New Year's sparkler.

New year, same me

Happy New Year, family, friends, and dear readers. How was your New Year’s? Have you made resolutions? As a Wiccan, I have three New Years: Samhain, New Year, and Imbolc, and they have very different vibes. Samhain is a Gaelic festival that falls halfway between the autumn equinox and the winter solstice. It marks the …

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Art installation of human-like heads on a wall.

Dealing with complicated relationships

Humans are weird and dealing with complicated relationships is hard. File this under ‘life lessons I’m still learning’. Winona Ryder is an award-winning actress, one of the most successful of the 1990s. Since her twenties, she has supported the American Indian College Fund, which sends low-income indigenous peoples to universities. In 2001, she stole $5,500 …

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Teddy bear wearing glasses for Friday Happy Hour post.

Friday happy hour

Are you sick of bad news? Fake news? Sad news? It’s Friday (somewhere) so it’s happy hour time. Take a break! Here is a collection of awesome stuff. Bill Gates shares five summer reads “I’ve read some terrific books lately. When I pulled together this list of five that you might enjoy this summer, I …

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