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These Words are Spells

These Words are Spells. Thoughts on the cycle of the year- likely as it relates to botanicals, Jewish traditions, spirituality and my beautiful Queer life.

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  1. Issue · Aug 13, 2026

    Thread the Light (opens the original)

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    My friend died.On the full moon, on Tu Ba’av, on my half birthday. I went to sleep at about 10:30 and by 12:30 I woke up out of nowhere, looked at my phone, there were three missed calls and a text message from my friend in Ireland. I knew immediately what had happened.“I am grateful for the few hours in middle of the night when the world didn’t yet know that my friend was gone. When the full moon was low overhead and we could step outside and stare up searching for answers, to shiver and wee

  2. Issue · Jul 24, 2026

    Beyond the Veil (opens the original)

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    In the summer of 2011, I was 1.5 years post-graduating college. I had no idea what I wanted to do with my undergraduate degree in Business. In fact, I chose Business simply because it meant I didn’t have to take calculus, or any other math classes (aside from statistics, which, turns out, was likely much more challenging). I don’t remember any of the college classes that had to do with my degree, I do remember Art History and Chemistry- two courses I did extremely well in and wished I could purs

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