It was the sixties in small town Illinois, I was a little boy, and was walking to my Granny Bert’s house. She lived a block away, …
My Death Part II: In which the author peers over the edge and steps back
I felt pretty good. Almost elated. The pain in my jaw had gone away. I was talking to the ambulance attendant about how you can’t …
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Dittany of Crete in the Witch’s Garden, June 10
Dittany of Crete grows only on steep, rocky mountainsides and gorges on the island of Crete, in the Aegean sea. It’s a symbol of …
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Henbane (Hyoscyamus niger): It gave oracles their sight and made witches fly, yellow blossoms on one of the darkest of plants inhabiting a deadly corner of the Witch’s Garden
The henbane's first effect was purely physical discomfort. My limbs lost certainty, pains hammered in my head, and I began to feel …
