Category: Magic

Hey, sweets, While I have every intention of filling this space with subject-related bon mots and hopefully helpful suggestions so we all get a nice return on our time and energy investment, the truth is that this month’s message is quite brief. Check yourself. * The devil-may-care part of me wants to leave things there, so… Continue reading Wreckage Avoidance

I went to a special screening of The Matrix a few weeks ago and it gave me my entire life. When I tell you I LOVE that movie. Listen. I saw it approximately 16 times in theatres the year it came out, and I don’t just give away multi-views. An incomplete list of why I… Continue reading Matrician

If you’re reading this near time of publication, Mercury, Saturn, Pluto, and Venus are all currently retrograde, which is a fairly large deal for reasons I won’t go into here since a) a smooth web search will reward you with appropriate, myriad expertise I’m largely unqualified to offer and b) I’d rather take the space… Continue reading Back and Forth

As a li’l, I had a reputation of being Good. Obedient and self-contained, the most consistent behavioral complaint I got was that I laughed too much (true story). I have specific memories of overhearing adults remarking to my mother that it was so refreshing to see such a “well-trained” young lady. She LOVED that, and… Continue reading My Ace, Anger

During a recent unseasonably warm and sunny day, as I was lounging on my sofa and attempting to nap through a coconut vinegar and bentonite clay face mask, (which are sensational, in multiple senses of the word) I was distracted by a voice wafting through my open living room window. At first, I thought it was… Continue reading Real Talk

It started – kind of – with a tumblr post about the time and space during which a caterpillar becomes a butterfly in a process that involves sentient goo. The post is simultaneously educational, funny, and enlightening, and I encourage you to seek it out when you have a moment. Perhaps after you finish reading… Continue reading Metamorphosin’

A few days ago my subway had a really bad morning. As it was approaching my destination stop, (insult) it encountered a section of broken rail (injury) which caused it to abruptly decelerate from a steady rollick to a whiny crawl before stopping entirely with a beleaguered sigh. I, along with a hundred-ish other people… Continue reading It Takes a (Subterranean) Village

On Friday, 11/11/2016, a stranger and I stood on a street corner and sobbed together. I was already crying when she saw me. I’m a crier. It’s not my favorite personality trait, wishing, as I do, that I were the sort of person who could deliver poignant, perfectly-timed declarations with cool aplomb, but no, your… Continue reading Sob Story

Ooooh, y’all. We’re just past the three-quarter mark of 2016, and a common refrain of many of my clients is how they’re BEYOND ready to bid farewell to this year. I get it and am singing a similar song. This year (a 9 for you numerology buffs) promised to be all about completion, and it… Continue reading Let It Go