Blessed be to all my fellow Wiccans and Pagans, I hope everyone had a Happy Solstice!



I find myself anxious and preoccupied this holiday season. There are many things weighing on my mind. First of all the house is haunted, quite literally, by Bobhead's (my boyfriend) father's ghost. In the middle of the night, the presence turns on the radio we inherited from the deceased to the AM dial to its favourite talk radio programme at maximum volume, waking my love, and causing undue emotional stress. We have all seen the apparition in the movie room, even guests, terrified by a figure who will not answer. As I tried to sleep, I looked up to see a shadowy figure watching over my love and I in our beds. I am not certain how to proceed ...

Then there's my parents. They sent my little sister a letter telling her they were proud of the fact they disowned me and that she should shun me too, because, in their estimation, I was the cause of all our family's problems. I know in my heart that's not true, but this latest jab hurt more than I realised. Its affecting my sleep, my dreams, my highs and my waking thoughts! If I spill my guts about my fucked up origin story, unbidden, to one more poor schmuck, I'll cut out my tongue! Too often the "schmuck" is my eternally tolerant boyfriend who patiently listens to me drone on about shit only a psychiatrist should hear. So I'm determined to confront my parents and say my piece, just once, so I can have my peace and kick them out of my head.

As if that weren't enough on my mind, I have some health concerns. About two months ago, my left breast began to throb. A self-mammary exam revealed a large solid lump. I went to the doctor and she seemed quite concerned. She ordered a barrage of tests, but they only showed the need for more tests. I have a breast ultrasound on New Year's Eve. I keep trying to put it out of my mind, telling myself its probably nothing, but the timing couldn't be worse ... its drained me of my holiday cheer. Though they're likely going to tell me its benign, I implore women everywhere to love their breasts and test often.

Finally, this Christmas Eve, I have one special wish. I am pretty much COMPLETELY computer illiterate. I have two new hopeful sets that I'm just sitting on because I couldn't get them to upload to Member Review (its some jpg vs jpeg bullshit, or maybe they're just too big, but I don't have the programs or know how to fix it). My Christmas wish is to find a photoshopper to tweak my photos ever so slightly so they meet all the requirements for submission to SG. I've already uploaded the sets to the private stash on my Deviant Art account. If this dream photoshopper exists, it would help if they too are on DA (the ONLY websites I frequent are SG, twitter & DA). I'm broke, so cannot offer remuneration, but maybe we could work out unconventional compensation such as future artistic collaboration or other special requests. I know that's not much of a hook, but I am an artist. That is my only work (besides my activism), this is all I have to offer. As a wise woman once said, "There's no point having wishes if you don't at least try to do them." So I'm wishing hard!

Here's a teasing preview of things to come ... I hope! This set is called "River Dance" ...







This set I've called "Stoner Witch", named in honour of the Melvins who I saw in concert this summer

Hopefully these sets will be coming soon ...







Happy Holidays to everyone, see you in the new year!