Close your eyes. Take a deep breath. Feel the firmness of the chair that you are in. Feel it hold your body. Breathe deep again, and let your body relax. Let your mind drift, floating in the darkness. You begin to see stars form in the darkness, small pinpricks of light that seem to be […]
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The Finished Tattoo
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Much thanks to Morpheus Ravenna at Banshee Arts Tattoo for making this journey possible. You are amazing! If you want a tattoo ritually done, go talk to her!
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Baked Stuffed Pumpkin with Mushrooms, Spinach, and Cheese (A Mabon Recipe)
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I made this for my coven the other night for our Mabon dinner and it was an instant hit! This is vegetarian and gluten free! Yes, you can make this with regular bread if you wish, although, we all liked the texture of the gluten free bread in it (it doesn’t get as mushy). This […]
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So, this happened…
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The final design and tattooing is being done by the super duper awesome Morpheus Ravenna of Banshee Arts Studios. (Pictures by Calyxa Omphalos) In two weeks we’ll be doing all the fill, but OMG! Look how awesome!! (And Crow was being pretty funny while the tattooing was going on!) Squee!! 🙂
This Week In Heresy
Being Dismissive of People Who Don’t March (aka More Social Justice-y than You)
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There’s a thing in social justice and activist communities that has now become a call-out culture thing that really bothers me. It’s the idea that if you’re not doing “X activist thing” that somehow you are not doing enough, or you don’t care about the subject of said activist thing, or that you are somehow […]
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Taking a longer sabbatical…
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Hello Friends, I know many of you are looking forward to This Week in Heresy returning, but I’ve decided to continue my sabbatical until at least after Samhain. I’m still working on some other projects (such as a book and some film(!) projects) along with it being the Ancestor/Beloved Dead season. This is always a […]
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Blank Page (Post-Hidey Ramblings)
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I’ve been staring at the screen for a few minutes, listening to my Samhain playlist, and wondering what I should write about. There’s plenty of dust ups and politics that I could write about, but I feel like I’ve said all I really need to say about things. I mean, how many times can I […]
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Owie (I sprained my hand.)
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So I sprained my left hand slightly around 4th of July. I thought it was getting better but I recently made it much worse. Now it’s all wrapped up so I can’t type for a couple weeks. I am dictating this through Google dictation, which works really well, but takes a bit of practice. I […]
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Don’t want to vote for President? Ok, but PLEASE STILL VOTE! Here’s the reasons why:
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1. THE ENTIRE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, all 435 seats, are up for re-election. 2. 34 SENATE SEATS are up for re-election. 3. 12 STATES are electing new governors: Delaware, Indiana, Missouri, Montana, (my home state of) New Hampshire, North Carolina (the infamous “bathroom bill” state), Oregon, Utah, Vermont, Washington, and West Virgina. 4. EVERY STATE […]
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Recent Reflections (with expletives)
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I like makeup, and I’m having fun with it, even though the butch side of myself is going “huh? wut?” I am an activist for some things, and I’ll do the work when I need to, but I’m not so keen on the community around activism sometimes. There are times when the very far left […]