It’s been a year since Michael Jackson died. I imagine there are memorials — both organized and informal — being planned across the globe today.
When I first heard the news of his death, I didn’t react with shock or horror. Instead — and please don’t take this the wrong way — I breathed a heavy sigh of relief.
It was over.
The pain, the controversy, the hounding, the anger.
For years, I’d not been able to listen to Michael Jackson’s music, even though I’d been one of the excited fans of “Thriller” when it first came out. The years of allegations of child [...]
There is hope. It’s right outside your door.
I don’t know anyone who hasn’t been impacted by the current, global economic downturn, and the headlines seem to grow more dire every day. People losing their jobs, their homes, their will to survive. People losing hope. People who are facing one hardship after another, who keep trying and keep getting shut down — whether they’re applying for jobs, trying to get health coverage, or trying to forestall foreclosure. People who simply give up.
It’s hard not to feel demoralized and defeated right now. It’s difficult for a lot of people not to just [...]
According to my datebook, today marks the beginning of the Celtic Hawthorn Tree Month.
The Hawthorn month is a time of fertility and power — in perfect alignment with the festivities of Beltane/May Day, celebrated earlier this month. From a magickal perspective, this is a good time to banish bad habits or to work spells to build protection, promote intuition or effect cleansing and purification.
Spring leaf buds are a substitute for smoking tobacco, and the berries can be harvested in the fall for use in tinctures and extracts. Herbalists use Hawthorn to address cardiac concerns. From an astrological standpoint, people born [...]
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