Category: Newsletters

Monthly dispatches from the writing desk — “The Last Page Before Dawn.” Reflections, research rabbit holes, behind-the-scenes notes, and what’s fresh on the blog. Each issue is published here and sent to subscribers by email.

  • The Last Page Before Dawn: June 2026

    The Last Page Before Dawn: June 2026

    The June 2026 issue of The Last Page Before Dawn — monthly notes from the writing desk. This month: a 700-year-old Arthurian manuscript going to auction, a Florida mineral springs hotel that burned in 1954, and the reason China will never open the most spectacular imperial tomb in history.

  • The Last Page Before Dawn: May 2026

    The Last Page Before Dawn: May 2026

    The May 2026 issue of The Last Page Before Dawn — monthly notes from the writing desk. This month: a man unearthed at Pompeii holding a bowl over his head, a 2,000-year-old star catalogue read through a palimpsest with X-rays, and a month of solar-return travel, ritual, and quiet refusals.

  • Lorna’s Weekly Link Love – Uplifters, Food Conspiracies, and Recipes

    Lorna’s Weekly Link Love – Uplifters, Food Conspiracies, and Recipes

    Okay, computer’s out of the shop but it’s going to take me at least another week to reset all my efficiency tools and re-organize the mess of data that was rescued.  Thankfully, I have a cloud backup, but all my presets must be reaccomplished and my programs must be reloaded.  Ugh.  So, excuses, excuses.  I’m…

  • Lorna’s Weekly Link Love

    Lorna’s Weekly Link Love

    Starting today, I’ll be giving a little weekly “link love” here at The Spiritual Eclectic blog for mind-body-spirit subjects as well as a link round-up for book and history lovers over at The Secret Lives of Librarians blog. This week’s most interesting Mind-Body-Spirit links: I always thought I wouldn’t have to worry about hormones until…

  • Top Ten Spiritual Posts of May 2010

    Top Ten Spiritual Posts of May 2010

    The top ten spiritual posts of May 2010: 1. The Vertex: a Turning Point of Fate 2. Big Changes: Solar Return Sun in the Eighth House (Applied Astrology Series) 3. The Astrology of Meeting “The One” 4. Despite Economic Hard Times, Pagan Dig Deep to Help 5. Uranian Planets: Hades and Juno and Relationship Break-ups…

  • Thanks Bunches But Be Aware….

    Thanks Bunches But Be Aware….

    To everyone placing orders through our onsite store (thank you!), please keep in mind that this site is still in transition. The order buttons and downloads work but may re-route you to our old site before you get back to here. Don’t let that scare you–we’re combining several websites into one for your convenience, and…

  • Just a Reminder

    Just a Reminder

    For those of you on my RSS feed, you’ll be seeing lots of posts coming through in the next few days as I move articles from other sites to this one. My plan is still to relaunch The Spiritual Eclectic under this new site in the next few weeks (I’ll tell you why in a…