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May 2013

May 03, 2013

Procession Photos and May Day

Niki posts pictures of the amazing Procession of the Species parade in Olympia, WA.

May 02, 2013

Mí na Bealtaine! the Merry Month of May

It's Bealtaine--the beginning of summer! And Traci shares some Irish history and folklore associated with...

April 2013

April 30, 2013

Exploring Place Through Fiction

A story about a magic event may be true, or it may be True. Perhaps...

April 29, 2013

Living on the ‘Roseline’ and other spiritual fantasies

Do 'spiritual fantasies' like the Roseline help us engage with place, or keep us separated...

April 26, 2013

Procession of the Species

Niki prepares to participate in the Procession of the Species.

April 25, 2013

Of Frogs and Flowers – an excerpt from Annie Dillard

With spring in full swing in Ireland, Traci shares an except from Annie Dillard's book,...

April 22, 2013

A taste of place

One of the main ways in which I get in touch with new places when...

April 19, 2013

The body as a place

Niki ponders a brand new (to her) idea about our bodies being Places and Lands...

April 18, 2013

I’m an Animist: and what that means

This week, Traci shares what it means to be an animist, and how she lives...

April 16, 2013

The Fox in the Park

As we passed an open park, I watched a fox walk across the grass without...

April 12, 2013

Why getting outside matters

Whatever acts bring you in closer connection to your gods, your loved ones, your communities,...

April 11, 2013

Boots Across Ireland: Liosnabroc ringfort {video}

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

April 02, 2013

Questioning Fences

Last week I moved about 25 miles from Berkeley to Union City. I'll be here...

April 02, 2013

I’m a Pagan because of connection, and continuity and change

Sitting in a metal tube for nine hours is one of the most specifically human,...

March 2013

March 29, 2013

House and Home

House hunting means listening for the land to speak, too.

March 28, 2013

A Little Meander on Culture: or, what one does when the Wi-Fi dies

Traci introduces a new monthly video feature, in which she shares her sensuous exploration of...

March 26, 2013

Meeting the wild

I mentioned last week how disconnected I was from the cycles of nature as a...

March 22, 2013

I like weather

On the cold mornings when we walk to preschool, my 4.5 yr old son insists...

March 21, 2013

The Awakening Spring: of light, embodiment, and soliphilia

This week, Traci writes about the emerging embodiment of Spring and how the Light half...

March 20, 2013

Finding place through the eyes of a child

Turns out, any green space is magical to a child.

March 19, 2013

Tracking Blossoms

The cherry trees are in bloom here in the San Francisco Bay Area. The white...

March 12, 2013

Expanded awareness

I wrote a while back about sitting in one spot for an hour at a...

March 11, 2013

Knowing our places, inside and out

T. Thorn Coyle's book "Make Magic of Your Life" focuses on desire and making desires...

March 08, 2013

Sacred Lands and Spiritual Landscapes

Niki looks ahead to Cherry Hill Seminary's conference on Sacred Lands and Spiritual Landscapes and...

March 07, 2013

Enchantment: the story of disconnection in our modern world

Traci writes this week about the alienation of scientific consciousness, and begins a two-part exploration...

March 05, 2013

Appropriate Stories

How can someone from a dominant culture share the ways in which another culture has...

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...

March 01, 2013

Make Magic of Your Life: wherever you are

Niki Whiting takes the concepts from T. Thorn Coyle's recent book, Make Magic of Your...

February 2013

February 28, 2013

Sheep in my front garden: we’re not in Texas anymore

Traci shares a uniquely Irish experience: waking to find sheep breakfasting in her front garden!

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...