June Ahern's Blog, page 30
July 31, 2010
MY TEA LEAF TEACHER
We just celebrated my mother's ninetieth (90) birthday at her favorite tea room and concluded the luncheon by exchanging tea leaf readings, which we learned from mom. 
Being a Scottish family a good hot cuppa of black loose-leafed tea blended perfectly with milk and sugar was our breakfast brew. Cup emptied sometimes my mother would read our tea leaves -only for fun she'd remind us, being a good and faithful Catholic.
Her love for spooky and "unusuall" sparked an interest in her...
July 8, 2010
We're In for A Bumpy Ride
At my heaviest weight I said, "F@*# it, and bought "big jeans" and red lipstick, and then met a wonderful man, who I would later marry.
Do Fat Witches Fly Lower? Bumpy, bumpy...fat butt dragging along.
says no!
Recently I was interviewed by Big Girl Bombshell who asked me "What have been a few struggles with your weight and body image?" HA! A few? Weight & Acceptance - Self and Others. Weight and Romance. Weight and Social Standing. Weight and Professional Success...
July 3, 2010
WIN A FREE BOOK
WIN A FREE BOOK!
My novel, The Skye in June, is in 10 countries & 33 states and I'm ready to add some new states as a summer read give-away-gift.
Free book for those in: Maine, Montana, New Hamshire, and No & So Dakotas . First
come, first get. One book per state.
The Skye in June, is a story about a Scottish immigrant family set
in Glasgow Scotland and San Francisco during mid-1950's to the start of
the Haight/Ashbury scene early '60's when the four girls come of age.
Receiving five...
June 26, 2010
SUMMER TIME PREDICTIONS
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Stirring up the
waters of life in my cauldron these Summer visions were revealed to me:
(read the sign you're born under & your rising one, if you
know it.)
Summerr is about fun and pleasure, family, sensuality, and friends, and lovers. Be glad to be alive! No...
June 13, 2010
I WISH YOU WEREN'T A WITCH
SAN FRANCISCO BOOK CLUB LOVED THE SKYE IN JUNE
After I had finished reading an excerpt of my novel the many questions and comments about life in San Francisco during the book's era commenced. When the topic of my being a witch came up, a guest piped up, "Oh! I wish you weren't a witch!"
I replied, "I wish you weren't a Catholic."
"But you seem so nice to be a witch," said she.
We all had a good laugh.
My book parties seem to attract, not only avid book readers, but often women who have...May 9, 2010
A Witch Passing Ritual
Yesterday I participated in my first Wicca passing ceremony.
It was for Ellen, my beloved
eldest sister—the first born of eight children and the first to die. She was
also High Priestess of our coven.
Born into a Scottish Catholic family, Ellen had been a Wiccan
and witch for the past fourteen
years.
When the funeral ceremony was being planned one of Ellen's
daughters (also a coven member) said it was only proper that her mom have a Wiccan funeral.
It's not the norm for...
April 25, 2010
I HAD VISIONS ~
Stirring up the waters of life in my cauldron these MAY visions were revealed to me: (read the sign you're born under & your rising one, if you know it.)
CAPRICORN: Don't mix and match
goals, rather stay steady with one or two until a result is realized. Take a Pisces to lunch for new ideas.
AQUARIUS: Patience is your...
April 3, 2010
CATHOLICISM PREPARED ME FOR THE GODDESS
Wicca is now my spiritual path, but
if not for my early Catholic religious training I might not have connected to it as I have.
I grew up in a devotedly Catholic household and attended parochial school
until the eight grade. I am forever grateful for both experiences because they
prepared me for a strong spiritual life.
My seventh grade nun piqued my
interest in theology by introducing religious practices different from...
CATHOLICISM PREPARED FOR THE GODDESS
Wicca is now my spiritual path, but
if not for my early Catholic religious training I might not have connected to it as I have.
I grew up in a devotedly Catholic household and attended parochial school
until the eight grade. And am forever grateful for both experiences because they
prepared me for a strong spiritual life.
My seventh grade nun peaked my
interest in theology by introducing religious practices...
March 29, 2010
Mad March Luck
Luck
of the Irish or for me, the Scot, was found in March. It was a busy time
for book parties. 
The first three of the five happened in Milton, a charming town six miles from Boston, Massachusetts. I find people there, on the whole, much like the San Franciscans of days gone past. Perhaps
it's the Irish and Italian mix, with their straight talk and humor.
I stayed with my friends...
