11/29: The Friday Five

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Nov 29, 2024

Happy 11/29, an overall 3 day of creation and expression! And speaking of 3s, a lovely reader let me know that yesterday, 11/28, was the 333rd day of 2024. I mused that perhaps it would be a sneak peek of next year’s collective 9 energy? So perhaps you’d like to sit with a pen and paper and take some notes of what occured for you personally, but also what you observed on a more global level…

Below is the second installment of The Friday Five, a new weekly offering where I share 5 things that are getting me through each wacky week.

ICYMI — Here’s last week’s list (which includes a witchy gift at the end):

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Here’s what’s gotten me through this wacky week:

Holding my new book, Marriage by the Numbers: Planning Your Wedding Using Numerology, in my hands before its December 3rd release! — I have been pretty down on myself lately (yes, while in the middle of a debilitating pain flare, because that’s when the brain gremlins are the strongest) about not reaching any of my writing goals this year. But then, I received a perfect package of purple: my new book! Out on Tuesday from American Marriage Ministries. And whew, she is pretty! You can read more about her in this interview I gave, bookmark the AMM Store to snag a copy next week, and RSVP to my virtual launch party on 12/3 at 2pm PT / 5pm ET, where I’ll be reading from the book and also exploring special dates live with attendees!

ORLA GARTLAND ORLA GARTLAND ORLA GARTLAND — I’ve loved this Irish singer-songwriter since her YouTube days of covering Fleetwood Mac by a creek, and this week I got to see Orla play live at the legendary Troubadour in LA! She was amazing, and her band of just two other bad babes totally rocked. The tour was to play her latest album, Everybody Needs a Hero, but since it was Orla’s first U.S. tour, the concert was more of a career retrospective, so I got to hear some of my old faves. Check her out! Support independent artists! Plus, a huge shout-out to the Troubadour staff that ensured my poor little broken body had a seat to enjoy the show in!

“The Invisible Man,” by Patrick Fealy in Esquire — This firsthand account of homelessness in America is a heartwrenching, but important read. When it was first shared in the
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’s discord, I wasn’t sure that I wanted to engage with it, as it confirms a huge fear: most of us, myself included, are only one crisis away from total devastation. But Fealy’s experiences with mental health struggles, an expensive healthcare system, the shifting roles and growing malice of the police, and the indifference and apathy of humanity are sadly not unique. Take care while reading.

Wicked (Part One) — Despite being one of my very favorite musicals, I was admittedly enraged at the idea of splitting Wicked into two movies, especially when I found out that the runtime of Act/Part One was 10 minutes longer than the entire stage show! However, after seeing John M. Chu’s latest screen adaptation, I’m making a meal of my previous words! It’s unbelievable! Incredible! Tear-jerking! Visually stunning! And Cynthia and Ariana are pitch perfect! If you’re on the fence, let me shove you to the other side with glee!

Moonlight: A New Place for Tarot — This one’s a bit of a cheat this week seeing as I am one of Moonlight’s professional readers, but I’ve been largely bedridden for weeks now and my daily tarot practice has gone out the window. So it’s been amazing to go on Moonlight, create my own room, pick from a variety of tarot decks, and do my daily pulls right there on the computer. I’ve even been able to record readings for clients from bed! I know that digital decks aren’t everyone’s cup of tea, but this accessible resource has really come in handy for my personal pulls, and if you spend a few minutes clicking around the platform, you’ll see that it has so much to offer.