by Lisa Hario | Feb 6, 2023 | Announcements
Happy Imbolc to all who celebrate! May this be the time to plant seeds and refocus for the future. Winter has struck hard this year. Get a few nice winters, then bam! More snow in a month than we normally get in a year, a drop in temp, raise in temp. more snow, drop...
by Lisa Hario | Feb 3, 2023 | Thoughts
This post is partly prompted by a documentary I recently watched on Netflix called (Un)well. This isn’t a review of the documentary itself, but it prompted me to write about some things I have been chewing over. I have been getting uneasy with the corporatization of...
by Lisa Hario | Jan 27, 2023 | Thoughts
I have loved the 1968 version of Romeo and Juliet. I think it is the best version of the Shakespeare story on film. When I heard that the lead actors were suing the studio over the controversial bedroom scene, I was shocked. After reading the details, I...
by Lisa Hario | Jan 21, 2023 | Journey to Paganism, Pagan Thrift, Paganism
(Apologies on the late post. Technical difficulties after being slammed with an illness.) There are two tracts with saving money: plugging in the holes on the leaky boat or replacing the mast. To put it another way, you can save money by lowering your expenses—cutting...
by Lisa Hario | Jan 11, 2023 | Reviews
The Labyrinth (for those who don’t know) is a movie done by Jim Henson from 1986. Teenager Sarah accidentally summons the goblin king Jareth, who takes her baby brother. Sarah then has 13 hours to complete Jareth’s Labyrinth and rescue her baby brother, before he...
by Lisa Hario | Jan 2, 2023 | Announcements
Happy New Year! After a hiatus, I am back. I blame end of semester project which sapped all my creative energy followed by holidays, and then a fallow period where I needed to recover. The good art is I know what to expect next semester end, so hopefully will do a...
by Lisa Hario | Dec 5, 2022 | Announcements
Winter, which had been kind to us so far, came to Minnesota with a vengeance in the form of our first major snowstorm this winter. Now is the magick of digging out your car and frantically praying to Manannan Mac Lir to open the way home while on slick roads. To...
by Lisa Hario | Nov 27, 2022 | Paganism, Pagans and the Past
Within the Pagan community, there are many fans of the horror genre. The Wicker Man is a horror movie especially beloved. This at first glance makes sense—horror movies often depict the supernatural, and with it witches, magick, and paganism. However, it is odd...
by Lisa Hario | Nov 16, 2022 | Reviews
In 1916, Roderick Burgess traps the Sandman, AKA Dream of the Endless, AKA Morpheus, in a failed attempt to capture his sister Death. Over a hundred years later, Morpheus seizes on a crack in the magick containing him and a sleeping guard to escape. When the...
by Lisa Hario | Nov 7, 2022 | Announcements
Go Out and Vote This might be a late message because elections are the day after this goes up but: vote. There are many reasons this midterm is important, but we get the world we make. Local elections are doubly important this year, so make sure you educate yourself...
