La Bona Dea's Journal of Everyday Magic

Looking up toward the sky, the glimmering leaves of fall have arrived – “Let go,” they whisper in the breeze. . .”It’s time.” I did a little ritual today where I crossed a bridge and I left my past behind me. Yesterday and today I saw a grasshopper. . . whatever can this message be? […]

https://www.spirit-animals.com/jellyfish/ I thought I was sinking. Dying. Not MATTERING! I am buried under the weigh of chronic illness (Fibromyalgia) and the home repairs that my husband has begun eight years ago, (All are incomplete from painting, trim, baseboard, a shower without hot water, brand new windows that are still in the garage. . . from […]

Okay, so we live in California, and I joke it was a sprinkle, but nonetheless, it was a beautiful night. I got to gather with my sis and friend and don the Goddess Garb. We had fun interpreting what the ancients might have thought of the night sky and the the possible magic or fear […]

I am so please and honored to be a contributor in this season’s issue (#93) of SageWoman Magazine. Please check out your local bookstore and markets for this special issue on Sovereignty. It poses a great question for all women who seek and are willing to FIND! Enjoy all the lovely articles, and please feel […]

I am a delicate flower. I like the cool shade from a redwood tree I like to sip on iced lemon water…. or chilled champagne I like cool mornings, but I loath hot days. I am no longer working in an office with A/C, so I need a way too cool down in the afternoon…. […]

The Sitting Room Anthology 2018

The folks I speak with lately are telling me they have reached the end of something, the beginning of something, or at the very least are experiencing movement toward change. No wonder, I say, with this year comes the start of a new cycle. The past, if not left behind, will drag you down… so […]

The vultures came with the premonition of death, the Vikings warning of new territory and adventure, and the Angels came to support me. The mailman came with a Certified Letter: the square hit in the forehead by the two-by-four I needed to make this necessary change. Without all the muck, which boiled over from Cerridwyn’s […]

Friday Night. Full Moon. Three Sisters. A Storm. Some Absinthe…. And a Whole Lotta Sacred Bay Leaf Magic!

Being awesome has its downfalls. Because you are awesome too, I know you know what I mean! I have been enjoying so much time last year flitting around holding circles, performing wedding ceremonies, laughing, loving, crying, celebrating, cherishing, (some yelling), and I guess…. just the emotional power of love took me over. Then I fell. […]