We’re into that season variously known as the holidays, the Big Three and the Trifecta. Thanksgiving, Christmas and New Year. Those three days bring great happiness to some people. They joyfully celebrate these holidays with their friends and family. Renewed purpose and serenity enter their lives. Other people dislike the…

The first time I ever had real Spanish food in New Mexico, the food the rest of the world calls Mexican but is actually a combination of Native and Spanish cuisine relying heavily on chile peppers, I thought I was going to explode. Never in my life had I had…

Whenever I hear anybody tell me they are fascinated with my spiritual abilities, there’s a loud clicking noise inside my head. It’s similar to the sound of throwing a door bolt. …

Long before daylight this morning I was doing what I usually do the last several days of October and first days of November. I pulling thorns out of my flesh. The thorns in my flesh are what you call souls of the dead. Spirits. Ghosts. They are a thorn in…

Halloween has nothing in particular to do with being a mystic, psychic, medium, channeler, druid, witch or grocery store clerk. I throw in the final example as someone whose services we all use. The others are used as well. …

This is a story with a story. As matters go, this actually is about making tea. Not spilling it. In my world making tea has always meant that one is putting the kettle under the tap, running water into the kettle. The kettle is put on stove or in the…

In the northern United States the grass dries and turns brown in the autumn. In winter what remains is hidden under the snow. In the Deep South the grass is green all year round. There might be a couple of months when it doesn’t have to be mowed. The rare…

We have options. We always have options. Especially when we think we don’t have any options, we do. We come into this world with two very different kinds of spiritual inheritances. One inheritance is the more obvious of the two. It is what we receive from our biological parents. Often…

Over the course of several years I lived in hurricane alley. Hurricane season supposedly lasts from June 1st to November 30th. While that sounds nice on paper, it’s not reality. Hurricanes can actually occur in December and January. Life in hurricane alley was far more exciting than I would have…