{"id":30682,"date":"2024-10-30T20:22:16","date_gmt":"2024-10-31T00:22:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/paganpages.org\/emagazine\/?p=30682"},"modified":"2024-10-30T20:26:11","modified_gmt":"2024-10-31T00:26:11","slug":"weylands-whey-samhain-2024-column","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/paganpages.org\/emagazine\/2024\/10\/30\/weylands-whey-samhain-2024-column\/","title":{"rendered":"Weyland\u2019s Whey, Samhain 2024 Column"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>For Your Deliberation<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Samhain is my favorite Sabbat!\u00a0 I observe it (in my own ways) from the day after Mabon until the morning of All Hallows.\u00a0 Enjoy!<\/p>\n<p><strong>VOTE<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>That!\u00a0 That!!\u00a0 Dude Looks Like a Cyborg!!!<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>These days when I step out the door, I have a glucose sensor glued to my arm, a Fitbit on my wrist and a cell phone with more gadgets in it than Batman&#8217;s utility belt!\u00a0 Better living through electronics!<\/p>\n<p><strong>Granny One<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Dylan came home.\u00a0 As he started up the stairs to his apartment, he noticed a new Halloween decoration his landlady had put out near the foot of the stairs: an old crone doll in a battered rocker, with long gray hair and snarly teeth.<\/p>\n<p>She reminded him of his grandmother, a woman he&#8217;d never had the warm fuzzies for.<\/p>\n<p>Dylan gave the doll a frown and went upstairs.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Free Plug Dept.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em>Anchor Cooling &amp; Heating<\/em><\/p>\n<p>HVAC Services in Secaucus NJ.<\/p>\n<p>201-452-1932<\/p>\n<p>Fast, reliable service.\u00a0 Honest.\u00a0 Friendly.\u00a0 I use them myself.\u00a0 You should too.<\/p>\n<p>5 brooms.<\/p>\n<p><em>Cyn (Grey Strega).\u00a0\u00a0<\/em>Mystic, tarot reader, friend.\u00a0 You can find her across the following social media channels (You Tube\/Tik Tok\/Instagram\/Threads) at @greystrega.\u00a0 She posts a column on her Substack called Mystic Meditations wherein she provides a summary of what she has channeled over the course of the month&#8217;s readings, as well as a weekly newsletter that gives information on in person events and her live schedule.\u00a0 She also has a monthly class program that is run through her Substack.<\/p>\n<p>5 brooms.<\/p>\n<p><em>S&amp;S Automotive<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Complete Automotive Service &amp; Repair.\u00a0 Foreign and Domestic.<\/p>\n<p>1620 Patterson Plank Road, Secaucus, N.J.<\/p>\n<p>s&amp;sauto@aol.com<\/p>\n<p>I use these guys too!\u00a0 And they\u00a0<em>never<\/em> disappoint!<\/p>\n<p><strong>Granny Two<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Dylan came home.\u00a0 He noticed that one of the neighbor&#8217;s outside pumpkins had a deep gaping hole in it, as if an animal had gotten to it.<\/p>\n<p>He gave Granny a glance as he passed her.\u00a0 And stopped.\u00a0 Hunkered down and stared at her.<\/p>\n<p>The front of Granny&#8217;s dress was wet and stained, as if something had dripped down onto it.\u00a0 A lot of something.\u00a0 And little pieces of orange were stuck between her tiny, jagged teeth.<\/p>\n<p>Dylan stood up fast and walked quickly around the corner of the house.\u00a0 He decided to take the back stairs from now on.<\/p>\n<p><strong>MUSIC Review<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em>Midnight Syndicate.\u00a0\u00a0<\/em>They&#8217;re an American musical duo working mainly in the dark ambient, neoclassical, darkwave genres.\u00a0 They&#8217;re based in Camden, Ohio.<\/p>\n<p>Their songs are notable for blends of instrumental music and sound effects. (They refer to their own CDs as &#8220;soundtracks for the imagination&#8221;.)\u00a0 Their music is featured during Halloween, and in theme parks, haunted attractions and within roleplaying games.\u00a0 They&#8217;ve had several past members (they&#8217;ve been around since 1997, after all), but currently boast Edward Douglas and Gavin Gozka.<\/p>\n<p>www.midnightsyndicate.com<\/p>\n<p>5 brooms.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Bio<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Weyland Smith is a columnist for paganpages.org.\u00a0 He can be reached at weylandsmith@yahoo.co<\/p>\n<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-29139\" src=\"https:\/\/paganpages.org\/emagazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/witch-hunt-225x300.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/paganpages.org\/emagazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/witch-hunt-225x300.png 225w, https:\/\/paganpages.org\/emagazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/witch-hunt.png 360w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>For Your Deliberation Samhain is my favorite Sabbat!\u00a0 I observe it (in my own ways) from the day after Mabon until the morning of All Hallows.\u00a0 Enjoy! VOTE That!\u00a0 That!!\u00a0 Dude Looks Like a Cyborg!!! These days when I step out the door, I have a glucose sensor glued to my arm, a Fitbit on my wrist and a cell phone with more gadgets in it than Batman&#8217;s utility belt!\u00a0 Better living through electronics! Granny One Dylan came home.\u00a0 As he started up the stairs to his apartment, he noticed a new Halloween decoration his landlady had put out near the foot of the stairs: an old crone doll in a battered rocker, with long gray hair and snarly teeth. She reminded him of his grandmother, a woman he&#8217;d never had the warm fuzzies for. Dylan gave the doll a frown and went upstairs. Free Plug Dept. Anchor Cooling &amp; Heating HVAC Services in Secaucus NJ. 201-452-1932 Fast, reliable service.\u00a0 Honest.\u00a0 Friendly.\u00a0 I use them myself.\u00a0 You should too. 5 brooms. Cyn (Grey Strega).\u00a0\u00a0Mystic, tarot reader, friend.\u00a0 You can find her across the following social media channels (You Tube\/Tik Tok\/Instagram\/Threads) at @greystrega.\u00a0 She posts a column on her Substack called Mystic Meditations wherein she provides a summary of what she has channeled over the course of the month&#8217;s readings, as well as a weekly newsletter that gives information on in person events and her live schedule.\u00a0 She also has a monthly class program that is run through her Substack. 5 brooms. S&amp;S Automotive Complete Automotive Service &amp; Repair.\u00a0 Foreign and Domestic. 1620 Patterson Plank Road, Secaucus, N.J. s&amp;sauto@aol.com I use these guys too!\u00a0 And they\u00a0never disappoint! Granny Two Dylan came home.\u00a0 He noticed that one of the neighbor&#8217;s outside pumpkins had a deep gaping hole in it, as if an animal had gotten to it. He gave Granny a glance as he passed her.\u00a0 And stopped.\u00a0 Hunkered down and stared at her. The front of Granny&#8217;s dress was wet and stained, as if something had dripped down onto it.\u00a0 A lot of something.\u00a0 And little pieces of orange were stuck between her tiny, jagged teeth. Dylan stood up fast and walked quickly around the corner of the house.\u00a0 He decided to take the back stairs from now on. MUSIC Review Midnight Syndicate.\u00a0\u00a0They&#8217;re an American musical duo working mainly in the dark ambient, neoclassical, darkwave genres.\u00a0 They&#8217;re based in Camden, Ohio. Their songs are notable for blends of instrumental music and sound effects. (They refer to their own CDs as &#8220;soundtracks for the imagination&#8221;.)\u00a0 Their music is featured during Halloween, and in theme parks, haunted attractions and within roleplaying games.\u00a0 They&#8217;ve had several past members (they&#8217;ve been around since 1997, after all), but currently boast Edward Douglas and Gavin Gozka. www.midnightsyndicate.com 5 brooms. Bio Weyland Smith is a columnist for paganpages.org.\u00a0 He can be reached at weylandsmith@yahoo.co<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":284,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"iawp_total_views":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[10004],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-30682","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-monthly-columns"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/paganpages.org\/emagazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30682","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/paganpages.org\/emagazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/paganpages.org\/emagazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/paganpages.org\/emagazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/284"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/paganpages.org\/emagazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=30682"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/paganpages.org\/emagazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30682\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":30684,"href":"https:\/\/paganpages.org\/emagazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30682\/revisions\/30684"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/paganpages.org\/emagazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=30682"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/paganpages.org\/emagazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=30682"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/paganpages.org\/emagazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=30682"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}