About Shrine Mother

We are living between a time of dramatic transformation in the world. Social and political changes at the global and local level, all under pressure from literal sea changes in the environment. It is a difficult time for many of us and even those who are doing well feel the pressures all around. I don't have solutions for any of that, of course, but I want to cultivate some small piece of the world rooted in succor and recuperation.

This website is part of the process. I am a spiritual person; there is a lot that I am and do that flows out of my daily rituals. I want to share some of that with others on the spiritual level from which they emerge, and to that end I offer spiritual services (see services link above) like divination to folks who want them. Spiritual advice has made my life more joyful and I hope to share that more widely with services like these. I also want to share some of my perspectives here in the hopes others will find value in them.

I am a creative person and a lot of that creativity flows through tabletop role playing. It's the sort of combination of playful and serious that I thrive in, and the freedom to explore the wilder ends of fancy sits well with my symbolist and expressionist tendencies. I want to dig into this creativity more seriously right now and explore new ways of running and playing that weave some elements of succor and recuperation into the playful without overwhelming it. I want to find ways to play into the uncertainty of the present moment and maybe imagine a little beyond it; a bit tall of an order, but why not embrace the greater field?

Some of my creativity flows through other channels, especially poetry, and sometimes I will share some of that, too. This is a site where I will try to be as fully myself as I can be on the internet these days. Expect oddball stuff from time to time.

I feel weird about asking for monetary support, but this all requires time and the financial support of others opens the doors to spending more time on all of this. I welcome your support for the work I produce publicly since that allows me to do more of it. Please do consider subscribing.

I am uncertain about how I feel about putting some of my work behind a subscriber's paywall. If I do end up doing that, I will take some time to think about what the best way to do that might look like.