Family, Identity

Am I An Elder?

April 10, 2019

Last week I referred to myself as an elder- and was asked who had granted me the title of Elder. My first step was to check out what Mr. Webster’s (and some others) collections of definitions had to say. Some indigenous and long-ago ‘Western’ cultures [read more]

Card Readings

Tarot of Sister Who, Major Card 16

April 4, 2019

In designing their deck Sister Who did not just create new names and images within the traditional RWS (i.e. Rider- Waite- Smith) universe. Rather, they designed a collection for contemplative meditation that has both significant differences from and clear similarities to that paradigm. The 4 [read more]

Card Readings

Tarot of Sister Who, Major Card 1

March 28, 2019

Most tarot decks number their Major Arcana with scientific/computer numbering- the first card is 0 and the 22nd card is #21. There’s solid symbolic reasons, but I mention this only to point out that I’m now talking about the second card in the Majors. In [read more]

Card Readings

Spreads Using The Tarot of Sister Who

March 14, 2019

I am thrilled to be a part of the launch and promotion of the Tarot Of Sister Who (TSW). But more than just the deck’s Promoter, I am a TSW card reader. Here are the readings I have offered that use the Tarot of Sister [read more]

Poetry

Metaphor Dice

February 18, 2019

After receiving payment for a freelance assignment, I treated myself to Metaphor Dice. I’d heard about it a few different places. As their marketing material says, they “make the formation of metaphors as easy as rolling a handful of dice! Combine one concept (RED), one [read more]

Family, Identity

I Love My Work

February 5, 2019

I love my work. Well, I really, really, really enjoy many aspects of how I earn my living. After some negativity in my life I need to post something more positive. But still honest. When I was a young warthog someone said (wrote?) that the [read more]