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August 2015

August 15, 2015

Speaking of Burning Mountains…

So, here I am in the midst of writing stories about a world aflame, and...

May 2015

May 20, 2015

On Place, Pagan Values, and Politicizing Paganism

These woods where I live have a spirit to them, a kind of consciousness, and...

April 2015

April 28, 2015

Beltane On The Beach: An Enduring Maine Tradition

Despite the beauty of Popham Beach, Beltane On The Beach is at its core about...

April 14, 2015

Footprints in the Muck, Blind Spots, & Seeing Past the Light

Mud is a messy dialogue. It is the in-between state, the parley between earth &...

April 01, 2015

Small Revolutions in Urban Reclamation

It’s a system that has died, been reborn, is on life support and is completely...

March 2015

March 24, 2015

The Problem with Subsistence Living

There are many of us who would like nothing more than to live a subsistence...

March 18, 2015

A Sense of Florida

It’s not all silliness and Florida Man har hars. Think drug cartels, murders for hire,...

March 09, 2015

Your Home Has Been Stolen

When I was growing up, the native people of the land where I lived were...

March 03, 2015

Elemental Ethos: Water

The metaphysical associations with water tend to be the realm of emotions and felt experience....

February 2015

February 27, 2015

The Burning Heart of the Forest

The Burning Heart of the Forest will never die out: a photo essay

February 17, 2015

Pagan is Latin for Redneck

"Paganus" is an ancient term of otherness. It was disparaging, much like the "redneck" of...

February 03, 2015

Elemental Ethos: Air

It's snowing again today. The forecast calls for an additional 8-12" blanket to top off...

January 2015

January 20, 2015

Elemental Ethos: Earth

The local ecosystem is our home, our host. I have come to realize that, for...

January 06, 2015

Elements of Nature

Here I am. I feel you on my skin. I feel your power, but rather...

December 2014

December 24, 2014

By Way Of Introduction

I look at all my friends in the sky, and to all the energies in...

December 04, 2014

This Tiresome Place

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

November 2014

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....

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 03, 2014

Under the Pavement, The Forest

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

August 2014

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 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 09, 2014

Some things I learned from blackberries

It's tough, hardy, even invasive; blackberry left unchecked tends to take over an area and...

July 02, 2014

Finding Home

Glasgow and Seattle both whisper in my ear and tell me that they could be...

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 20, 2014

When People Don’t Want You In This Place

I am angry that elected officials and appointed civil servants in an Arkansas town feel...

June 18, 2014

The Queen of Fair Elfland

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

June 13, 2014

Where They May Be Found: Cernunnos

Finding gods you know in places is one thing, but helping someone find a god...

June 11, 2014

Perspective in Place

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