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Here, There, and Everywhere in 2018
OK, several of y’all have asked me where I’ll be this year, and when, so I’ve updated the event page accordingly! Keep in mind my schedule is constantly evolving, and I have five more conferences/festivals that I have submitted proposals for but not gotten confirmed – once I do, I’ll add those too. Also, there are a couple of great bookstores I visited in 2017 that I’m hoping to get back to this year for a repeat event. Suffice it to say, if you live within about 250 miles of me, we might bump into each other! Also, if you are the organizer of a festival or PPD event, or…
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Waynesboro, VA: Blue Ridge Beltane
Blue Ridge Beltane is Virginia’s longest-running Pagan event. This year’s theme is “Walking in Harmony,” as we work to build bridges within our community, and I have the privilege of presenting a workshop at this awesome event: Household Witchcraft: Using the Mundane to Make the Magical Learn how to use plain old non-magical stuff around your house in your spellwork and rituals. From kids toys to the weird things in the back of your kitchen junk drawer, this fun and interactive workshop will be a chance to put on your witchy thinking hats and come up with some creative solutions to magical problems! I’ll have copies of my books,…
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Up Helly Aa: Great Balls O’ Fire!
One of the things on my bucket list is a trip to Scotland, which I’m hoping to accomplish as a graduation gift to myself in a year or two. Ideally, I’d like to visit in the summer time, when the weather is less sucky and the heather is a-bloomin’ on the moors… but the problem is that a summer visit means I’d miss Up Helly Aa! Up Helly Aa is a Shetland festival that’s a throwback to the islands’ Viking heritage. If you ever do any Sheltand Island genealogy research, you’ll know what I’m talking about – I’ve got people with names like Angus MacDonald marrying people named Gunnhild Olafsdottir,…
