In continued celebration of the lives of our Beloveds, I leave you with this Skelly Family doing what some of us do best! Below is reprint of an interview I did for 5Qs with… DeadDeco.com back in 2012! Enjoy! **************************************************************** Welcome to another exciting week of art and culture here at Dead Deco. To kick off… Continue reading Feliz Dia de Los Muertos…Dia Dos!
All right my Darklings! This is my last post of the day! It’s been a big day if you’re a skull loving (#DiaDeMuertos), ravenous reader wanna be writer (#NationalAuthorsDay), Vegan (#WorldVeganDay) like me! So with that, I wanted to post a couple of images from my Vegan Travels. I usually don’t remember to take pictures… Continue reading World Vegan Day!
Every day is a celebration and reverence for the dead for me. I did not grow up with Dia de Los Muertos in my family, but certain deaths in my life made this part of my fabric. El Dia de Los Muertos is a complex blend of culture, history and tradition. There is a nice… Continue reading Feliz Dia de Los Muertos!
In honor of #NationalAuthorsDay, here is my current reading stack for my goal of 52 books in 52 weeks! Plus, this is the first day of #NaNoWriMo2016! (National November Writing Month is an annual novel writing project that brings together professional and amateur writers from all over the world.) So begins the journey to 50,000… Continue reading 50,000 words in 30 days!
My Year in Review from mid-September 2015 to October 31, 2016 Every year, I consider October 31st my New Year’s Eve and November 1st my New Year’s Day. To me, Halloween and El Dia de Los Muertos are so special and personal that my trail of marigold beacons end and begin here. To act as… Continue reading Goodbye, Old Year! You were loved…
This is a feeding frenzy of celebration for me this time of year! Happy Halloween! Blessed Samhain! Happy Diwali! Feliz Dia de Los Muertos! Happy All Saints Day! Happy Celtic New Year! I it all! I wear all of my memories in a cloak fit for the Pumpkin Queen! In grade school, one of my… Continue reading Happy Dia de Sam-Hallow-Diwali-Muertos New Year!
Dearest Opulent October, How I have missed the long, golden light of your days as they rush to revive my dying shadow. I welcome the way your chilly embrace sends shivers through my ensorceled soul. I was born to love you with the smell of pumpkin on your breath and the feel of your fine… Continue reading My Love Letter to October
Sobbing through an episode of AMC’s The Walking Dead, I watched as the man I used to know and love as Drew Carey’s cross-dressing brother deliver a monologue about PTSD. I know, you’re already wondering if I or someone I know suffers from PTSD. Let me clarify that I have never been in a war… Continue reading How the Zombie Apocalypse was a Door for My Broken Heart or What I Learned from the Walking Dead
Are ghosts ever successfully evicted from beautiful old Victorian Houses? After watching dozens of episodes of “A Haunting”, they lead me to believe no. It’s so sad to see them abandoned! I’d like to say I’m watching all these shows for tips on defending my gorgeous old dream home! (Operative word: dream! LOL) Instead of… Continue reading Get Out Ghosts!
Ogden Nash may have perceived the praying mantis as a lost Atlantean, but for me, she was a tiny prophet offering salvation on a searing summer day.
Girl with the Octopus Heart 