Author Archives: Francesca De Grandis

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Payment by check or money order: 1) Make out the check or money order to Francesca De Grandis. 2) Enclose it with your name, phone number, and the title of the class, event, or service for which you’re paying. 3) … Continue reading

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When Life Gives You Lemons, Drink Sunshine.

Trusting in the Divine during the harsh economic realities of present-day America is challenging, to say the least. A Self-Help Recipe. Continue reading

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The 2011 Annual Hassle-Free Thanksgiving Event

Before you cook a dinner you are allergic to, face in-laws who can’t remember your name, and deal with other social absurdities . . . Continue reading

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Trickster Said, “May I Have This Dance?”

Trickster said, “I’m sad. Modern pagans, intellectuals, and other free spirits say they know me, but when I come, most of them run.” Continue reading

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Mysticism and Writing as Tools to Change Self and Society

Mysticism and Writing as Tools to Change Self and Society: A
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Two Poems

It is a lesson every mystic finally learns if she comes down from her ivory tower. Rumi’s students killed his lover. Continue reading

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I Need Help with My New Book

I need help with my new book. Indie culture relies on community support. It frightens me to ask for help. But I wrote “Share My Insanity” to be of service. Continue reading

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What May Sarton Said

Late night thoughts, exhausted, fighting the flu. Exhausted by daily terror. If you’re lucky enough to publish, you’re not supposed to complain about it. But where there is great light, there will be great dark. Continue reading

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Alethea, Part Four: The World Tree

Alethea, Part Four: The World Tree. Short story fiction. Fantasy. Urban Faerie tale. Allegory. Continue reading

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Dedicated to my community

The dedication page to my almost-to-be-book reads: “Dedicated to my community.” I am so happy, I am not sure words can express it, but I’ll try.
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