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Of Witches and Wise-Women
🎃🎃🎃 When I was asked to illustrate Mouse Tales several years ago, I didn’t expect the witch in Hansel and Gretel to challenge me so much. It’s hard to illustrate a witch without falling into old stereotypes. In the illustrations that follow, I explain my thoughts behind the drawings -see for yourself if you think I succeeded! 😱 Dear Friends, Walking through the Halloween aisle recently, this really hit home. Surrounded by life-sized witch figures, I suddenly realized what

Andrea Torrey Balsara
Oct 313 min read
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Inner Peace Within the Chaos: 10 Ways to Stay Grounded in 2025
Dear Friends, I have several new projects on the go and will take my practitioner’s exam in Eden Energy Medicine in under two weeks. I will share more on my projects (and the results of my exam!) later, but in this newsletter I want to address the struggles with mental health I see happening in the world. I’ve made no secret that I’ve had to work hard for my mental health, but what’s new is that so many people are struggling with it now, too . With the current, chaotic state

Andrea Torrey Balsara
Mar 305 min read
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There Are No Accidents 🌻
Dear Friends, It’s funny how things work. A few months ago, I shared a work-in-progress painting of Darwin, my donkey friend who died two...

Andrea Torrey Balsara
Nov 8, 20241 min read
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