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Things have been. . .confusing, at best, here. New treatment, and not handling air quality well. I don't know why, but winters here are very bad for me with VOC air quality. An app I picked up was showing experimental VOC numbers that made a lot of sense for how I feel. But the problem remains--where to go in a country with not enough housing? (This is not a problem unique to the US, but I only see myself leaving if I feel the current situation isn't good for an older woman.) Sigh.
I have spent stolen moments this week with the small book DIARY OF A WITCHCRAFT SHOP by Liz Williams and Trevor Jones. I remembered Liz's posts about the Cat & Cauldron years ago, and thought this would be primarily humor.
But turns out it's gentle humor. Part memoir, part examination of living in an old tourist town that has symbolic/mythic meaning for multiple religions--all framed by the pagan year as signposts as we move through the natural calendar. You may discover that pagans are as varied as any other umbrella over religion, and you will also discover that every face is a story, most of them interesting.
It is charming, beautifully written, and has been well worth my visit there. I know I'll pick up the second one, as well as other books by Williams and Jones. It can be found anywhere NewCon Press books are found.
http://www.newconpress.co.uk/info/books.asp?authorID=3
I have spent stolen moments this week with the small book DIARY OF A WITCHCRAFT SHOP by Liz Williams and Trevor Jones. I remembered Liz's posts about the Cat & Cauldron years ago, and thought this would be primarily humor.
But turns out it's gentle humor. Part memoir, part examination of living in an old tourist town that has symbolic/mythic meaning for multiple religions--all framed by the pagan year as signposts as we move through the natural calendar. You may discover that pagans are as varied as any other umbrella over religion, and you will also discover that every face is a story, most of them interesting.
It is charming, beautifully written, and has been well worth my visit there. I know I'll pick up the second one, as well as other books by Williams and Jones. It can be found anywhere NewCon Press books are found.
http://www.newconpress.co.uk/info/books.asp?authorID=3
