The Norns in Old Norse Mythology by Karen Bek-Pedersen Dunedin Academic Press Ltd, 2011 224 pages, including index and extensive bibliography With impeccable timing, my copy of this book (ordered directly from the publisher) arrived a few weeks prior to the deadline for the Jotnar-themed issue of Idunna, the magazine of The Troth, where this […]
One of the decks I picked up on my 2019 visit to the Milan studio of Osvaldo Menegazzi, known as Il Meneghello, was the Tarocco Napoleanico, the Tarot of Napoleon. I pulled it out the other night, and realized I had not written about it yet! Today is Bastille Day in France, so this seemed […]
The good people at Inner Traditions sent me a copy of The Sybil’s Oraculum: Oracle of the Black Doves of Africa, created by Tayannah Lee McQuillar, with artwork by Katelan V. Foisy. The packaging is striking: The cover art on the box repeats on the book cover and the card backs. Done in the style of […]
In search of metal candleholder inserts, I found myself at Afikomen Judaica in Claremont yesterday. Sure, I could buy them cheap from Amazon, but I’d rather not give Jeff Bezos the money. And I would have missed out on an amazing experience. How can you not love a place that has the slogan “Live. Shop. Shmooze.”? Miriam […]
I know this isn’t my usual sort of post, but I have so many feelings about this movie, and this is my blog, so where else am I going to vent? Note: I saw the movie in Warsaw, Poland, the week it opened in Europe. The audience didn’t laugh at the scenes that were meant to […]
