyond my control, like allergies and a pinched nerve in my SI joint. But I’m grateful for the challenges and the suffering, because it has helped bring to the surface of my awareness, things that have needed observing, considering, […]
