As I open my new Landscape of China calendar to the first page – I couldn’t find another Crop Circle wall calendar this year – I reflect for a moment on 2011, then gaze at the picture of a misty mountain that illustrates January 2012. The change from old to new. Where I’ve come from, and where I’m going. New years and new beginnings always tickle me with a bit of wistfulness, and fill me with new hope. And it especially reminds me of one of the most important beginnings I ever experienced – the birth of my daughter – and how, during that birth, I saw her soul enter her body.

It’s taken me awhile to admit it, but mediumship has entered the digital age. Even though I was an office manager before I became a full-time psychic medium, I’ve taught computer know-how in adult education courses, and I’m comfortable using computers to help me manage my life – I never thought laptops and apps applied to message work. But I see things differently now. I currently use computers to record readings, instead of taping sessions on cassettes. Why? For one thing, fewer people these days have cassette players. Secondly, I’ve found a safe, secure way to turn readings into digital files that only the client and myself can access. So far, this new method of recording readings is working wonderfully. I just wonder how long it will be before spirit catches up, and I start getting the same type of client comments I heard when I was using tapes: “Who was that other voice I heard whispering in the background?”