ROGELIA'S HOUSE OF MAGIC TRAILER CREDITS:
Novel by Jamie Martinez Wood
Directed and Edited by Lori Stoll
Produced by Jamie Martinez Wood and Lori Stoll
Music & Lyrics by Paul R. Moore
Vocals by Barbara Laufer
Narration by Stephanie T. Keefer
Fern: Amber Michelle Millan
Marina: Carolann Weske
Rogelia: Josefina Martinez
Tristán : Tom Castro
Xochitl: Jessica Equihua
Special Thanks to Four Crows Spiritual Center and Cantera
Writer. Spiritualist. Latina. Earth Mother. A Site for Books and Thoughts on Empowerment,
Culture, and Magic.
JamieMartinezWood.com seeks to provide a resource for unearthing your path to wholeness and full embodiment of Spirit. It offers information about my latest works and workshops, views on earth spirituality and the journey to self-discovery and resources for more facets of Spirit. All is wrapped in a hope and sealed with a kiss that it helps you. The Divine lives and breathes as you. Blessed be.
Earth Mother calls to her children to bring healing to their lives. By healing ourselves we will, in turn, begin to heal Her and our fellow brothers and sisters. Look within yourself to find the answers to your happiness. Know that you have everything you will ever need right inside you. Look to the beauty of a drop of dew on a spider's web or the trusting flight of a bird and know that you are divinely protected and guarded at all times. Invoke magick by believing in your power to create all that you can dream of and more.
Trust in yourself and believe in the love our Earth Mother holds for us. She who cradles her babes in the womb of her ocean belly, in the arms of her gnarled oak trees, with her sweet wind breath and the fire that sparks life and passion. Trust in each other. Know what answers you cannot find for yourself are available whenever you reach out to your sisters and brothers. We are all related. When we help one we help us.
Rogelia's House of Magic Three Very Different Girls
One Wise Mentor
A Summer They'll Never Forget
"The narrative is well written and descriptive, incorporating Spanish phrases that are easy to understand in context and add flavor to the telling. The characters and their relationships with others are solidly developed. The novel will appeal to readers interested in magic and astrology, and several spells are appended (charging a crystal wand, a confidence incantation, etc.)."
Hispanic Heritage Month is celebrated Sept. 15-Oct. 15. To commemorate the period, The Orange County Register asked readers to tell their family stories of the Latino experience in Orange County.
The following story was written by my aunt, Elaine Cali, about my grandfather and Daddy figure, Joe Martinez.
My father, Joe Martinez, was born in 1924 in Orange, He was a first-generation Mexican American and the youngest of nine children.
His parents immigrated to the U.S. during the Mexican Revolution seeking a better life. Growing up poor in the humble barrio area on Cypress Street, he never enjoyed the luxury of being spoiled, but rather took his place in the family and helped out where he could.
He was a happy child living amongst the sights and sounds of laughing children, the tempting aroma of Mexican dishes, and dusty roads filling the air of this close-knit neighborhood.
In the 1920's and 30's segregation was a part of life in America, and in Orange it took the form of a separate (but not equal) elementary school for Mexican children only, and special days for them to swim in the Orange plunge at Hart Park (the day before the pool was cleaned).
A sense of honor seemed to carry him through his life, as he volunteered for the Army Air Corp upon graduating from Orange High School when he was just 18 years old and World War II was raging.
He wanted to contribute to the war effort and his dream was to become a pilot. His dream came true and he became a B-17 pilot (one of very few Mexican American pilots) and rose through the ranks captain of his squadron. During his military career he flew more than 30 successful missions over enemy territory in Europe.
After the war he wanted to become a commercial pilot, and applied to many major air carriers but was denied. One can only speculate as to why someone with his tremendous credentials and stellar war record was passed over.
Only Mexicana Airlines accepted him — on the condition that he relinquish his U.S. citizenship. He told them, "I didn't spend the last three years of my life fighting for America to give up my citizenship." and turned them down.
He went to work instead at the Sunkist Packing House down the street from where he grew up. It was there that he met Della Ruiz, a beautiful young woman and sixth-generation descendant of the Yorba clan. They quickly fell in love and married. She had a son from a previous marriage, David, that my dad raised and loved as his own son.
December 6
10 a.m. - 12 noon
Woman Spirit Winter Solstice Festival
UNITARIAN UNIVERSALIST CHURCH OF LONG BEACH
5450 Atherton, Long Beach, CA
http://www.longbeachwomanspirit.org/WSF2008.html
January 25 3 p.m.
Latina Authors Panel
Los Alamitos/Rossmoor Library
12700 Montecito
Seal Beach, CA. 90740
February 14-15
PantheaCon
San Jose, CA
Booksigning
April 4 2009
Literary Orange 2009
Young Adult Panel
University California, Irvine
December is the season of Yule, an ancient word meaning Wheel. This is the time of year when we recognize that the wheel of life is in constant motion, turning and ever evolving. No-thing lasts forever, and yet everything is eternal.
It is also my birthday month and with the power of my solar's return I often feel the intense planetary influences. Just recently Skyler asked me how it was decided what certain things or territories the planets rule, i.e., Mercury ruling communication or Jupiter representing abundance. Frankly I was pretty spent from explaining the optical illusion of 2-D that makes it seems that Mercury goes backwards (with my props: the mayo jar, an apple and an orange). So I defered the answer to my friends and this great responses came from Victoria Bearden and I wanted to share it with you.
The following story was written by my aunt, Elaine Cali, about my grandfather and Daddy figure, Joe Martinez.
