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December 2014

December 12, 2014

What Watches As We Laugh?

To think of land spirits as only passive victims of our rage and human endeavors...

December 04, 2014

This Tiresome Place

There are places where humans still stop to chat, without looking at a watch or...

November 2014

November 28, 2014

Ferguson is a Forest

What if you weren't allowed in a forest? How Private Property and Spirits of Place...

November 27, 2014

Not The Thanksgiving You Were Looking For

A couple nights ago I lay in bed not quite falling asleep while thinking about...

November 12, 2014

When Technology Forces Us To Leave Space For Nature

As I approached the forest last week, I remembered that the reason it exists there...

November 07, 2014

Our Dark Secret

15 years ago, two ten-year old boys saved a city from our dark secret....

November 04, 2014

Meeting With The Gods and Spirits

How do I tell you a story without telling you the whole story? I'm good...

October 2014

October 29, 2014

After the Storm, The Mushrooms Arrive

Every little thing distracts me as I walk. The sound of a bird alert warning...

October 22, 2014

The Mystic Black Hole Where Technology Failed Me

It was like a black hole. Only it didn't affect light. It only affected communication....

October 17, 2014

Finding Land Spirits and The Fae

Helpful tips to finding the Fae and Land Spirits, and also, advice to make your...

October 13, 2014

Remembering the never born: claiming a sibling as an Ancestor

I claim my never-born sibling as an Ancestor, because hir death fundamentally shaped my life....

October 03, 2014

Under the Pavement, The Forest

Imagine a forest underneath the pavement, waiting to come out....

September 2014

September 23, 2014

A Tale of Hospital Spirits

During those quiet days of the weekend I had time to sit in the hospital...

September 22, 2014

Autumn Equinox: The Scottish independence referendum, balance, and forward motion

Each equinox is a time of balance between dark and light, night and day. And...

September 19, 2014

The Crossroads of Memory

Walking the paths of memory might get us closer to understanding eternity...

September 10, 2014

De-Colonizing Ourselves So We Can Help Others

It's time for us to stop thinking that improving the lives of others means making...

September 08, 2014

When the heather blooms: the end of summer

I do my best to appreciate the land as it is, today, through all of...

September 05, 2014

Where They May Be Found: The Dead

The Dead are never far away. Sixth in the series, "Where They May Be Found."

August 2014

August 22, 2014

Missing The Forest

Sometimes Forests need trees to hide them.

August 20, 2014

Finding Identity In The Directions

There is a place where there are No Directions, and yet from that place spring...

August 18, 2014

Know your wild herbs: A is for Angelica

A is for Angelica: part 1 of an A-to-Z of wild herbs with medicinal, magical...

August 14, 2014

Sitting On This Speck Of Dust In The Cosmos

I didn't post on A Sense of Place yesterday. I wanted to, I really did,...

August 08, 2014

Where They May Be Found: Dionysos

Between the pining and the longing, there He is. Where They May Be Found, part...

August 05, 2014

The Scythe… Harvest And Death

The Hooded Figure With A Scythe is not a squanderer of opportunities. It is silent...

August 04, 2014

When water is cut off: from Cochabamba to Detroit, by way of my bathroom

We all need water, but we are not all in control of our water supply.

July 2014

July 29, 2014

Buying Land

Recently I spent a night outside near a plot that I am thinking about making...

July 28, 2014

The Common Riding: Langholm’s Great Day

As Pagans, we are often used to thinking of traditions linking people to seasons and...

July 23, 2014

A Call To War

The same thing that disenchants the world is killing the earth. This is a call...

July 23, 2014

A San Francisco Girl Contemplates New York

New York is an amazing place. I was born and raised in the San Francisco...

July 15, 2014

Rites of A Winemaker

This, he said, was an example of the rite this wine demanded, but it was...

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