This essay was originally published August 2021, edited for today just a tad.I’m off track. Again.It might look like I have it together, but I don’t.Like everyone, I’m frustrated that COVID is rearing back up.I’m frustrated that it’s not easy to sit with you, offer divinations, or invite you to …
Barracks
sword mothers
A year ago, I wrote to you about "sword mothers". I'm sending it again as a preamble to the poem about Patti Smith, one of mine. I watch a lot of TV.It’s a quintessential Piscean escape tactic, but it’s also fodder for my imagination.I was watching a show one day, and a character mentioned this …
Sword Mothers
I watch a lot of TV.It’s a quintessential Piscean escape tactic, but it’s also fodder for my imagination.I was watching a show one day, and a character mentioned this term “sword mother”.I sat up like a prairie dog and was like “say what”?!The term held such power, but also carried a sense of …
The Warrior Why
I'm off track. Again.It might look like I have it together.But I don't.Like everyone, I'm frustrated that COVID is rearing back up.I'm frustrated that it's not easy to sit with you, offer divinations, invite you to Darkwood for a class.Plus, I'm spending this Warrior season in The …
Livin’ all the way
If you want your thighs to burn, gripping the flanks of a speeding horse.If you want your hair tangled by the sheer frenzy of it all.If you want your voice hoarse from a day of anthems and battle cries.Or your shoulders to never want for comrades.Or your hands to blaze with the feel of …