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July 2014

July 15, 2014

Rites of A Winemaker

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

June 2014

June 25, 2014

Can a human being be the spirit of a place?

I started out thinking of Marie Laveau as a kind of local spirit of New...

June 23, 2014

The power of the song thrush: life, death and the feast of St. John

The Jug of Punch, the song thrush, the summer solstice, the feast of St. John,...

June 18, 2014

The Queen of Fair Elfland

Now, I think I could make a good case that New Orleans and Faerie are...

June 18, 2014

That Place We Keep Meeting

The Network isn't like a Natural Spirit! It's not like Nature. It's not like the...

June 11, 2014

Perspective in Place

On the way I could see elder bushes, water hyacinths, and a million wildflowers in...

June 04, 2014

From Here to There

Today I am going to New Orleans, on the train. I’m conscious of the irony...

June 02, 2014

Home.

What home means.

May 2014

May 30, 2014

Where They May Be Found: Arianrhod

The second in a five-part series on where I've met the gods. Part Two: Arianrhod.

May 27, 2014

Amsterdam

As I sit here listening to the ragweed and grass whisper next to a canal,...

May 23, 2014

Where They May Be Found: Brân

The first in a five-part series on where I've met the gods. Part One: Bran...

May 14, 2014

Infinity in the palm of your hand

I frequently do a meditation where I visualize an image where my heart is, and...

May 07, 2014

The language of birds

I'd love to be camping right now, somewhere nice and inaccessible, but the fact is...

May 06, 2014

Feeling Out of Place

Last week I started to write a post, and then I abandoned it. It didn't...

May 02, 2014

The Dance of Desire and Delight

Those of you reading this who also write may understand, perhaps agree or disagree, but...

April 2014

April 22, 2014

Different And The Same

Over the past week I have been in Amsterdam, The Netherlands; Glasgow, Scotland; London, England;...

April 01, 2014

Clutha

I felt the energy of the river as it stretches out onto land, as it...

March 2014

March 18, 2014

Lessons From D.C.

At some point along the drive I noticed a change in myself. I was agitated...

March 11, 2014

Leaving Greensboro

After having been repeatedly prevented from leaving due to weather, I turned to my friend...

March 05, 2014

My Wishlist for the Pagan Community

What would it be like for the Pagan community to be completely mainstream? Not a...

February 2014

February 28, 2014

Gods In-Between

Traveling has taught me that, between here and there is another place altogether, and it's...

February 25, 2014

Twisted Roots

It never occurred to me that any of my ancestors might be Quaker. Now that...

February 21, 2014

The Garments of the Gods

When a god in one city appears different in another, perhaps it is that they...

February 20, 2014

Creating a Place-Based Practice

On the second dark moon of January, a group of 9 gathered in my front...

February 18, 2014

The Value of Communities of Place

Sometimes the most important communities are the unintentional ones, the ones that happen just because...

February 12, 2014

The Place of Death.

I've known for a while that one day I would have to learn what death...

February 07, 2014

The Past is a Place We Still Inhabit

Our belief that the present is somehow exceptional, that we are modern and more developed...

February 04, 2014

Wide Angle Vision Part 3: Ignoring the Impacts

While reading The Lost Language of Plants: The Ecological Importance of Plant Medicines for Life...

January 2014

January 22, 2014

Wide Angle Vision Part 2: Missing The Variables

Spiritual insights may come from an innate ability to process the relationships between many variables...

January 08, 2014

Wide Angle Vision Part 1: A Useful Meditation

My friend calls this wide angle vision a "useful meditation technique" because you can use...