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So, I’ve actually been taking some of the advice I outlined for the upcoming October 14th Libra New Moon + Eclipse in our recent post Mind the Gap here on Substack. I’ve been actively working to remediate adrenal fatigue through fasting, herbal “medicines”, and daily neural reset meditations, like Shamanic Journeying. During one such afternoon Shamanic Journeying meditation just two days ago, I was greeted by an unexpected new totem animal: white buffalo.

Welcome to It’s A Shanda, one Northeastern Jew’s quest to find a decent bagel in Seattle (and beyond). If you’re interested in taking this journey with me, make sure you subscribe so you never miss a review. If you want to make sure I review any specific bagels (or want to let me know why I’m wrong), you can email me at seanmatthewkeeley@gmail.com. I’ve spent an inordinate amount of time trying to figure out how to review a bagel place for a third time and what to call it.

I moved away from home when I was fourteen to train at one of the most demanding gymnastics clubs in the country. In 1986 I became the U.S. National Champion. But this title came with a heavy price. I trained forty hours a week and subsisted on a forced starvation diet. I was publicly berated by my coaches for gaining a quarter pound. I practiced on a broken ankle for two years.

Image by L.E. Wilson from RedBubble based on Wikipedia licensingThe 2008 animated movie Kung Fu Panda opens with a funny turn of phrase delivered to even greater comedic effect by the great Jack Black, Legend tells of a legendary warrior whose kung fu skills were the stuff of LEGEND! In one instant the mood is set. This is going to be fun. In less than one minute, we’ve also already been exposed to beautiful animation and dazzling music.

Image by L.E. Wilson from RedBubble based on work by Gianni Crestani on Pixabay Writer, director, producer John Hughes was the epitome of American cinema in the 1980’s, delivering earnest, funny, truthful films full of meaning and wisdom. I’ve previously written about one of the greatest films ever, Pretty in Pink (1986), and here we explore the layers of Life Lessons embedded in another incredible movie, Ferris Bueller’s Day Off (1986). Ferris Bueller’s Day Off (1986) is a comedy written and directed by John Hughes about Ferris Bueller (Matthew Broderick), a high school senior who knows that time is running out to be with his friends and decides to skip school in order to enjoy a day with them.

1 One of the great joys of traveling is putting my phone on Airplane Mode and forgetting about the constant stream of film/TV/podcast/music/book suggestions we’re constantly recommending to at each other as a form of social capital. These days, I’m mostly overwhelmed by just how much art and knowledge is out there and how little brain space I have to appr… ncG1vNJzZmihlqO8tbzAq6CsZqOqr7TAwJyiZ5ufonyxe9OhnGavmamwqXnTq6CapKNivKd5yaRkq6enobavsw%3D%3D

(The Witchvox Project is an ongoing series of posts to this blog, reprinting all of my reviews and media articles from The Witches’ Voice website from 1997 through around 2008. This is being done in tandem with research for my forthcoming book The Witching Hour: How Witches Enchanted the World.)I have many fond memories of watching this groundbreaking show with my friends Wren and Fritz. A favorite story we like to tell about the early days of Witchvox is that the URL was very nearly www.

(The Witchvox Project is an ongoing series of posts to this blog, reprinting all of my reviews and media articles from The Witches’ Voice website from 1997 through around 2008. This is being done in tandem with research for my forthcoming book The Witching Hour: How Witches Enchanted the World.)Wren Walker, co-founder with her husband Fritz Jung of The Witches’ Voice, Inc., wrote many diverse articles for the Witchvox site, including what was arguably the first pagan BLOG (Wren’s Nest, which posted and analyzed news stories of interest to the pagan community).

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