Quiet Mystic – Any perception can connect us to reality, properly and fully. What we see doesn't have to be pretty, particularly; we can appreciate anything that exists. There is some principle of magic in everything, some living quality. Something living, something real, is taking place in everything. –Chögyam Trungpa Rinpoche

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Divinatory Ethics: A Response to John Oliver

Have you had a chance to watch John Oliver’s recent episode on television psychics? If not, now’s your chance! Here’s the YouTube link to it. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WhMGcp9xIhY I’m including the link…

Chrome Tech Tip for Writers and Editors: Pin Tabs

Note: If this post seems out of place here, it's because I've decided to blog about writing and editing in the same place where I blog about tarot and divination.…

A Modern Fairy Tale, or, No One Is Perfect

Facebook just showed me this little tale--actually a true story--that I wrote a year ago. A Modern Fairy Tale Our tale begins with two men: both smart, both paranoid, both…

Visualizing the Zodiac: How I analyzed my natal chart using tarot

Today I pulled out a book I've been meaning to read for a long time, Corrine Kenner's Tarot and Astrology. Actually, I think I read this when I first started…

Relationship Tarot: What Do You Absolutely Know Is True? On Truth, Lies, and Trust.

7 Aug 20187 Aug 2018

When it comes to truth, and lies, I've observed that there are three kinds of people: There are the people who know that lying is damaging and dangerous not only…

Letters to Bill: Truth, science, religion, and how we might approach them all simultaneously

So I'm a huge fan of Bill Maher, and I adore that he's an atheist, and I know how weird that is, given that he'd probably be appalled by my…

What I Learned at WisCon 42: Science Fiction and Fantasy CAN Save the World

9 Jun 20189 Jun 2018

I almost couldn't write this blog post because I started reading my WisCon42 notes instead. No, seriously. I not only have notes I took myself, but I have notes I…

Bachelor Cooking with Bonnie

Bachelor Cooking with Bonnie: Easy Vegan Ramen

I'm slowly figuring out that I'm not actually a bad cook. And I don't actually dislike cooking. I just dislike the foods that other people prefer to eat. And I…

Read the tarot. Do the work.

Read the tarot, do the work: Job-hunting.

People usually come to the tarot looking for a greatly-desired change in their lives. But, guess what? If you want change, you have to make changes. You can use the…