La Bona Dea's Journal of Everyday Magic

Please visit Common Ground Magazine to see my story of the Myth of these two gallant kings! http://onlinedigitaleditions.com/commonground/ It’s on page 18 Merry and Happy Winter Solstice! May the light shine brightly upon you!

The rains are here after a long dry spell! Winter is on the way with cold mornings and some days I wake to frost on the car, burr! The days are surly shorter and the nights are long. I find myself looking for my pj’s about 7:30 at night. Ready for a long winter’s nap! […]

Sometimes, like this past year, I can get really cynical. The “why me” syndrome manifests its way into my psyche when I am deeply hurt. My first reaction, being who I am, is total withdrawal. I escape however I can. Then bitterness tries to creep into my heart because I was too mad to address […]

Wednesday, November 25th~ There I was, in the middle of the isle at Target, following my daughter toward the cat litter section of the store. My mind was wandering, as it usually does, relaxed in the mundane of the moment. Thoughts floating in and out when suddenly I realized I was getting confirmation from my […]

Letting Go and Calling In Some people say superstitions are ridiculous and that there is no such thing as back luck on Friday the 13th. I would agree; there is no bad luck on Friday the 13, but it is, however, a magical day! There are 13 moons in a year’s cycle and Friday is […]

A great sign appeared in heaven: a woman clothed with the sun, and the moon under her feet, and on her head a crown of twelve stars Revelations 12:1 At the last Dark Moon I gave away fears and I’ve been haunted by fear since then! A run in with the IRS; working on a […]

Today I painted my toe nails a lovely autumn orange… Just the color needed to step into creativity! I find my head buzzing with ideas and crafts; symbols call to be recognized. Autumn is a time of letting go and to release yourself from the past. Moving forward is what life is about, even on […]

Photo courtesy of: http://irastrange.livejournal.com/ I had professor recently say, “When you understand someone’s difficult behavior, you can at least feel bad for them that that is the way they are, and be glad you are not them, but the the greater question is if they seem like they are trying too hard, why are they […]

The dark moon is here. The end of the year is drawing near… and as I look back, flipping through the days in reverse, some of it, not all of it, but some of it, now makes sense. The growing pains I have experienced I see mirrored around me… great loss that made way for […]