Missives from the Verge with Allyson Shaw

Missives from the Verge with Allyson Shaw

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Missives from the Verge with Allyson Shaw
Missives from the Verge with Allyson Shaw
IT'S WORLD MENOPAUSE DAY

IT'S WORLD MENOPAUSE DAY

a witch chimes in, again

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Allyson Shaw
Oct 18, 2023
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Dear reader, I posted this at allysonshaw.com last year. It’s worth revisiting a year on.

A red haired, middle aged woman with her hair up. She is smiling and wears round silver glasses and big hoop earrings. The background has been removed and there is a black sky with stars behind her.

For thirty years I have worked in ritual, built altars of words, objects and spaces. I’ve lived by the moon and tides, though I wasn’t always a witch—the word was not there for me to use; it wasn’t something that occurred to me until years later when I embraced the…

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