La Bona Dea's Journal of Everyday Magic

All around us Mother Earth is growing, creating, blossoming….. The last few weeks have been very nice for me. I have been truly enjoying the outside, being in nature and melting in the blessed warm sun! Feelings of childhood have stirred deep within my being and I feel giddy and happy- like there are endless […]

The dawn of spring has arrived and I am wallowing in its bliss! Awakening from the deep slumbers where I created my dreams, uncertain where they would lead, I find that I am where I want to be. In the seat of my happiness, created by self and manifested by me. I am able to […]

It’s January and the crescent moon just appeared. It’s true that at any time you can change the direction of your life. You can decide right in the middle of the day, in the middle of a meal, conversation, or a drive, that from now on things are going to be different. The power of […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]