Magickal musings
Dispatches from a lifelong habit of asking too many questions about strange and wonderful things.
August 12, 2026
Judgments are rigid. Their goal is to become open-and-shut cases: the investigation ends, the bad guy is brought to justice, and the fourteenth straight episode of SVU you just binged wraps up in a neat little bow. But as much as SVU imitates life (yikes), real life rarely rolls the credits where an episode ends. […]
August 5, 2026
Fish don’t notice water. It’s just something they know to be there. It’s not until the water changes in a way that negatively impacts the fish that it becomes something to be concerned with. The current shifts, and the fish don’t want to go that way. The temperature fluctuates, and the fish know they can’t […]
Field notes for a magickal life
THE CAIRN
A cairn is a stack of stones marking a hiking trail, offering reassurance that you're still on the right path. Each week, you'll get updates on the latest symposiums across the channels, plus practices to try, ideas to ponder, rabbit holes to wander down, and other bits of practical magic for the strange experience of being alive.
YOUR WEEKLY MAGICKAL MUSING
THE CAIRN
A cairn is a stack of stones marking a hiking trail, offering reassurance that you're still on the right path. Each week, you'll get updates on the latest symposiums across the channels, plus practices to try, ideas to ponder, rabbit holes to wander down, and other bits of practical magic for the strange experience of being alive.