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October 26, 2020October 25, 2020 Erica ReidLeave a Comment

Happy 1st birthday, Fiona!

Dan and I had the fortune to be invited to my niece’s first birthday party. The “pancakes and pajamas” party gathered Fiona’s friends and family on Zoom. We got to watch Fiona be spoiled rotten by gifts, then toddle around her living room. She’s becoming quite the little walker. (Sometimes I can’t believe that my […]

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February 1, 2020February 1, 2020 Erica ReidLeave a Comment

Ask and ye shall receive

Since roughly middle school, I have always wanted to learn how to read tarot cards. (This Baba Yaga thing is not my first experience with witchyness, by a long shot.) However, when I was ready to start learning tarot, I ran into a snag: someone told me that it’s bad luck to buy your own […]

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January 14, 2020January 13, 2020 Erica ReidLeave a Comment

Tattoo before and after: Baba Yaga’s house in color

A few weeks ago I shared my new tattoo inspired by the Russian folk story of Baba Yaga. (Read the full tattoo story, as well as its dedication to my new niece and nephew, in this post.) By now, I trust the process. As much as I love the basic line work on a tattoo, […]

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December 30, 2019December 28, 2019 Erica ReidLeave a Comment

3 days in Philadelphia

Following our 3 days in Cincinnati we spent another 3 days in Philadelphia… with a bit of Delaware in between. Delaware was one of the 7 states Dan and I had not yet visited together, so now we’re down to 6 (North Dakota, Kansas, Arizona, Nevada, Louisiana, Hawaii). We had just a bit of time […]

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