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“The dead are celebrated. The dead are loved. They give something to the living. Once you put something into the ground, Doctor, you always know where to find it.”

- Téa Obreht from her novel "The Tiger's Wife"
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Beyond Halloween

Honoring the dead ancestors with a Wiccan Priestess, Cerridwen Fallingstar

In honor of Halloween, I had the opportunity to speak with Wiccan Priestess Cerridwen Fallingstar. At sixty-two, she is stunning in a bright summer dress in the midst of a misty Marin County morning. Cerridwen’s eyes flicker with enthusiasm under … Continue reading

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