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Cycle of the seasons/My Work

Growth is not the beginning; darkness and choices are the beginning

Posted on February 13, 2019 by Phoenix / 0 Comment

It is paradigm-shifting to consider that using the Wheel of the Year (the cycle of the seasons) to mark a year-beginning and year-end means that the year begins...

Divination/My Work

ORACULAR: Choices

Posted on September 23, 2018 by Phoenix / 0 Comment

I regularly do divination for myself as part of my daily practice. Sometimes the messages are obviously not just for me, so I share them on Instagram, Facebook,...

Living with monsters/My Work/Phoenix + Alexa/Self-employment

A light in dark places, when all other lights go out

Posted on June 15, 2018 by Phoenix / 1 Comment

On February 5th, we checked Alexis into a rehab program a few hours away from us. This was our last grasp at something that could stop and hopefully redirect he...

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Only about 80% terrible

Posted on January 1, 2018 by Phoenix / 0 Comment

In 2017, life was a nightmarish trash fire. I endured more stress, more grief, and more physical and emotional shock than I remember ever having experienced in ...

asking for help
Living with monsters/Self-employment

Asking for help

Posted on November 22, 2017 by Phoenix / 0 Comment

The end of the year isn’t quite here, but it is drawing closer. Yule is approaching, the weather is colder, and the existential dread associated with long...

Anti-Racism/Marketing

On relinquishing what does not belong to me

Posted on October 23, 2017 by Phoenix / 0 Comment

Today I’m writing about why I will not be styling myself a feminist marketing consultant any longer. To get context for understanding the first part of th...

Living with monsters/Phoenix + Alexa/Self-employment

Making money while hell breaks loose

Posted on August 22, 2017 by Phoenix / 0 Comment

I have not had more than a few weeks at a time where nothing is happening. A day where nothing happens except morning coffee, quiet work hours, interruptions by...

Living with monsters

Nothing to fear but fear itself

Posted on July 2, 2017 by Phoenix / 0 Comment

Several years ago, I had an epiphany about fear. Specifically, I realized in a sudden flash that what I feared was not the thing itself, but what it felt to be ...

Phoenix + Alexa

Our First Anniversary: Phoenix + Alexa

Posted on May 31, 2017 by Phoenix / 0 Comment

One year ago tonight, I stood holding your shaking hands under a very old tree in the starlight, and said these words: I promise to love you, guide you, and pro...

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Hello, world — my name is Phoenix.

Posted on April 5, 2017 by Phoenix / 0 Comment

I’m writing about it a bit at a time, and introducing myself incrementally. This is actually really out of character for me. I’m normally a very jum...

currently reading my way through this stack of books:

Earthsea: The First Four Books, by Ursula K. Le Guin

All the Living and the Dead, by Hayley Campbell

Becoming Kin, by Patty Krawec

Beowulf, translated by Maria Dahvana Headley

The Ends of the World, by Peter Brannen

The Art of Dying Well, by Katy Butler

Call Us What We Carry, by Amanda Gorman

Love and Rage, by Lama Rod Owens

Norse Mythology, by Neil Gaiman

Redhanded, by Suruthi Bala & Hannah Maguire

Sapiens, by Yuval Noah Harari

my Hats

Hats: a metaphor describing various and overlapping identities, and their attendant responsibilities

Seeker on the Path of Light

I am an oathbound student of a pre-Gardnerian mystery tradition of British Traditional Witchcraft. There are aspects of my practice that I can speak about, and many that I cannot. My public Work name is FireHeart.

Partner, parent, family member

I am part of an intentional community of chosen family, which means that I get to live with so many of my favorite people. I co-parent, I swap in-jokes and WWDITS one-liners with my partners and family, I cook a family dinner every three weeks. I also help make household decisions together with other family members.

Laundry

I take care of the laundry area, keep the towels and linens and toddler clothes clean, along with some miscellaneous laundry that doesn't belong specifically to anyone, and manage timing for other people that like to do their own washing. I make sure we don't run out of laundry soap.

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