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CREATE 20×20 Opens This Weekend!

Member 20×20 Show at 393 Main Street, Catskill NY We are thrilled to announce that we’ll be hosting the Member 20×20 show at 393 Main Street, Catskill – Wave Farm WGXC’s Catskill Studio for six weeks from November 15 – December 21st. Artists are curating their 20’x20″ spaces and we’re creating an art shop for the holidays! Join... Read More

Occulture

How to describe the phantasmagoria of experiences that was Occulture? It may take a couple posts. Long story short: I’m really glad I went. I was very happy with the responses to my talk and met lots of people who were excited to talk all things Leonora Carrington. And yes, the good news is my... Read More

Samhain & Recovery

SAMHAIN or Samhuinn or your Halloween as applies to the situation; lest you think I am completely catatonic this season (Kat-atonic?) I am co-hosting a ritual next week on the actual cross-quarter day with Peg at Star + Splendor which you are most welcome to attend. Join us at the crossroads and see who you... Read More

Irreverent Tarot 14: The Painted Caravan

This episode offers a flip through the rare mid-20th century tarot guide, The Painted Caravan by Basil Ivan Rákóczi (1908-1979). Although born in England, he was inspired by his mother Charlotte May Dobby’s Irish heritage and his father Ivan’s Hungarian history, including claiming his parents were married according to ‘Gypsy’ traditions. However, he grew up... Read More

By the Hand of Sabazios!

The Hand of Sabazios! This ritual relic pops up here in there in archaeology from Asia through Europe. A cult which began in Asia Minor, Sabazios was quickly appropriated by the Greeks and then Romans, often appearing beside Hermes and Pan. These bronze hands were probably used in both altar niches and processions, where they... Read More

Leonora @ Katonah

I met Stephanie down the river at Katonah for a great day of rebel plan making and of course, Leonora Carrington. This was much the same exhibit as we saw at the Rose Museum, so it was like seeing old friends. And getting a better look in some cases. It was a more relaxing day... Read More

Dutch Cemetery, Claverack

As part of History day at Claverack Library, the Dutch Reformed Church ran a tour through the cemetery. While I have lived in this area for some time now, I had never wandered through this place, though I drive by it so often I always think I should. While retaining the restrained, no-nonsense affect you... Read More

#WriterWednesday @ Claverack Free Library

WRITER WEDNESDAY 1 Oct 2025 Claverack Free Library 6pm #WriterWednesday at Claverack Free Library returns this month and we have some exciting plans for the future. This month we’re going to look at Flash Fiction, which seems the perfect genre for this moment when we are all pressed for time and there are so many... Read More

L’Étoile

Now in the shop: L’Étoile! Do you see the Star? Egyptomania was rampant in occult circles of the 18th and 19th centuries. This Star Card is adapted from Les XXII Lames Hermètiques du Tarot Divinatoire (1896) by R. Falconnier, illustrated by M.O. Wegener, son of the Swedish-born French photographer, Otto Wegener. Now that the Tower... Read More

Fundraiser: Occulture

Thanks to the monumental skills of Stephanie the Queen of Everything, I now have a Threadless store with merch to sell! First up a LIMITED TIME OFFER for fundraising TOUR MERCH to help pay my way to Berlin for Occulture where I will be spreading the gospel of Leonora Carrington, of course! You can get... Read More