Author Archives: Ashleigh
About Ashleigh
Ashleigh is a septuagenarian wife, mother, and grandmother whose life spans a tapestry of names, stories, and roles. Her interests include genealogy, writing, reading, and gaming—each offering its own trail of breadcrumbs to the past and threads to the future. Though called by many names over the years, she responds most favorably and reliably to Ashleigh or Nonna.
Death and Rebirth at the Arbitrary Dateline.
Society is being torn apart and we don’t know if anything comes after. Just like any other death. How are you feeling? Uncomfortable? Rageful? Grieving? Disoriented? We Western metaphysicians… Source: Death and Rebirth at the Arbitrary Dateline.
Continue reading →A call for transgender artists from a comic book publisher
California-based publisher Stacked Deck Press is taking a leap forward for the recognition of trans writers & illustrators. The company has put out a call for those in the trans community to sh… Source: A call for transgender artists from a comic book publisher
Continue reading →Top 10 Pagan Quotes of 2016
2016 was a difficult year in Pagan quotes. It has been a year of radical change. It included painful losses of beloved musicians and actors. It has seen the international stage struggle with sur… Source: Top 10 Pagan Quotes of 2016 These are all good. Go read. There’s nothing to … Continue reading →
She has Returned
We’ve been waiting, waiting, waiting. We’ve been waiting for so long… No, Hillary Clinton is not the Goddess Returned, but come what may, she is bringing change.
Continue reading →The Last of the Granny Witches
We are a peculiar breed. Our roots grow deeper than the cedars, and yet we don’t know precisely where or who it is that we grew from. We are a mystery as old as these hills themselves, and it… Source: The Last of the Granny Witches
Continue reading →On Restrooms, Gender, and Fear
Some random thoughts
about tech companies boycotting North Carolina (or anywhere else) over the recently passed Discrimination Act (in this case, North Carolina House Bill #2). If they wanted their threat to have any immediate effect, every windows computer & phone (don’t laugh, I’m sure there are at least a few in the … Continue reading →
Activism, elderhood, and public shaming
Source: Activism, elderhood, and public shaming I’m still trying to put my own thoughts into words over this issue, and they are not coming easily. In the meantime, here’s someone else’s point of view on the matter.
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