Adaptive translation by Jordana del Feld _____ Christmastime, deadtime Wolves howling in wind Iceflames branding windows Of houses emprisoning us … Emprisoned inside me flickers A longing lunge to sharpshatter The loving luscious prison That would shardshatter my heart … Hearthear my tale as you would hear The heart of…

Echoes of Narcissus ΓΝΩΘΙ ΣΑΥΤΟΝ — Know Thyself — The Oracle of Delphi Love is a transformative process of discovery, of recognition, of learning, and of coming to know. So what does it mean to love the Self? Can the loved Self ever be truly distinct from the entirety of…

Alchemical Tarot — Nine of Pentacles Our scene is a golden afternoon, bathed in warm sunlight. Our heroine’s golden robe glows. Fat red grapes hang ripe all over her fertile vineyard. She matches the King of Pentacles: both mature, wise about their self-made professional lives, good in their skins, calm…

Alchemical tarot — five of wands Hello from the hot mess of the Odd Shoe Gang! Nobody ever got anywhere or learned anything by sitting alone in an empty room. No matter how tantalising the concept of “I’ll sit with this idea and figure it out.” People learn by doing…

The King of Pentacles! The perfect card for the Year of the Metal Ox! How can we channel this Made Man? This King is covered with the sweet fruits of his own enterprise, the glossy grapes of his robes flowing into his mature vineyard, where he sits, grounded on a…

But then his butt changed everything. He bent over. His jacket slipped up a bit and the belt of his pants slipped down a bit. That glimpse of curving muscular ass replete with cleft, and not even one hint of a boxers waistband, deafened me to his words. He straightened…

L’Inferno di Dante Canto I 1–30 Translation Jordana del Feld At the midway point In the path of our lives, I discovered myself inside an undiscovered forest And the easy way had escaped me. My thoughts created A fearsome, black, and wild wood That hurt me so deeply My manifold…

Does crisis change the line in the sand for assault or not? I would have tapped my juicy young friend “Adam” in a hot minute, like the cougar I am, long ago, if he weren’t in a Serious Long Term Cohabiting Monogamous Relationship. Very Serious Indeed. So serious, there were…

This morning I made Siege Soup. It was not what I had planned. I made it out of what was in the house. But it was more delicious than anything I could have found in a recipe. This is how you make Siege Soup. — I put the remainder of…