threads of the spiderwoman

 On the day when the weight deadens on your shoulders and you stumble, may the clay dance to balance you. And when your eyes freeze behind t...

   ·  Midwinter Reflections: Light in the Dark by M. Macha NightMare, aka Aline O’Brien In our modern world, we tend to take light for grant...

  Saint Lucia Swedish Celebration  The longest night, the sweet and Blessed Dark, and the Rebirth of the Sun.  Perhaps the oldest of all hum...

  A poem I wrote a long time ago for someone, and never shared with anyone. He died very recently.  Remembering him, I think it is time to s...

  "We’ve rolled back the night so far that soon we will come full circle and reach the dawn of the following day. And where will that l...

    "You think this is just another day in your life, but its not just another day.  It's the one day in your life that is given to...

(and Contemporary Life) “Grace” Lauren Raine (1994)   “The trouble is that we have a bad h...