A call to action!

Pledge to support "Witch, The Book of Remembrance," by Rowan Morrison. This is a call to action for everyone who knows me as Janine Phillips or Janina Grey. In June of 2024 I faced my demons and took a very long step (and flight across the Pond) to right horrific wrongs that had been committed… Continue reading A call to action!

International Women’s Day

Saturday, March 8, 2025 Saturday, March 8 is International Women’s Day. This day is meant to mark the achievements women have made and continue to make in a male dominated world. It’s also a time to promote equal rights and to speak out against efforts to take those rights away. I grew up in the… Continue reading International Women’s Day

LACED IN YOUR LEATHER

There is something about finishing a book that wires me to the point I can't sleep. You think I'd be exhausted, toiling over every last word, but no. I'm pumped. I'm excited. I want to dance. I want to jump up and down. I want to shout, "I DID IT!" LACED IN YOUR LEATHER is… Continue reading LACED IN YOUR LEATHER

‘Tis the Season

Yuletide blessings to everyone as we prepare to say 'farewell' to 2024 and this holiday season. Yule is a longtime term associated with the winter holiday season, which I've adopted as my customary greeting. My "Happy Holidays" go to was insulting some, so I decided to bring back the greeting our great greats probably used… Continue reading ‘Tis the Season

From Halloween to Samhain

Part of my collection of my lovely witches. On or around October 1 our house begins the transition from summer to Autumn, from the last vestiges of light into the cloak of darkness that embraces our hemisphere for the next six months. Our regular decor is replaced with witches, skeletons, ghosts, a creepy village, pumpkins,… Continue reading From Halloween to Samhain

Building a Foundation

October is Domestic Violence Awareness Month. Join YWCA Mohawk Valley for Take Back the Night on Tuesday, October 22, at 7 Rutger Park, Utica, NY. Here is my recap of the Solidarity Opening Night last week at Main Street Mercantile in Little Falls, NY.

Going Home to Richfield Springs

RS Library Authors and Artist Expo Review Tabling at the Richfield Springs Library Authors and Artists Expo on September 28, 2024 was more a homecoming than a business venture. Last weekend I had the amazing opportunity to return to an old stomping ground where I spent many a day writing news and feature from 2004… Continue reading Going Home to Richfield Springs