Frances Nanabees: Modern Witch

  This blog is going to be my attempt to get you to fall in love with Kevin Kling. He is my hero. My literary idol. Not to say there aren’t others, but his is the voice that speaks to my cold midwestern heart, in a joyful voice. Those of you that know him already, and know that thick Minnesota twang that he speaks with, may be saying, “really? That voice? Specifically?” and my wholehearted response would be, “Oh gosh, ya, fer sure. Definitely. 100 percent. You bet.” A gal can't give much higher praise than that really. So first - a little journey. Welcome to my lecture on why Kevin Kling is storyteller legend, and why storytellers matter. It's a long road, but I'll cite my sources, and you can choose how long you want to stay on the tour. To start watch this video that will give you a great overall intro into who he is and what he does. Pause here. Watch the video. When it's over, if you wish to learn more, which I am confident you will, because he's just that compe...

Bad pagan confession time; I don’t know that I believe in signs, and yet… Lately I have been seeing a ton of dragonflies. That’s not really remarkable. It’s dragonfly season here in Minnesota. It coincides with mosquito swarms, so I always love to see dragonflies as harbingers of death to the bloodsuckers. Also, they just look really bad-ass. Sexy little helicopters, or fairies? Sexy helicopter fairies? Did I just invent something new here?   The biggest draw to paganism for me is the connection to nature. In fact, that is what has started me on this current spiritual path. I’m not even sure I am a pagan so much as an amateur naturalist with an interest in storytelling. You see, I don’t know what I believe. I was raised in a pretty fundamentalist Christian faith. I always had questions as a kid about that faith and then outright rejected it in my early twenties. It’s been a real rollercoaster spiritually.   Now the bonus to this faith was that it taught that all religions ...

I think everyone can get excited about the moon. First of all, there is just the moon herself. She's pretty impressive and holds sway over us all affecting the tide, marking time, providing light in the darkest of times. Lunar cycles have become of particular interest to me lately. You can get real fancy and get into all the meanings for all the moon phases, but for me, it has to be simple. I pay attention to full and new moons. New Moons are all about new beginnings and setting intentions.  The moon in darkness gives us a chance to stay in and reflect. What is in the deepest darkest part of our soul? What do I want to work on? Is there anything I want to reflect on and make a priority for the next cycle of the moon? New beginnings and renewal are the themes of the New Moon so it makes sense to use that new moon energy to think about what is it we want to manifest in our lives. I like new moons because they're all the fun of new resolutions but without the commitment of a year....