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High Spirits (1988): Halloween movies to get you in the spirit
Halloween can make you horny for ghosts. That’s probably the easiest takeaway from “High Spirits,” the bizarre rom-com from 1988 that bombed at the box office and with critics. The director, Neil Jordan,…
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Halloweentown (1998): Witchy movies to get you in the spirit
I still can’t believe I first learned of “Halloweentown” in the year 2019, more than 20 years since it debuted on the Disney Channel. Apparently it’s a classic with anyone who watched the…
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She-Devil (1989): Witchy movies to get you in the Halloween spirit
It’s the end of August, and Starbucks has *already* released the pumpkin spice … so let’s start counting down to Halloween, shall we? Movies help get me in the spirit, so I’m going…
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Some history about my viral VOTE necklaces (and why they are so powerful)
Update (Aug. 31): My sell-out necklaces are back in stock at Etsy! It was around 10:30 p.m. on what seemed like a pretty boring Monday night in August. I was reading and about…
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How to be a Zoom Empress
I have been experimenting with different types of tarot readings, and the latest one was more of a virtual tarot party. As I’ve explained before, I don’t use tarot as fortune telling ……
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How to decorate for a socially distanced Halloween
I know it’s only August, but I’m already thinking about Halloween. Not only was I married on Oct. 31, but I decorate the house with the same gusto that many of us reserve…
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Tarot helps us access the unconscious … and be more creative
My entire life, there has been one word that others use to describe me. Creative. It’s how I approached school assignments … like the time in high school when we were supposed to…
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A book that can change your life: ‘The F*ck It Diet’
As you will quickly learn, I read a lot of books. I average about 30 per year, according to my Pinterest boards, where I’ve been tracking my reads over the past few years.…
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My quest for the best margaritas
Many moons ago, when I worked as journalist at our daily newspaper, I spearheaded one of the most important projects of my career: The Quest for the Best Margarita. For one summer, our…
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Why I’m blogging
Life is circular, and this is certainly true with the birth of this website. This steamy summer, more than 20 years after I saw the movie “Practical Magic,” I finally read the sometimes-steamy…
