of The Inn of Stormy Nights
Have you ever written a letter, imagining who you will be, and where you will be in six months or seven years? Have you ever written a letter as if you were that future person, looking back to yourself, right now? Last year I was introduced to writing as if I was my future self, …
2022 feels like an endurance run. It is more of the same happening over the past two years. It is more of the same past decades; ramped up to extreme degrees that tear through our forests, oceans and hearts in such a way that dystopian novel plots are beginning to sound less like fantasy and …
Welcome dear seeker, wanderer and adventurer. The door is open, the hearthfire is lit, there is warm food waiting and stories to be told. Come on in, and rest your weary feet. Innkeeper ARR Have you ever felt lost? Have you ever felt like a year has gone by and nothing happened? Or perhaps you …
Happy March everyone! This is one of my favourite months because it is the light at the end of what always feels like a too-long winter. Even here on the island where we are fortunate enough to get next to no snow and temperatures generally stick to 5 degrees Celcius at the lowest. Like last …
The title of February’s update comes from a poem by T.S. Eliot called “Preludes.” The poem illustrates numerous mundanities to do with the rhythms of day to day life. It’s very much a poem of its time, as much of the imagery is not something we can necessarily relate to nowadays, but the theme is …
2020 was the year when time stopped. 2021 is only a few weeks in and its shaping up to be the year when time flew. Why? Things are changing. A lot of things have changed and there is so much more to come. Both in the world at large and in my own life. My …
Weekly Tarot Outlook This week is all about releasing the ego. I was called to pull four cards, not using any particular spread other than the energy of the week in development. This development of the week unfolded with these cards: The Nine of Pentacles This card is all about the celebration of skills, talents, …
Even though the energy flux has settled, for now, there is always something going on; whether it’s a stranger in the street, a family member in your house or a niggling thought racing through your head. Energy is always moving. It is not any more linear than time or a wheel. It moves in cycles – …
If you would like to see the live explanation, click this link for the video of my reading of this spread. Why Tarot and not a Story? Tarot, for me, has always been a story, it has always been the way I tapped into my intuition and my imagination. Turning it now, toward helping people, …
I stand here, under the the burning tree. A rain of lightning casts shadows of each hill. They are the bones of giants, left from the last great days when heroes could call from mountain tops and have eagles take them back home. The World Stands Before Me We live in a world of noise. …