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May 2015

May 18, 2015

Be Here Now

It's the day before hopping on a plane I am wound up tight as can...

November 2014

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 04, 2014

Meeting With The Gods and Spirits

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

September 2014

September 19, 2014

The Crossroads of Memory

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

June 2014

June 18, 2014

The Queen of Fair Elfland

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

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...

May 2014

May 27, 2014

Amsterdam

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

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...

April 2014

April 22, 2014

Different And The Same

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

March 2014

March 11, 2014

Leaving Greensboro

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

February 2014

February 21, 2014

The Garments of the Gods

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

February 12, 2014

The Place of Death.

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

January 2014

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...

December 2013

December 04, 2013

The Train as Merkava

As economy land travel goes, a coach seat on the Empire Builder is pretty comfortable,...

November 2013

November 29, 2013

The Song of the Other

Who did I think I was, playing songs to a goddess? How song is at...

September 2013

September 26, 2013

Returning To America : Place As Cultural Experience

This week Traci shares her thoughts on returning to America, and experiencing the culture and...

August 2013

August 22, 2013

Land Spirits: When Things Go Bump

Relationship building is an integral part of our lives, and especially so for witches. Yet...

April 2013

April 11, 2013

Boots Across Ireland: Liosnabroc ringfort {video}

This week Traci introduces the first video of her new monthly feature, Boots Across Ireland....

March 2013

March 04, 2013

Aliens on our own planet? What science fiction and space exploration can teach us about our sense of place.

We may often feel alien to ourselves and to the life around us - alienated...

February 2013

February 21, 2013

What Place is This? Our spaceship among the stars

Traci explores the living organism we call home, and encourages us to think of Place...

February 04, 2013

Mending the tears in a displaced life

As Pagans following more-or-less reconstructed and/or inspired traditions at the beginning of the 21st century,...

January 2013

January 29, 2013

Transitions

I find that when I first arrive in a place, it takes me days or...