Hello friends and welcome! I’m Sylvan and I’ll be your author today.
I am currently 45 years old, a double Scorpio, a native Texan, a size 26; my pronouns are she/her.
Important note to start off: If you are homophobic, misogynistic, support Trump to any degree, think AR15s are more important than people’s lives, are anti LGBTQIA, a terf, a big lover of capitalism or a hater of fat people, then my work, and I, are definitely NOT FOR YOU. I am a trans-affirming, anti-fascist, anti-racist feminist. If you plan to argue with me on these points…go away. I do not engage with trolls.
There! I saved us both some time.
I am a Unitarian Universalist Pagan; I used to identify as Wiccan (hence the books I wrote on the subject) but realized I’d left the label behind years ago. I’m trying to figure out where I fit in as far as the modern Pagan world goes; I’m from an older generation before social media was much of a thing, so I feel pretty out of touch. I am working on my YouTube skills so I can contribute to the larger community – I used to teach quite a bit, and I think the video format might suit me if I can just figure out how I want to do it!
I am an ethical vegan and I seriously do not care why you eat meat or can’t give up cheese. I am making the first few notes on a Pagan vegan e-book or something like it, because I know there are a lot of us and a lot of Pagans who would be interested.
I believe in deity most days but am also staunchly pro-science because nobody’s thousand year old book or invisible Friend, including whatever the heck I believe in, should dictate public policy.
I am mentally ill and talk about it quite openly because silence and stigma both kill.
My fiction involves LGBTQIA relationships and polyamorous relationships. Like a lot. I curse a VERY LOT. I abuse capslock regularly.
This past year I took up miniatures as a hobby; I’ve been working on a Witchy dollhouse for most of the year. If you follow me on Instagram you’ve seen pictures. By “working on” I mean “building from scratch,” including the furniture and fixtures. It’s been quite an adventure.
Meanwhile here are ten of my favorite things, updated for early 2023:
- The Sandman (Netflix series)
- Encanto
- JuniperFoxx on Instagram
- Lizzo
- Impossible Whoppers
- My cat Darcy (Owen, my beloved panda cat, died in 2021. I miss him every day. But I adore Mr. Darcy)
- Autumn, even in Texas
- Starbucks, without irony.
- Taylor Swift, also without irony.
- Lucifer (Netflix series)
Oh! Here are ten more!
- Sauteed mushrooms
- Vegan Cookbooks
- Spirit cat art by Nicole Piar (I have her Witch Cats oracle deck and it’s SO LOVELY)
- Cool sunny days
- Public libraries
- Dinosaurs
- Nature documentaries, especially those narrated by David Attenborough
- The Light Seers tarot deck
- Pusheen
- Thoughts of Dog (thus the above mug)