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February 2013

February 20, 2013

In love with the Gods of the city

Joshua Graham hates trees! --No, not really. But he loves the city. This month's guest...

February 19, 2013

Two peoples, one mountain, our tales (Part 2)

Last week I told a creation myth based on this Northern California mountain that comes...

February 18, 2013

The importance of beauty

Beauty is a vitally important part of my relationship with place, and I think of...

February 15, 2013

How to be a tourist

What is it like to make your home in a "tourist" town?

February 14, 2013

Snakes in the Dark: beginning to remember

As we slide into the Chinese year of the snake, Traci imagines the connection between...

February 12, 2013

Two peoples, one mountain, our tales (Part 1)

I'm sure that you've heard of The Great Flood. It destroyed the Old World, and...

February 11, 2013

A time of change, a place of resilience

This valley, like most places, has undergone massive shifts and changes in population, in livelihood...

February 08, 2013

When one’s home shows up on television

Are any of you fans of Bravo's tv show, Top Chef? I am. I love...

February 07, 2013

In Ireland, it’s all about the weather….{and flat tires}

From Ireland, Traci shares images of her east Cork lane-way--blanketed in snow.

February 06, 2013

Relocalized

Oakland. The city of my birth. The city where my daughter was born. The city...

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,...

February 01, 2013

The problem of Imbolc

I've never felt all that connected to this spoke on the great wheel of seasonal...

January 2013

January 31, 2013

Oiche Fhéile Bhríde: The Eve of St. Brighid’s Feast

Tonight is, the eve of St. Brighid’s Feast, perhaps one of the most celebrated holidays...

January 29, 2013

Transitions

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

January 28, 2013

A space of no place

Last week I had the honour to conduct a handfasting in a Spiegeltent: it was...

January 25, 2013

Waiting for spring

I've gotten out and about a little bit more in the last two weeks than...

January 24, 2013

The Work Of Our Hands: beauty, delight, and the sacred

The weather this week in Austin has been scrumptious! Glorious sunny, mild days that are...

January 22, 2013

The Sit Spot

No matter how well you think you know a place, you can't really know it...

January 21, 2013

Living and belonging where clouds go to die

Eskdalemuir is a seriously cloudy place. During one period, I swear we didn't see the...

January 18, 2013

Land as Lover

David Abram, in his amazing book The Spell of the Sensuous, talks about geography as...

January 17, 2013

A Place Within A Place: reconsidering what is sacred

In thinking of Places within Places, and finding deep connection in an urban environment, it...

January 15, 2013

Eaten by the Nothing

Glasgow sat in the same blanket of quiet I'd known from my childhood, but this...

January 14, 2013

The land does not belong to us; we belong to the land.

When I connect to this land, I aim to connect not with a mythic, misty...

January 11, 2013

10 things to look forward to in 2013

Ten things I am looking forward to seeing/doing/experiencing in western Washington in 2013. Some will...

January 10, 2013

What lurks at the bottom of your garden? {Yeats, faeries, and the Irish occult tradition}

Ireland is a land awash in folklore. Like waves crashing upon its shores, the stories...

January 08, 2013

Walking meditation

One of my key practices is the walking meditation. Usually, I just step outside and...

January 07, 2013

The land is made of stories

Even though the slog of January, February and March remains ahead, it feels like a...

January 04, 2013

Finding the magic

Even though I've been in Olympia for a year I feel as though I've hardly...

January 03, 2013

Place-Based Practice: or dancing with the one who brung ya

Fast-forward a few years to my first initiation, which began with a visioning along Barton...

January 01, 2013

Lessons from the river

The river is a place where Goddess teaches me about the flow of time, the...