 Here’s a quick pic from today of me with waved hair and burning sage. Happy Holidays! I have been terrible about posting this year. And my guess is that unless I see you every day and placed one in your hand, you probably didn’t get a Christmas card from me. My apologies. Work has been so busy, and (since watching The Social Dilemma) I have been purposefully distancing myself from the computer more. I should have posted here that gift cards are available for tarot readings, but most of you know that and I have made up many this season. Hit me up by email at [email protected] if you want one last-minute. Also, PDFs of my out-of-print Fixed Stars Govern a Life have been selling swiftly and I didn’t want to rush burying that post. But I’ll likely get an ad or something up for the book that is visible for everyone, whether they read the blog or not.
It was a busy summer and fall. I had a great time presenting at the Sylvia Plath Birthday Party (“Plathoween”) with participants across the world via Zoom this October. I also appeared on George Grombacher’s podcast again which you can listen to here. It’s been my busiest year for tarot ever, so I consider myself extremely blessed over this time so many aren’t working. In addition to my full-time tarot and my volunteer work, I have also made a second career out of fitness this year, working out hard with a personal trainer and changing my diet. With all this Covid-19 fear, no one is talking about IMMUNITY. Keep yourself strong, my friends. I’m delighted to write that I have had a few fan letters on my Plath publications from as far away as Cyprus, England, and Australia. It is reenergizing and makes me want to get back to more Plathing and publishing. I have such a great body of work that I have really just been sitting on for a long time, as I waited for the new bio, Red Comet, to be released. I wondered if the author Heather Clark would beat me to my findings. I’m happy to say that I think her book nicely supports mine. Next, I need to get some time to review the new archives at Emory University for myself. Other than publishing some poems on Covid earlier this year, my personal creative writing has taken a back seat lately but maybe this winter I’ll be able to get some older things sent out for publication. We shall see… I don’t want to say too much about Covid-19 because, honestly, I’m sick to death of it. The comedian JP Sears speaks best for my views and helps me to find a way to laugh. I will say that never have we focused so much on fear, anger, and division as now, and it is absolutely detrimental to our emotional, spiritual, mental, and physical health. I have had friends tell me that they wish I would be angrier and more fearful! A wise friend once told me the question we need to continually ask ourselves is this: Does the world need more of that right now? I think not. I send you wishes for a happy holiday, for peace in our nation and across the world, and prayers that you stay well. With love, in this season and always, Julia 2020, COVID-19, EMORY UNIVERSITY, GEORGE GROMBACHER, JP SEARS, PLATHOWEEN, RED COMET, THE SOCIAL DILEMMA
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