Practice

A four-step practice for the days when everyone else’s opinion is louder than your own, and the deck I built to carry it. Last spring I stood in my kitchen texting the same question to three different people. I already knew my answer. What I was actually asking for was permission. That is the small,…

These eight Samhain traditions bring old seasonal practices into one modern evening and one ordinary kitchen. None of them require a field, a bonfire, or anyone else’s permission. The first year I marked Samhain on purpose, I did it badly. I had read too much, bought candles in three colors I did not need, and…

You can sit with the cards before you decide anything. Choose a deck, turn over three, and see what they hand back. A while ago a reader wrote to tell me she had been circling my shop for the better part of a month. She wanted a deck, but she was not sure she wanted…

You do not need a gift, a lineage, or a single memorized meaning. You need one card and a good question. The first time I laid out a card for someone who had never touched a deck, she turned it over, looked at it, and asked, “But what does it mean?” as though there were…

There’s a version of oracle-card reading that ends the second you flip the card: a glance, a small nod, a vague good feeling, and on with the day. That’s fine. But the cards have more to give the moment you pick up a pen. Journaling turns a pretty picture into a conversation. The deck asks,…

A plain-spoken guide for the curious, no crystal ball required.