Posts in the “FASCINATIONS” category
Perchta
by angeliska on January 6, 2013
Pandora Gastelum of The Mudlark Confectionary and The Mudlark Public Theatre lovingly created this incredible art doll of the Two-Faced Goddess Perchta for my birthday last year, and I’ve been meaning to share both images of her creation and her (…)
L’Autre
by angeliska on November 30, 2012
I’ve been wanting to draw this all together for awhile, ever since I found a half-full bottle of Diptyque’s L’Autre on Ebay last year. It’s a scent I’d been hearing tale about for years – one that intrigued me since (…)
Spirit Song Rock
by angeliska on November 20, 2012
Right. So, instead of getting married on 11.11.12 – I drove out to the hills, out to the place where the earth reaches up to touch the stars. The place where my bones come from, the place where my people (…)
WRITER – SOOTHSAYER – SILVERSMITH – WITCH
by angeliska on October 26, 2012
Words and images are the real tools of magic-making, stronger than wands or cups or candles. They hold a deep and ancient power to create or alter our realities. From shadows and handprints on the cave wall to whispered incantations, (…)
Who Needs Who
by angeliska on September 30, 2012
You could read every word I wrote Follow the trail back to when I was young You could read every word I wrote In some attempt to understand what has begun, but it’s beyond me – It’s a Secret I (…)
Sea Nettle Honey
by angeliska on September 19, 2012
I had the strange realization that it’s been a little over a year now since I did a HONEY post – so long, in fact, that any new readers may not even know what I’m on about here… So, yes (…)
August Gifts
by angeliska on August 20, 2012
I found this little bird on the ground in my yard, at the end of a particularly hard day. I cradled him in my hand and brought him inside. He looks like I’ve been feeling, lately. I’m so thankful for (…)
Alcoholism and Surrender
by angeliska on August 18, 2012
My friend and intrepid traveling companion Brett Caraway wrote this piece about alcoholism during our journey up to Canada. It is the product of his path to understanding over the past year, and has also been the subject of many (…)
No Room in My Heart For the Blues
by angeliska on August 8, 2012
Twenty-six years ago today, my mother died. She died of cancer, in her parent’s home in Lone Grove, Texas. A year ago today, I was writing about her, and her deep love of Hank Williams, in the kitchen of the (…)
Family Vacation – Hank Williams' Grave
by angeliska on August 8, 2012
When I was six years old, my mother and father and I drove from Taylor, Texas to Montgomery, Alabama to make a pilgrimage to Hank Williams’ grave. This was to be our first, last and only family vacation. At the (…)
