An Alluvial Mine has been discovered within the grounds of Soul Food and it is opening for sturdy miners who know that to find creative gold you have to be prepared to dig deeply. These miners also know that there is gold to be found in the tailings and so they become expert gleaners who may find gold by taking a phrase and reworking it. Wednesday, September 27, 2006. Friday, September 15, 2006.

Baba Yaga was served by helping hands. Tuesday, September 20, 2005. The hands are protective, enfolding, offering sanctuary. All who enter our doors will find peace from the world outside and inspiration for their lives.

Baba loves to celebrate Dia de Muertos, The Day of the Dead. Join her here and plan a spectacular party that will run right from mid October into Novemember. Sunday, October 30, 2005. Happy Night to All! Bonfire dot the rolling hillsides. Figures dance around and around. To drums that pulse out echoes of darkness. Moving to the pagan sound. Somewhere in a hidden memory. Images float before my eyes. Moving to the pagan sound.

Along the Soul Food Silk Way there are many thermal springs and bath-houses where travellers congregate to share just some of their stories, their memories. Make sure to call in at on Madame Eclectica at the Bath-house in each place to soak in the warm waters. Friday, August 18, 2006. This is where we seek comfort, and mourn our lost hopes.

Sunday, October 09, 2005. Baba - Goddess of the Month.

No Gusari has pranced the earth since the 15th century, but I can recreate the Mystique through stories and practice. Thursday, December 01, 2005. Sunday, November 27, 2005.

Sunday, November 06, 2005. She nudged the bowl of orange spice potpourri out of the way, leaned tiredly on her forearms, and gazed into the bathroom mirror. Touching her hair first, feeling the smoothe healthy hair and the rough wiry white ones, she drew one hand across her newly wrinkled forehead and delicately fingered the soft, sagging skin around her eyes. When? How much could they hold? How mightily would those hands resist letting go when the time came? Stephanie K.

Friday, November 18, 2005. Koschey the Immortal is on the prowl with his hench allies. He is on the look out for hapless slaves to work the Golden Spindle. Monday, November 14, 2005. Thursday, November 10, 2005. Saturday, September 10, 2005. I lay in my bed.

Saturday, February 10, 2007. Here is a special picture I took back in 1980 of my friend,Carol. She was a beautiful dancer and one day we took a trip to a farm where the woman sold vintage clothes and she let Carol and my daughter,Valerie, try on dresses and pose for a variety of pictures. This one of them and seems fitting to put into this Blog in honor of Aletta and the world of dance. Tuesday, July 11, 2006.

Wednesday, September 28, 2005. This piece was written during a literary dry spell, one that Soul Food has helped to dispell. Friday, September 16, 2005. Items I first associated with a state of grace. The resurrection of the body. And we must pass .