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March 2026

March 16, 2026
I've written about folklore so much, and yet I just realized I never once stopped...
March 07, 2026
I firmly believe in the power of folklore, in the spiritual teachings found within these...

December 2025

December 27, 2025
I recently finished another beautiful book that I can't recommend enough. It served as a...
December 23, 2025
A few months ago, I wrote about something that started making a good, big difference...

November 2025

November 20, 2025
Three months without anything new. It's certainly a LONG time. It hasn't gone unnoticed to...

August 2025

August 19, 2025
I just read Thumper Forge's amazing entry about tarot and the validity of a witch's...
August 12, 2025
I've been absent, again, for a myriad of reasons. One of those reasons is that...

July 2025

July 14, 2025
There are books that are not meant for the faint of heart. Some readings are...
July 09, 2025
As I go back to my basics for the millionth time, there are daily practices...

June 2025

June 19, 2025
It's been a long time since I was last here, so it seems I am...

February 2025

February 18, 2025
On the mark of President's Day, there was something that I wondered when I was...
February 17, 2025
It's been a long time since I last wrote here, and I finally realized why....

January 2025

January 01, 2025
2024 was certainly a year. Not the best, and not the worst I've had so...

September 2024

September 17, 2024
I've been very inactive, which is nothing new if you've been here before. However, I...

July 2024

July 22, 2024
I've been going deep into my head, to the point of being there more often...

March 2024

March 18, 2024
There's a book I've wanted to read for a while: Blood Orange, by Yaffa AS. Just...
March 11, 2024
I recently finished a book that I didn't expect to feel so emotional with. Even...

February 2024

February 24, 2024
It feels like forever since I wrote here. It's embarrassing, to say the least. However,...

November 2023

November 27, 2023
I read Shubeik Lubeik, by Deena Mohamed, a while ago for different reasons. However, one of...
November 13, 2023
I've been embarrassingly silent about something I care a lot about: Palestine. The other day,...

September 2023

September 21, 2023
I’ve been an avid reader for a long time, a lover of fantasy and folklore,...

July 2023

July 21, 2023
I've never cried with a book. Maybe movies, TV shows, definitely with music and music...
July 11, 2023
For a long time, my favorite myth was that of Medusa’s. The different version, interpretations,...

May 2023

May 11, 2023
Since I started writing poetry again, I've learned a lot of things about myself, both...

April 2023

April 05, 2023
It's time to make a confession. I was never a big fan of poetry. In...

February 2023

February 28, 2023
I've wanted to read a good book of poetry for a long while. I wanted...
February 22, 2023
I’ve wanted to stay away, but no decent human being can do it for long....

January 2023

January 26, 2023
Although I’ve written about it several times in the past, I haven’t actually dedicated a...
January 08, 2023
It's still surreal to be in 2023. 2022 wasn't what I expected it to be,...

December 2022

December 25, 2022
This has been a challenging year, filled with changes at every corner, and a world...
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