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On New Year’s Eve, billions of people will be counting down, focused on saying goodbye to the old and welcoming in the new, taking various actions to procure blessings and good luck for themselves and their loved ones, and then cheering and celebrating and wishing each other well for the new year.  They may do it with more or less sincerity, more or less sobriety, more or less ritual, more or less introspection or resolve or concern for their neighbors, but even if a significant portion of these people could be said to just “go through the motions” on New...

Thanks to my 2024 supporters, the Bayou Hoodoo Herbal project finally got off the ground. And now that I’ve figured out some of the technical and time management parts and made some adjustments to some math and some membership tiers, I should be able to pick up some speed with it in 2025. I appreciate y’all so much for helping make this book possible. If you’d like to support my work on the Bayou Hoodoo Herbal, check out my ko-fi page. Subscribers get early access to articles and various other goodies.

[Copy of latest post to my Ko-fi page]A few things going on. First, new article on Dog Fennel is live. I’ll post the link in a supporters-only post in just a sec. I’m gonna be changing the membership tiers around a little. Clearly, one article a week was far, far too ambitious – maybe at all, no matter what, but certainly at the membership level and platform size we’re talking about currently. I will definitely revisit how much time I can spend writing articles at the next membership milestone, but I’d need to at least triple the current readership to...

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Have lights set and worked on my altar in a nine-day community altar  service beginning the night of November 2nd, All Souls Day. There is some wiggle room and you can join up after the work starts as long as you see that there are still spots left and it doesn’t say “sold out.” Along with setting and working lights in the name of your loved one, I will perform a nine-day novena and daily recitation of the Chaplet of the Dead, with appropriate offerings, incense, and other materials. The Chaplet of the Dead is a four-decade rosary that includes prayers such as the De Profundis (Psalm 130) and prayers...