{"id":545,"date":"2005-10-28T22:54:00","date_gmt":"2005-10-28T22:54:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.chasclifton.com\/?p=545"},"modified":"2005-10-28T22:54:00","modified_gmt":"2005-10-28T22:54:00","slug":"545","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.chasclifton.com\/?p=545","title":{"rendered":""},"content":{"rendered":"

Witchy Woman<\/strong><\/p>\n

Marin County, Calif., Witch and writer Macha NightMare<\/a> sits down for a friendly chat with a reporter<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Whatever else one might expect from having coffee with a world-famous practicing witch, one can\u2019t come away from a meeting with Macha NightMare without being certain of one thing: She\u2019s quite religious. Not in the dangerous, frothing, uncomfortable manner one sometimes associates with unhinged religious fervor, but more in the mold of a funny, confident, appealingly eccentric nun, the kind who knows what she believes and is calmly empowered by it, the kind you might meet at a wedding or peace rally, and walk away later feeling glad you\u2019d met her.<\/em><\/p>\n

It’s a better-than-average “Silly Season” article, thanks to an articulate interview subject and a sympathetic interviewer.<\/p>\n

Macha notes separately that she herself does not teach Media & Public Relations at Cherry Hill Seminary<\/a>.<\/p>\n

UPDATE: She is interviewed here<\/a> too. She is<\/em> the Bay Area’s go-to Witch.<\/p>\n

Tags: Halloween<\/a>, Macha NightMare<\/a>, Witchcraft<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Witchy Woman Marin County, Calif., Witch and writer Macha NightMare sits down for a friendly chat with a reporter. Whatever else one might expect from having coffee with a world-famous practicing witch, one can\u2019t come away from a meeting with Macha NightMare without being certain of one thing: She\u2019s quite religious. 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