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Since the publication of the Spring issue, we have had so many changes that I hardly know where to begin.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Working on a volunteer basis has many limitations, and people tend to come and go in cycles. This past year has been a time of saying goodbye to some people who\u2019ve worked on this journal and in various capacities in our umbrella organization for many years. Several hard to replace and very much missed member of our all volunteer staff have left us, including long-time editor, Laurie Dietrich, has moved on to explore opportunities in her career as a performance artist.\u00a0 Annie, our annual retreat accountant, has had an unexpected complicated estate to settle and had to take a leave of absence. Theresa, our tax consultant, has moved on with her career in another field and found that she could not continue with her private clients, including us.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Kristen, our web designer for several years, is retiring in February and to say that she will be very much missed is an understatement of some proportion. It is Kristen who has created the look and feel of this journal and her sister, Roses & Wildflowers<\/a>. <\/i>Kristen has always been patient with our questions. Including those we should already know the answers to. Thank you, Kristen, from all of us, and we wish you well on your next adventures.<\/p>\n Very sadly, regular contributor, writer, award-winning poet, and Jungian scholar, Ronald L. Boyer, known to us as Ron,\u00a0 passed away in July. Ron\u2019s work graced our pages many times almost from issue one in the early \u201800s with an interview featuring Hungarian Shaman, Ivan Szendro. Most recently, Ron\u2019s poem \u201cTammuz Laments<\/a>\u201d was featured in our creative works magazine, Roses & Wildflowers<\/i> and the very memorable \u00a0<\/i>The Rebirth Archetype in Fairy Tales: A Study of Fitcher\u2019s Bird and Little Red Cap <\/i><\/a>based upon his research at the Graduate Theological Union in Berkeley, CA. Ron had been ill for some time with a serious heart condition and had gone into hospice care early in 2024. We had many delightful conversations over the years and he will be very much missed.\u00a0<\/p>\n In better news, Dr. Helena Domenic, as she finishes her year as Artist in Residence and we enter preparations for volume 13 this spring, will be joining the Advisory Board for this journal and her \u201clittle sister\u201d Roses & Wildflowers<\/i>. Dr. Yvonne Owens will also be accepting a position on the Advisory Board,\u00a0 joining William Baldwin, and our mentor, Dr. Stanley Krippner. This leaves one vacant space on the board for a tech advisor.\u00a0<\/p>\n In the Spring, we will be welcoming Jack Ruttan<\/a>, whose art has been a frequent addition to these pages, as Artist in Residence and Carly Journeyhawk Turner<\/a> will return to our staff as an arts editor.\u00a0<\/p>\n We also welcome artist, Shelly Kay, to our social media team, who took up the task when (soon to be Dr.) Subhradeep Chattergee left to focus on his dissertation somewhere in rural India. We wish Subhradeep all good fortune in his research!<\/p>\n For this issue, we also welcomed Sean Sanford to our editorial team, who stepped up to the task with enthusiasm when one of our regular editors, Kyra Freestar, became too ill to continue.\u00a0<\/p>\n Many changes! And, as of this issue\u2019s publication, the search for a web designer and an accountant commences. Please send any interested parties to ritualartsofficial@gmail.com<\/a><\/p>\n We have several ways for you to join us in conversations about our journals.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n Bluesky: @rosesandwf.bsky.social <\/span><\/a><\/p>\n \u00a0On Instagram at: roses_and_wildflowers_fiction<\/p>\n and on Discord at: https:\/\/discord.gg\/kqx4Dxau<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n On Meta at https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/profile.php?id=61556952180076<\/a><\/p>\n and: https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/coreopsisjournal<\/a><\/p>\n Or send a Letter to the Editor at ritualartsofficial@gmail.com<\/a><\/p>\n Please let us know if you don\u2019t want us to publish your letter in the next issue.\u00a0<\/p>\n Yours, until next time, your Editor, Lezlie, September, 2024<\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][\/et_pb_section][et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ _builder_version=”4.16″ background_enable_image=”off” custom_padding=”0px|||||” saved_tabs=”all” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.16″ global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”4.16″ global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_divider color=”#000000″ divider_weight=”3px” _builder_version=”4.27.2″ width=”60%” module_alignment=”center” height=”5px” global_colors_info=”{}”][\/et_pb_divider][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][et_pb_row column_structure=”1_4,1_2,1_4″ admin_label=”Bio” _builder_version=”4.27.0″ global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”1_4″ _builder_version=”4.16″ global_colors_info=”{}”][\/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=”1_2″ _builder_version=”4.16″ global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_text module_class=”noindent” _builder_version=”4.27.2″ global_colors_info=”{}”]<\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=”1_4″ _builder_version=”4.16″ global_colors_info=”{}”][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][\/et_pb_section]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Many Changes and More Ahead Editorial Autumn 2024 Lezlie Kinyon, Ph.D.Since the publication of the Spring issue, we have had so many changes that I hardly know where to begin.\u00a0 Working on a volunteer basis has many limitations, and people tend to come and go in cycles. 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Lezlie A. Kinyon of a poet, artist and scholar of the humanities. She lives in Berkeley, California, where she edits Coreopsis Journal of Myth & Theatre and Roses & Wildflowers magazine of mythopoeia and fabulism. She\u2019s been known to write poetry and fiction as L. Ann Kinyon, and goes by @LezliethePoet on Twitter and Instagram. Linktree: https:\/\/linktr.ee\/lezliethepoet<\/a><\/p>\n