: About Me

My husband and I have two daughters, and we both work full-time. Currently I am a Day Plan Coordinator for the Disabilities Board of my county. Our agency trains adults with Mental Retardation for Residential and Community living skills.

I am certified in Occupational Child Care with over 10 years of childcare experience.

I am also a freelance writer with a degree from Penn Foster and a published author

WRITING CREDENTIALS:
Publications:
1. The Copper Cauldron: Magick for the Kitchen Witch, Andborough Press, April 2009
2. Imagica: The Boy Who Had No Imagination, Publish America, May 2006
3. "To Mom, With Love," Domestique Magazine, April-May issue 1997

Online Publications:
1. Research Reporter for "Urban Legend Research Center"
2. Various Key-Word Articles for "Write 4 Cash"
3. Various Key-Word Articles for "Associated Content"
4. Owner of "A Rhyme and A Reason:" a website designed to exaplin the histories and myths behind nursery rhymes (no longer maintained on the web)

My passion is ...

the written word.

I know too much about ...

off facts and trivia that will never aid me in "the real world."

My parents always told me ...

that they loved me

My childhood ambition ...

to be a full-time writer

My favorite memory ...

my old manual typewriter that wrote in red or black.

Why I write ...

because the stories show up in my head, and they have to go somewhere.

What I am reading/watching/listening to ...

anything that catches my fancy.

My first job ...

babysitting.

My best moment ...

having my children.

My inspiration ...

my imagination.

Celebrations & Holidays > New Year's New Year's Eve traditions for pagans

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Paganism stems from pre-Christian days, and the calendar used then was different then now, which made New Year’s Eve actually celebrated on October 31st.  While many pagans may honor October 31st (known as Samhain) as a new year and a time of new beginnings, it is not the start of a new calendar.  Many pagans seem to be in conflict with celebrating the New Year’s according to the Gregorian calendar (what we use now) and on December 31st, but for all intents and purposes, it is not practical to live life as if November 1st is the start of a new year.  Symbolically...

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