Month: April 2008
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Magick in Reverse–a Beltane Surprise
(Photo of Aislinn with Kat and Murv (M.R. Sellars) at the Samhain 2006 Florida Pagan Gathering. She’s about 6 inches taller now and can’t wait to reconnect with friends in Ocala) 6:08 PM I’m laughing all the way home. I have four new special-order tires, a complete re-alignment, and a hole in my purse, but…
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Spiritual Epiphanies: Understanding Why We Sometimes Can’t Accept an Apology
Not long ago, I was talking to Bev Walton-Porter about people who say they’re sorry and why we sometimes can’t accept an apology. From a spiritual standpoint, this has bothered me because for many people, I can accept an apology, forgive instantly upon that apology, and move right along, but for others, it’s much harder…
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Proving Your Intuition Is Correct
I’ve come to trust my intuition more than ever in the past year. And at the same time, there are still the times when I’m unsure. And I like to be sure. I do. How do you verify your intuition? If there’s a pattern to follow, then it tastes like it might be right. Probability…
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Regular Deposits at the Happiness Bank
They say in personal finance that the best way to create and grow your savings account–that foundation for an economically rainy day–is to pay yourself first. The idea is, you take out…Thanks for reading! The complete version of this article is now included in Unapologetically Happy. Featured Book: Rite of Reckoning A Southern witch returns…
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Where to Find Real Fairy Dust this Spring
The last book of the quartet (Spring!) has been a long-time coming and will soon be available at our website. During the time it’s taken to finish what was started years ago, the girls have grown up, my marriage has ended, and the family unit has moved forward in a different form–definitely more matriarchal and…
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Chakras: The Root Connection Between Survival and Spirituality
I’m quite sure most people think I look at things quite differently. I think they’re right. I hung up the phone tonight after a fascinating one-hour phone conversation of “romantical nature” and thought, Wow, his root chakra’s REALLY active! For the second time in a row, my weekend plans with Maverick have fallen through, due…
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Gas Prices…and One Possible Solution
Ever had a really odd memory bubble up to the surface unexpectedly? Everyone on my dad’s side of the family was a big fan of Jerry Clower’s tales of the Ledbetter family, partly because any one of the stories could have come from our own dysfunctional hick-lit-come-to-life pedigree. I even have cousins named after that…
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Scorpio Moon: Is It Real or Is It Illusion?
Here’s a replay of a previous post about a ritual from 2005, just because we have double full moons in Scorpio with a Taurus sun for the April-May 2008 time frame. This was during my Cancer Scare of 2005–turned out to be a caffeine-induced lump–but I was just coming to grips with starting over and…
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Meet Us at the Florida Pagan Gathering
Photo of Shannon playing with a garden scepter, by Lorna Tedder Just a reminder to all of our friends in Florida– Shannon, Aislinn, and I will be attending the Florida Pagan Gathering at Camp Ocala for Beltaine 2008! We’ll be there laaaaate Thursday, May 1st (after Shannon’s college classes) and leaving early Sunday, May 4th…
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Communications I’ve Withheld
Several years ago, author Teresa Hill (Sally Tyler Hayes) challenged a group of authors, including me, to write about a specific topic, which I decided to include in my healing journal/self-help book, Third Degree of Separation. The topic was “Communications I’ve Withheld,” and when I shared it with the light-hearted group of writers, the challenge…
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Giveaway Time! Let’s Celebrate Taurus
As the Sun moves into Taurus on 20 April, it’s time to celebrate with a giveaway. Why? Well, because CELEBRATE EVERYTHING is my personal theme for this year and if you look, it’s not hard to find good things in life. The prize is a pretty orange and blue Balance-and-Expression necklace by a local artist,…
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The Long-Awaited, Honest-to-God Secret to Being Happy (No Kidding)
I am happy. And do you know why I’m happy? Why, for the best reason of all! None. That’s right. I’m happy for absolutely no reason at all. (I’m also not crazy, not drunk, not on drugs, and not basking in the afterglow of hot sex.) I’m simply…happy…for no reason. But you see, that’s exactly…
