In 2017, Jessica Chastain starred in a movie about a woman painter in the 1870’s, Catherine Weldon, who traveled West to paint Sitting Bull, played by William Grey-eyes. The movie was overshadowed by “Molly’s Game”, which she also completed that year. “Woman Walks Ahead” takes place in a time when suffrage would soon be on …. Read More
Sunday, August 2, 2020 Amidst the turmoil of Covid-19 isolation, monument toppling, and urban unrest in LA, I decided to take a vacation. Where do you go during a world-wide pandemic? My husband and I decided on a covid-free option: An RV trip to the Big Horn Medicine Wheel in Wyoming. A few days before …. Read More
Sunday, June 28, 2020 “They want to re-write the past. If you control the past, you control the future.”Gavin Wax, Anti-Antifa Actist “FREEDOM”Braveheart: Shouted seconds before beheading. In my recent blog post, “Celtic Shamanism”, I have referred to my research and journey to the Black Madonna, following the 1991 death of my mother. She had …. Read More
Saturday, June 13, 2020 Yesterday we celebrated my daughter’s 33rd birthday. Due to Covid distancing, we sat on folding chairs on Hermosa Beach with Michael, her fiance. We ate take-out salads while the sun set and talked about her birth and the Black Lives Matter movement. It was the co-occurence of my pregnancy with a …. Read More
Sunday, June 7th, 2020 The Fool from the Rider Waite tarot deck was my gateway into the hidden mysteries. No one knows for certain when and where the Tarot originated. Many sources site its initial popularity with the nobility of 15th century Europe. It’s roots have been linked to many points of origin: the lost …. Read More
From “The Celtic Oracle” cards by John Matthews May 31, 2020 Pentecost Sunday It was the death of my mother, while in my mid-thirties, that led me to awareness of European Shamanism. Like the Native Americans, Europeans also have pre-Christian, shamanic roots. My mother was a devout Catholic, with a life-long devotion to the Blessed …. Read More