Who Am I?
I had so much trouble putting this together, for I find it hard to talk about myself, when your story is much more interesting to me -- I want to hear about you! I do however realize that you probably want to know who I am, so here it is -- in a nutshell!
Mad Potter...
And I do get mad at it. No one really taught me to work the clay or what glazes do. I'm pretty much learning by trial and error, because I just adore pottery. I'm fascinated by the way my hands shape the clay, the way that the clay turns from something malleable to something fragile, to something that is hard and fixed; and by the alchemical aspect of the firing process, turning the liquid glaze into a solid. Pottery has a memory, it is movement frozen in time to create a piece of art, whether it is wearable, or just for ornament. Pottery is awesome.
Frantic Writer...
I think my writing is frantic because I am never sure what is going to come out of my fingers until I start typing. It is like a muse takes over. I may start writing an article on organic gardening, and finish having written a class on companion planting. Writing to me is a blessing and a curse. When I feel I have something to write, I have to act possessed until I have finished it. Often what I want to write is not what ends up being the finished product. Thankfully I have a very enduring husband when I get into that headspace! Currently I have articles in the Llewellyn Moon Sign book and the Herbal Almanac for 2013. I'm working on some stuff for them for 2014, and I'm also well into the book on Tarot that everyone's been bugging me to write.
Keen Knitter...
My mum taught me how to knit, and many of the sets of knitting pins I use were hers. Somehow I feel a connection, my hands holding the tools that her hands held. I enjoy a challenge in my knitting, and I enjoy whimsical things too. Mostly I see my knitting as a way of relaxing at the end of the day – unless I'm designing a pattern, and then it's just a fun challenge! I enjoy seeing how things come together, and the idea of leaving all my thoughts frozen in time as my hands makes the stitches appeals to me. If what I create pleases others, then it's a win – win situation.
Tarot Reader...
Ah, yes, the archetypal images that always invoke a reaction in people, whether it is fascination, aversion, or curiosity. I've been working with the Tarot for over two decades, and reading professionally for nearly that long. I am a member of the ATA, I'm a certified professional by the TCBA, and I write and teach classes on the Tarot at the Grey School (www.greyschool.com). There is no magic in the Tarot; they are simply pictures just a tool. There is nothing good or bad about them; as with everything in life, it is the intent with which they are used that makes it good or bad, positive or foreboding. My goal as a reader is to empower the person for whom I am doing the reading.
Bread-Baker...
There is something very primitive and alchemical about baking bread. For me, it is magical that ingredients can be mixed, left to their own devices for awhile, baked with some heat, and what was once an unappetizing doughy mess becomes a wonderfully textured delight to the taste buds. I've been baking bread for over three decades, and every loaf teaches me something new.
Soap-Maker...
I think I must be a frustrated alchemist, for just as the transformation of baking dough into bread always intrigues me, so does the saponification process in making soap. I make two kinds of soap, the 'melt and pour' kind that is a pure but commercially made soap which I mold, color, and scent into novelty items; and the cold-processed kind. The latter is the soap that we think of when we remember 'Grandma's lye soap,' although it has come a long way since then! Made from scratch with pure ingredients, this is the soap that appeals to the herbalist in me.
Garden-Grower...
My mother was the keen gardener, and I always respected and appreciated what she did. I never really got involved though. When my husband and I lived in England, we had no garden. Our house was on the street to the front, and we just had a concrete yard to the back. It was only when we moved back to the US that my interest really started to grow. Today, we grow as organically as we can, and we grow as much of our own foods as we can. I have a penchant for the unusual, growing things that are not particularly renowned in this area such as jostaberries and aronia. I also have a huge area for herbs, which I include in my soaps, wines, kitchen cosmetics, and homeopathic preparations.
Great Dane Crazy...
My first dog that was mine, as opposed to a family dog, was a Great Dane called Marmaduke. When he died a part of me died with him, and it was two decades before I could face getting another Dane. Now, I wouldn't be without one. I take in the elderly, the deaf, the blind, and the other so-called 'imperfect' dogs that no one else wants. They know they are loved, and they return it tenfold with their affection, loyalty, and comedic capers. My house wouldn't feel like home without dog hair.
Singing...
Music isn't something I do, it is something I am. I've always been in the school or church choir, and later I frequented the folk clubs and festivals in Great Britain. My husband and I made part of our living doing the blues and folk venues back in the 1990's, and even cut a couple of CD's. Now, that we are settled in Illinois, we seem to have have less opportunity to share our music with others. We can occasionally still be found at a gala day or coffee bar, just doing what we love, for old time's sake.
Vegetarian...
I know that this is not the right choice for everyone, but it suits me. I've been a vegetarian pretty much for over three decades now. I enjoy vegetarian cooking, and I love the cycle of nurturing the plants in my yarden (yard + garden = yarden) so that they in turn can nurture us. It's a very non-violent and harmonious existence that resonates with my dream of peace.
ME!
And I do get mad at it. No one really taught me to work the clay or what glazes do. I'm pretty much learning by trial and error, because I just adore pottery. I'm fascinated by the way my hands shape the clay, the way that the clay turns from something malleable to something fragile, to something that is hard and fixed; and by the alchemical aspect of the firing process, turning the liquid glaze into a solid. Pottery has a memory, it is movement frozen in time to create a piece of art, whether it is wearable, or just for ornament. Pottery is awesome.
Frantic Writer...
I think my writing is frantic because I am never sure what is going to come out of my fingers until I start typing. It is like a muse takes over. I may start writing an article on organic gardening, and finish having written a class on companion planting. Writing to me is a blessing and a curse. When I feel I have something to write, I have to act possessed until I have finished it. Often what I want to write is not what ends up being the finished product. Thankfully I have a very enduring husband when I get into that headspace! Currently I have articles in the Llewellyn Moon Sign book and the Herbal Almanac for 2013. I'm working on some stuff for them for 2014, and I'm also well into the book on Tarot that everyone's been bugging me to write.
Keen Knitter...
My mum taught me how to knit, and many of the sets of knitting pins I use were hers. Somehow I feel a connection, my hands holding the tools that her hands held. I enjoy a challenge in my knitting, and I enjoy whimsical things too. Mostly I see my knitting as a way of relaxing at the end of the day – unless I'm designing a pattern, and then it's just a fun challenge! I enjoy seeing how things come together, and the idea of leaving all my thoughts frozen in time as my hands makes the stitches appeals to me. If what I create pleases others, then it's a win – win situation.
Tarot Reader...
Ah, yes, the archetypal images that always invoke a reaction in people, whether it is fascination, aversion, or curiosity. I've been working with the Tarot for over two decades, and reading professionally for nearly that long. I am a member of the ATA, I'm a certified professional by the TCBA, and I write and teach classes on the Tarot at the Grey School (www.greyschool.com). There is no magic in the Tarot; they are simply pictures just a tool. There is nothing good or bad about them; as with everything in life, it is the intent with which they are used that makes it good or bad, positive or foreboding. My goal as a reader is to empower the person for whom I am doing the reading.
Bread-Baker...
There is something very primitive and alchemical about baking bread. For me, it is magical that ingredients can be mixed, left to their own devices for awhile, baked with some heat, and what was once an unappetizing doughy mess becomes a wonderfully textured delight to the taste buds. I've been baking bread for over three decades, and every loaf teaches me something new.
Soap-Maker...
I think I must be a frustrated alchemist, for just as the transformation of baking dough into bread always intrigues me, so does the saponification process in making soap. I make two kinds of soap, the 'melt and pour' kind that is a pure but commercially made soap which I mold, color, and scent into novelty items; and the cold-processed kind. The latter is the soap that we think of when we remember 'Grandma's lye soap,' although it has come a long way since then! Made from scratch with pure ingredients, this is the soap that appeals to the herbalist in me.
Garden-Grower...
My mother was the keen gardener, and I always respected and appreciated what she did. I never really got involved though. When my husband and I lived in England, we had no garden. Our house was on the street to the front, and we just had a concrete yard to the back. It was only when we moved back to the US that my interest really started to grow. Today, we grow as organically as we can, and we grow as much of our own foods as we can. I have a penchant for the unusual, growing things that are not particularly renowned in this area such as jostaberries and aronia. I also have a huge area for herbs, which I include in my soaps, wines, kitchen cosmetics, and homeopathic preparations.
Great Dane Crazy...
My first dog that was mine, as opposed to a family dog, was a Great Dane called Marmaduke. When he died a part of me died with him, and it was two decades before I could face getting another Dane. Now, I wouldn't be without one. I take in the elderly, the deaf, the blind, and the other so-called 'imperfect' dogs that no one else wants. They know they are loved, and they return it tenfold with their affection, loyalty, and comedic capers. My house wouldn't feel like home without dog hair.
Singing...
Music isn't something I do, it is something I am. I've always been in the school or church choir, and later I frequented the folk clubs and festivals in Great Britain. My husband and I made part of our living doing the blues and folk venues back in the 1990's, and even cut a couple of CD's. Now, that we are settled in Illinois, we seem to have have less opportunity to share our music with others. We can occasionally still be found at a gala day or coffee bar, just doing what we love, for old time's sake.
Vegetarian...
I know that this is not the right choice for everyone, but it suits me. I've been a vegetarian pretty much for over three decades now. I enjoy vegetarian cooking, and I love the cycle of nurturing the plants in my yarden (yard + garden = yarden) so that they in turn can nurture us. It's a very non-violent and harmonious existence that resonates with my dream of peace.
ME!
As the Dean of Faculty at the Grey School, I write and teach classes in most of the sixteen departments. I specialize in Psychic Arts (meditation, shamanism, past lives, spirit guardians, and other things to do with the psyche), Divination (Tarot, totems, crystal scrying, and other oracles), and Astrology (birth charts, past lives, planetary transits, lunar effects, and other ways that the skies influence us). I'm a member of the American Tarot Association, and I have been certified as a professional reader by the TCBA.
I enjoy all aspects of my work. I like to think that, after reading for over thirty years and working as a professional intuitive for nearly twenty, I'm getting the hang of this now!
Even when I am not doing readings, my rather unusual profession influences the rest of my life. I'm keenly interested in organic gardening and cooking, and astrology plays a large part in what we plant, and where and when we plant it. As a knitter, I find that I use mainly natural or organic materials, or those that have been reclaimed and upcrafted. In my pottery, Tarot, astrology, totems, and fairies all seem to be recurring themes.As I once said to someone who asked me if I 'believed in all this stuff,' I don't believe in it, I am it. I live it every day!
But that's enough about me. I'm keen to hear your story!
I enjoy all aspects of my work. I like to think that, after reading for over thirty years and working as a professional intuitive for nearly twenty, I'm getting the hang of this now!
Even when I am not doing readings, my rather unusual profession influences the rest of my life. I'm keenly interested in organic gardening and cooking, and astrology plays a large part in what we plant, and where and when we plant it. As a knitter, I find that I use mainly natural or organic materials, or those that have been reclaimed and upcrafted. In my pottery, Tarot, astrology, totems, and fairies all seem to be recurring themes.As I once said to someone who asked me if I 'believed in all this stuff,' I don't believe in it, I am it. I live it every day!
But that's enough about me. I'm keen to hear your story!
Crystal Reading
One of the elders with whom I worked gave me the name 'Stonetalker' because I can communicate with nature through the pebbles and gemstones she offers to us. He called the stones 'the Bones of the Earth.' They are all unique, they all mean something different, and they all have a special message to impart.
In this reading, I will draw the stones out of my bag, see what they have to share, and keep going until we get the question answered. It's very much a three way conversation between you, me, and the stones. I've found my stones to be concise and to the point. They speak very profoundly, and very quietly.
Are you ready to hear what they have to say to you?
In this reading, I will draw the stones out of my bag, see what they have to share, and keep going until we get the question answered. It's very much a three way conversation between you, me, and the stones. I've found my stones to be concise and to the point. They speak very profoundly, and very quietly.
Are you ready to hear what they have to say to you?
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