Several years ago I began working with tarot as a method of contemplating current events. This approach could be said to diverge from my applied tarot philosophy in general: I don’t use tarot predictively, and I also don’t attempt to ask questions about anything that doesn’t directly involve me or without communicated permission for someone else. However, I’ve found that […]
Once in a while it can be helpful to re-trace our paths so as to recall who we are, where we are, how we got here, and why we are moving in the direction in which we find ourselves. Are we aimlessly going with the flow? Following a defined direction with set milestones? Hung up on unresolved difficulties? How’s it […]
There is much confusion about masks, suddenly, in our daily lives. Should we or shouldn’t we, when we leave the house (or even at home, if it’s a crowded house) mask ourselves? The first question, really, is could we even if we wanted to? Facing (um, yes, literally) this new COVID-19 reality is still somewhat surreal–but stitchers near and far […]
I had a somewhat excitable and volatile summer. I was regrouping from the news of de-railed plans earlier in the year, and my attention was scattered and unfocused. Even when I was conscious of staying grounded and calm, nothing seemed to be happening as it was “supposed” to happen and a few mishaps additionally shook my sense of center. By […]
“As we try to understand the past, we try to understand ourselves in relation to the past.” ~Steven Marcus, The Other Victorians (quoted in Steffen Hantke’s “Difference Engines and Other Infernal Devices: History According to Steampunk.”) Steampunk is not usually associated with journaling. It’s a sub-genre of “punk” sci-fi/fantasy fiction characterized by futuristic nostalgia. The reader isn’t quite sure if the […]