Transformation3

10/18/2025

Outside the tent at Ravenwood Faire this morning

10/17/2025

Ravenwood Faire (https://ravenwoodfaire.us/) starts today, huzzah! I'll be there both weekends

05/03/2025

Set up for Virginia Renaissance Faire this weekend. The fun starts for real next Saturday, 10th May.

01/15/2025

A BLESSING FOR ONE WHO IS EXHAUSTED
When the rhythm of the heart becomes hectic,
Time takes on the strain until it breaks;
Then all the unattended stress falls in
On the mind like an endless, increasing weight,
The light in the mind becomes dim.
Things you could take in your stride before
Now become laborsome events of will.
Weariness invades your spirit.
Gravity begins falling inside you,
Dragging down every bone.
The tide you never valued has gone out.
And you are marooned on unsure ground.
Something within you has closed down;
And you cannot push yourself back to life.
You have been forced to enter empty time.
The desire that drove you has relinquished.
There is nothing else to do now but rest
And patiently learn to receive the self
You have forsaken for the race of days.
At first your thinking will darken
And sadness take over like listless weather.
The flow of unwept tears will frighten you.
You have traveled too fast over false ground;
Now your soul has come to take you back.
Take refuge in your senses, open up
To all the small miracles you rushed through.
Become inclined to watch the way of rain
When it falls slow and free.
Imitate the habit of twilight,
Taking time to open the well of color
That fostered the brightness of day.
Draw alongside the silence of stone
Until its calmness can claim you.
Be excessively gentle with yourself.
Stay clear of those vexed in spirit.
Learn to linger around someone of ease
Who feels they have all the time in the world.
Gradually, you will return to yourself,
Having learned a new respect for your heart
And the joy that dwells far within slow time.
--John O'Donohue, from "Blessings"

10/27/2024

Very happy to be between artisans elven Becky of Timber and Whimsy and gnomish Nick, the Erraticsmith, at Ravenwood Faire. Both are empowered "jacks of all trades, Master of none, and oft-times better than Master of one".

10/16/2024

I'll be back at the Ravenwood Faire for the next two weekends in my tent with the Tarot with Meliana sign. It will be lovely to see all the faire goers again!
https://ravenwoodfaire.us/

08/21/2024

It's Maryland Renaissance Festival season again! I'll be reading with the Tarot Guild 24, 25, 31 August; 1, 2, 14, 15, 21, 22 September; and 5, 6 October. We're across from Stub Toe Lane, near the White Hart Tavern, just up the way from Revel Grove.

Maryland Renaissance Festival 2022 season begins on August 27th for nine weekends of merriment. Online ticket sales will begin on August 1st. Learn more.

05/08/2024

Yay! It's Virginia Renaissance Faire time again! I'll be down in the woods as Tarot with Meliana every Saturday and Sunday, 10 to 5, from 11th May through 9th June. Make sure you purchase tickets before you come; we were sold out last year.
https://varf.org/

11/01/2023

Apologies for the last minute cancellation: Wednesday morning yoga on 1st November will be rescheduled.

Gentle, life-enhancing yoga to develop a mindful spirited use of your body and breath. Explore a variety of asanas (postures) to increase your strength and flexibility, and calm your mind. Bring a yoga mat. Blanket, block and belt helpful but optional.

10/29/2023

Knights and the Queen.
Last day of Ravenwood Faire

10/25/2023

This is what my mornings look like at Ravenwood Faire One more weekend of superb entertainment and fun.

10/23/2023

Such a thrill to see these beauties all morning at Ravenwood Faire this weekend. Lots of wonderful things to see and do again next weekend.