I was talking with Chloë about keeping track of reading, which I do badly, my memory palace not being what it used to be when life was more regularly paced. I bought this novel by Jane Parkhurst (Nancy Smith?) back when I was first diving into Isobel Gowdie a few years ago, but this one…
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Occulture 2025: me & Leonora!
I am delighted to announce that I will be part of the OCCULTURE CONFERENCE in Berlin this October! What an amazing line up to be part of! This is so exciting and I am really looking forward to having another opportunity to explore my obsession with Leonora Carrington amongst people who will be just as…
Vanessa German @ Kasmin
I have much to share from yesterday’s brief jaunt to the city but from the last trip I have not yet shared these amazing images from the Kasmin Gallery where the Vanessa German show ends TODAY. For this last day the artist will be there to commune with the works and with whoever comes so…
Tarot at the Warburg
Can’t get to the Warburg Institute for the amazing Tarot: Origins & Afterlives exhibit? Or you went and you want to relive the fun? I can help: I made a video of some photos so you can at least get a feel for it. Expect the usual caveats about photos of things in cases (odd…
Medieval Women @ BL
I managed to plan my short jaunt to the south so well that I had time to catch Oracles, Omens, and Answers in Oxford, head down to London, check into my hotel, and then pop over to the British Library to see Medieval Women in Their Own Words. I didn’t take nearly as many photos…
Oracles, Omens & Answers
Take a journey with me through time and space — no, not that one! — but to the city of aquatint last month. I made a quick jaunt to London for the tarot exhibit I decided I could not miss and a few other things (more to come…) and because I flew into Luton I…
Dundee Radio Club 7-9 Feb 25
The broadcast begins at 2pm (UK) on Friday (7/2) and runs through to the afternoon of Sunday 9th. You can listen via the player that will go live on our website tomorrow ~ dundeeradio.club So pleased to be joining the gang at Dundee Radio Club. Check out all the various listening experiences that will be playing the…
What Not to Say
[Written March 2023 & submitted to something that did not happen; it seems apropos now] What not to say to a sixty-ish woman whose university announced it will be closing the end of the academic year: Are you scared? I’d be an idiot if I weren’t. Will you be looking for another job? Do you…
CFP: Divination, Witchcraft, and the Occult
Call for Presentations Divination, Witchcraft & the Occult *SPECIAL TOPIC* Popular Culture Association Conference 16-19 April 2025 New Orleans, Louisiana, US The broad interest in divination, witchcraft, and the occult has been part of popular culture for centuries. Scholars’ discomfort with the topic is often palpable: they tend to focus on intersections that feel more…
Conjuring the Spirit World #Salem
A quick jaunt to Salem to meet up with art partner in crime QoE AKA Stephanie just so we could see this exhibit: Conjuring the Spirit World: Art, Magic and Mediums. It was so much fun and if you have a chance to go, be sure to do so! We loved it and got so…