You know them as beautiful, fierce rulers of icy realms, bringers of cold wind and swirling storms, residing in glacial palaces, earlobe and finger bedecked in colorless gems, wrist and neck trimmed in white fur, pale of skin, ageless, bones… Read moreSnow Queens and Winter Kings
A skeletal figure, bones bleached white with time, garbed in the frayed remnants of a hooded brown cloak, walks the land just beyond the veil of our five senses. Her regard is evident as she carefully cradles a rotten apple… Read moreOur Lady of Decay
I think I am beginning to understand the tales of impossible tasks. The ones where a true love must be rescued from somewhere east of the sun and west of the moon. Or where the hero must pluck a jewel… Read moreEast of the Sun, West of the Moon, Somewhere on the Sea
In a time where we see beings as resources, sources of profit, the ocean in her ubiquity becomes a backdrop, a location, a container from which we extract things. Yet who stands on the shore and is not at some… Read moreOcean
I have loved the tale of The Twelve Dancing Princesses for as long as I can remember. I grew up on Shelly Duvall’s Fairy Tale Theater. This episode was a favorite, one my mother recorded from TV, and I watched… Read moreThose Girls Who Go Dancing
I’m very excited to announce that I have a piece of writing published in the new issue of Enchanted Living Magazine – The Year of the Witch/Summer Witch Issue. I hope to see some new readers here, brought by the magazine… Read moreMissive from a Sea Witch
Pick a word, they said. A word that will be your focus for the year. I think I am supposed to pick gratitude, simplify, or maybe even justice. I pick wild. I spend the year thinking about it, and then another year, and several years… Read moreWild
The first day of spring is nearly here for my part of the world. The land where I live has decided to celebrate with sun and warmth after a dreary spell of cold and rain. Tiny slivers of bright green… Read moreMaking Space
A few years ago I learned the difference between a labyrinth and a maze. A maze has multiple paths one can take but only one path that takes you through. A labyrinth on the other hand is one continuous, circuitous… Read moreWalking the Labyrinth
Hail moon, luminous and full I honor your shining light May it fulfill my spirit As I bring forth what I desire. Hail moon, crescent born I honor your smiling light May it inspire my spirit As I begin to… Read moreRosary of the Moon