I love seeing images like ducks snails, and hats in my Tea Leaves. Here are my interpretations. What are yours?

Tabitha Dial | Creating Refuge (@tabithadial)

Two of my favorite Tea Leaf Reading symbols are the duck and the snail/hat. 🦆Remember to let things slide off our backs, so we can glide like ducks on water. 🐌In the roles we choose, an awareness ...

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YAY!!! I made it into Princeton Library's Local Author Day!!! Here's the book (I'll sell both my nonfiction books, but this one fit the requirement of being less than 3 years old):

Cheese Astrology: A Weekly Guide

This weekly guide seeks to enhance the entertaining and often revealing practice of astrology with a passion for cheese and a nod toward magickal purposes.

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Oh you say you ain't seen a Cucuzza before? Let me show you! A new plant for me! It's a mild Italian Zucchini, fresh from the garden. Your reminder to take up space.

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Cucuzza is your reminder to take up space. I wish I knew about this Italian Zucchini years ago. 🌱The plant sprawls and needs tremendous trellis room-- But it's yummy and doesn't have issues like re...

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Creativity is an act of resistance. May you find more strength in yourself. It felt "magic" writing this Post shaped around a poem inspired by The Tinman in The Wizard of Oz. The Goal Guidance/Poetry Prompt spoke to a lot of people. And it was so fun.

My Poem Without a Heart

The Wizard of Oz guided me through heartache and into a print anthology during my first year of an annual poetry challenge. Writing Prompt. Goal Guidance.

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“I insist that our fates are not from our fathers/and mothers, that we create our own.” "Pre-determination", a poem from my upcoming debut poetry collection, “Alert the Oracle”. 🔮

After a book is launched, it's no longer your own. Here's a clip from my latest Live.

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🌱We may choose to go public with our creativity because we trust that it is a gift. We appreciate connection. ❌We may be afraid to go public because we know everyone else can see our writing or other...

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This Post uses cheerleader chants and movement to boost your confidence. Especially around jobs.

Cheerlead Your Self into A New Job: Your Creative Odyssey

How to trust your best self Day One at a new job by developing your own mantras. From a leader in celebrating imagination and big wins through small goals.

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This reflection on how "12 Week Years" helped me with my poetry collection is one of my favorite things I've published. Thankfully, I've felt this almost every week, every new Post. I've got more. I'm honored to be able to share. It's never too late to start something new.

Had a “grate" time on a podcast about “Cheese Astrology: A Weekly Guide". 🔭After working in cheese shops for a dozen years, I had a range of knowledge to apply to the cosmos. Explore Retrogrades Cheesy holidays around the globe How to use cheese for divination Your Cheese Sign and more. 🔮

Cheese Astrology ft. Tabitha Dial

Omg Tarot! A Podcast About Reading Tarot Cards · Episode

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Art is a form of resistance. Advice for Poets and other Creatives on creating a body of work samples.

Fearlessly Moving Forward: Finding your Work Samples

Steps I took when I got into my Master of Fine Arts program: The Zen and Art of Writing Furiously and staying open to submissions.

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Authors who explore their old publications discover new purpose all the time. My books were written to expand your personal landscape. It's a pleasure to share fresh ideas on what I mean by that. End your creative blocks with this three-part series. Now on Substack.

Come on a Writing Road Trip

Declare independence from boredom. Road Trip writing ideas. "Cheese Astrology: Guide" / "Creative Divination: Read Tea Leaves and Develop your Personal Code".

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DuckDuckGo also lets you view YouTube without the ads! (It just won't remain in your YouTube history)

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Since Google has decided everyone's too dumb to search for things without an AI "helping", let's all remind each other -and Google- that there are other search engines to use.

If you're not Subscribed for free on my Substack, you'll miss Goal Guidance for Creatives and Poetry Prompts. I hope you'll join me there. 🍩Read about when I did Donut Sprinkle Readings on Tiktok-- open.substack.com/pub/tabithad...

I Quit Tiktok After Losing The Totally Awesome Gameshow

Interpreting donut sprinkles as if they were tea leaves in front of thousands wasn't the original goal

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🫖🔮I'm taking on new Tarot Card and Tea Leaf Reading clients on Zoom for the first time in awhile. 🧀🔭AND Tarot Readings with Cheese Astrology Affirmations. Book Here: calendly.com/tabithadial

The Wizard of Oz was a huge influence on me as a young girl. I had long felt our friend the Tin Man sabotaged himself. I understood him as I wrote a poem from his POV- 8 years ago. Check it out: open.substack.com/pub/tabithad... And create your refuge. XOXO

Made a new friend on the way to Independence Hall, appropriately enough.

Intellectual freedom matters! Celebrate the joy of reading with our banned book reading challenges + free printables 📚 #BannedBooks #FreePrintable #Librarians #BookSky #Teachers #Edusky #KidsActivities

Banned Book Reading Challenges for Kids (With Customizable Free Printables!)

It's Read Across America Week here in the US, and I couldn't think of a better way to observe it this year than with some creative ways to celebrate banned

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I wanted to fall asleep while starting "Charlotte's Web" Maybe that's on Insight Timer. No I'm not staying up til midnight! I couldn't do that when I was in my 20s, and that was 20-odd years ago!!

Nina's welcome around me and my garden any time.

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@ninaturner.bsky.social I didn't know who you were until 2 minutes ago when I uncharacteristically logged into FB and saw this posted in my feed, but holy shit thank you for speaking truth.

Curious what tomorrow's Full Moon brings? Want to use your energy to create refuge? Hope y'all enjoy reading this Tarot article for the Full Moon in Scorpio as much as I enjoyed writing it. open.substack.com/pub/tabithad...

🫖I've read Tarot and Tea Leaves for 15 years. I like to joke: 🤲🏻"Palm Reading next lifetime" 🧳Because I wouldn't have to carry around teacups, decks, etc. ✍️🏻I had a good time working on this poem about a palm reader. Thanks for looking:

"Once a palm reader told me"

A poem about acting, yourself, your future, your heart -- and the wild west.

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Something to consider about being an indie author.

Alina Lee, Yurisaurus Regina@typewriterlizard.bsky.social · 4mo ago

Getting a book out in print when you're indie requires approving a proof copy, generally speaking. And I cannot afford even that.

We are looking for short stories, poetry, and audio. 😼We want alternate histories with cats playing a major role in the tail –er– tale. Asking this question: 🐈‍⬛️What changed because The Cat told all? (Or didn’t.) 🤝🏻SUBMIT: Use the Roses & Wildflowers link in my first link in my bio.

🧵Unique Tea Leaf Reading opportunity in this thread: Writers Retreats can lead to new disciplines outside of writing. 👩🏻‍🌾Going last year inspired me to take gardening very seriously: I'm returning to a retreat features fresh foods that incorporate veggies grown on site.

💙⏳️Patience is pivotal for gardening. 💙🌿Pruning is pivotal for certain branches of gardening. 😜😄See what I did there?

It's still afternoon somewhere and I was all up in the violets. Not really: Hey, y'all. How are you this allergy season?

Do you have a favorite heart emoji? Let's discuss here! open.substack.com/pub/tabithad...

Personal Divination: Blue Heart Emojis and More

Show me your 3 most recent emojis and I'll interpret their significance to your past, present, and future.

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💙🌻There will always be more flowers to sow-- but we're getting garden stuff done! 📚🤝🏻Forgot to check off that I posted my daily poem for National Poetry Month to friends at Jersey City Writers. 👩🏻‍🌾💙Do I garden for the poems hidden in the soil? Maaaaybe!

Survivor 50 Episode 7: Coach just created a haiku and the reaction from fellow castaways was priceless. Happy National Poetry Month from Fiji.