Over the next little while, Compass & Quill will be moving forward with a new site design and outline. Along with the physical changes, the site will also be reigning in focus, then expanding on a selection of topics. Since there are almost 1,000 of you reading this blog now (Side note: 1,000? Woohoo!), I figured I’d ask what it is that brought you here, and what makes you come back.

Please take a second to answer the poll below, and feel free to check as many boxes (or as few) as you’d like. I apologize for not embedding it, but Polldaddy isn’t allowing multiple choices, Pollcode isn’t loading correctly, and EasyPoll isn’t loading at all. After 45 minutes of fiddling around, I’ve decided to give up on creating polls in different sites to see how they’ll work out and just to include the link here for the time being. I really appreciate you taking the time to click through!

http://www.easypolls.net/poll.html?p=523bc224e4b0efe7256c6019

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I’m Nova

I have no “personal brand.” I’m not a girl boss, I’m not an influencer, and I don’t aspire to be powerful, inspiring, or rich. I probably can’t teach you anything, and there’s a good chance that there’s nothing at all of interest or use to you here. This is just where I come to talk about the random bits and pieces that make up my quiet life as a sober woman in her 40s. I’m engaged to the love of my life, have six (yes, SIX) indoor pets, and spend a lot of time gardening and hunting for thrift treasures. I also study classical voice (I’m a lyric coloratura soprano) and am deeply interested in all things spiritual and paranormal. Right now I’m trying to recover from career burnout and even out my personal energy, but my eventual goal is to become a medium and shamanic healer, using music to remind humans of the things that actually matter: connection, community, and loving all living things as though they were our own children. I may or may not talk about all of these things here (and sometimes all at once). Welcome!