My Focus for the New Year I like to perform a special little New Year's Ritual, and 2024 is going to be kind of a pivotal year for me, numerologically speaking. And I really dig numerology. ;) I have this little ritual I do most nights. And last night was no exception. There’s this digital tarot reading app installed on my Kindle Fire tablet, that I keep on my nightstand. And you might be thinking that an electronic app, like that, would be...
What are you resolved to accomplish in 2024? Two years ago this coming New Year’s Eve, Jeff and I looked at one another and came to a firm decision: We were leaving our home state of Oregon and moving across the country to a completely unknown city in North East Texas. We further decided to sell everything we owned, besides what would fit in the back of our little Kia Soul hatchback, and hit the road. Fresh start. New adventure. The following...
EATING PLANTS - I LOST WEIGHT Eating plants, all animals, some of each. Which is best? I know, I know. <sigh> If you've been following me for any length of time at all, you know that my struggle with diet is real. I'm definitely what professionals would call a yo-yo dieter. And that doesn't seem to be changing any time soon. But I shift what I'm eating for good reasons. Usually, it's because I get 'symptoms' in my body. What I mean by that...
QUEEN ELIZABETH WAS AN ICONIC RULER Queen Elizabeth was an amazing monarch. Whether you admire her or not, there is no denying her rule was long and successful. I honestly don't know as much about her as many others might, but I'm confident there are few alive on the planet today who don't know who she was. Like many with access to streaming video entertainment, I watched the first season of Netflix's The Crown series, depicting her life and...
FALL 2022 HAIR TRENDS I've been dying my hair since I was thirteen years old. I was born a toe-head blonde. Do kids these days even know what that means? I was the only child in my family of five kids who had naturally white-blonde hair. That's me, front and center, in that photo. When puberty hit (for me, that started at age eleven), my roots started coming in a more ashy 'dishwater blonde' that I didn't like so much. So, I started buying that...
PUMPKIN SPICE, I'M A FAN! I don't remember when I became aware of the popularity of Pumpkin Spice. I think it was probably long before social media was a thing. My sweet little mother was a terrific cook. But even more than that, she was a fantastic baker! Most days, when I'd walk in the door from school, I was greeted by the amazing aroma of something delicious baking. Frequently it was cookies or some kind of sweet roll. Often the smell of...
I HAVE BEEN A PROFESSIONAL PYROGRAPHER FOR A LONG TIME If you've followed me for very long, you know that I'm not only a fiction author, but I'm also an artist. In fact, I started burning art onto wood and leather, an art form known as pyrography, long before I began my adventure into writing fiction. And I love my craft. I have had the honor of creating custom-burned pieces, surprisingly many of them memorial pieces, over the years. And those...
I've nicknamed this closet office my Cloffice. This is where I'm setting up a temporary work space until we move out onto our own acreage. Jeff and I moved from Forest Grove, Oregon to Tyler, Texas, last week. We set up short-term housing in a nice, gated apartment community while we search for land to build our off-grid "forever home." We are in a very spacious 1-bedroom, 3rd-floor apartment. This is a big change from the 3-bedroom, 2.5-bath...
Here’s Your Interactive Tarot Reading For Today First - Close your eyes and relax. Focus on that space just above and between your eyes…your Third Eye. Inhale deeply, then exhale three times. Second - Consider a specific question you’d like insight and guidance about. Third - Look at each card and notice which one draws you in. Which of the three cards are you energetically attracted to relating to your specific question? Ask yourself WHY...
Wow. As I’m building out this website I decided to search my computer for old content from my other psychic and tarot sites of the past. A text file came up with some links to YouTube videos. These are from a channel I started back when I had my Psychic Blessing website in 2012 or so. And when my hair was dark…as it was for 10 years. I spent a few minutes re-watching these and getting a kick out of the really terrible video quality. Things...
