In early March I read that April 8th, 2024, would be the date of a special kind of solar eclipse. As happens these days with a 24/7 news cycle, scads of news stories hyped the big event to attract readers. The build-up to this unusually rare astronomical event grabbed my attention. My husband’s birthday is … More Under the Banners of Heaven, or the Stars
We live in a townhome complex in Minneapolis where NOONE comes trick or treating on Halloween! At first it was sad, but now it has freed us to pierce the veil between life and and the underworld, and commune with the dead our own way. Three years ago we started inviting our friends to celebrate … More Visiting the Underworld When the Veil is Thin
Lately Minnesota has been rebranding itself from being part of the Upper Midwest (i.e. flyover country) to being True North. We are proud of having the second coldest winter in the lower 48, after North Dakota, even though global warming is doing a number on our bragging rights. We have a friend whose son has … More Finding Our True North
This is the script for a winter solstice celebration we have held for the last dozen years or so for friends and family. We travel back in time to share the fear, wonder and hope that our ancesters felt witnessing the hours of warming sun shrink until its nadir in the northern hemisphere Dec. 21. … More Winter Solstice: Traveling back in time
Other states, other lives, other souls 