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July 2013

July 29, 2013

Maxim Monday: Educate Your Sons

Yes! A Maxim I am excited about! I agree whole-heartedly agree that our sons need...

July 22, 2013

Guru Purnima

Today is the full moon and this moon marks Guru Purnima, a day to honor...

July 13, 2013

Orange Alert

A post in which I am all kinds of vague and mangle a metaphor about...

July 01, 2013

Maxim Monday: Despise Insolence

Insolence is defined as rudeness and acts of disrespect. I always picture uptight old ladies...

June 2013

June 26, 2013

Mercurial

I don't know a lot about astrology. Most of the time I don't find it...

June 07, 2013

Identity

My birthday was this week. Birthdays and anniversaries are good times to reflect on one's...

June 04, 2013

Practical Magic for Tough Times

There are two things, two not especially 'magical' things, that help me when times are...

May 2013

May 28, 2013

In the Weeds

When the going gets tough, and it often does when one attempts 'advanced living,' what...

May 20, 2013

Maxim Monday: Nothing to Excess

I have many people in my life who are passionate, possibly even obsessive, about their...

May 14, 2013

A Budding Theologian

Last night I was chanting Om Namah Shivaya. My son, who will be 5 at...

May 13, 2013

Maxim Monday: Do a favor for a friend

I like this one. Probably because I'm already good at it. Probably because this one...

May 12, 2013

A happy mother’s day

Being a mother is perhaps the single most life altering, spiritually powerful thing I've ever...

April 2013

April 22, 2013

Maxim Monday: Listen to everybody

The older I get the more I see the wisdom in this maxim. Listen to...

March 2013

March 28, 2013

What I’m reading

I read a lot. All day long I'm reading, whether it's blogs, Facebook, actual paper...

March 26, 2013

Cultivating rest

I'm pretty sure I've mentioned just how bad I am resting. I have a tendency...

March 07, 2013

Further thoughts on being a householder

One of the things I didn't get into in my last post on being a...

March 06, 2013

Being a householder

In my last post I talked about the possibility that if reincarnation was a real...

February 2013

February 27, 2013

What little I know about reincarnation

Reincarnation is a standard concept in Hinduism and pretty common in the wider Pagan world,...

February 25, 2013

Maxim Monday: Praise virtue

Virtues are good. Virtues tend to be linked to morality, rather than ethics.* This entire...

February 05, 2013

Reviewing Project Conversion

Andrew Bowen is an angry, self-righteous asshole. That's probably why we get along so well,...

January 2013

January 24, 2013

Midwinter

Midwinter is here. I feel it in my energy levels. I see it in the...

January 14, 2013

Maxim Monday: Cling to discipline

It's been a while since I've tackled the Delphic Maxims. I definitely have no ancient...

January 07, 2013

Collaging the Year, part one: A 2012 review

Every calendrical new year I collage. You can read about last year's collage and see...

December 2012

December 05, 2012

The end is also the beginning

The calendar year is winding down. Does anyone ever feel restful at this time? In...

November 2012

November 14, 2012

Celebrating Diwali

Diwali is like Christmas. It's a festival of lights, a celebration of light over darkness,...

November 13, 2012

A blessed Diwali!

Diwali decorations are up. Candles are lit. Lights are on. Wine is poured. Gifts given....

November 08, 2012

Morning Practice

Every morning I escape from the family routine of breakfast, showers, dishes, getting dressed, stop...

November 03, 2012

The Not So Dumb Supper

I don't know the much about history and tradition of the dumb supper. I've been...

November 01, 2012

From one fire to another

Last night was Halloween. Did you dress up? Have trick-or-treaters at your door? Halloween (October...

October 2012

October 30, 2012

Samhain Thoughts

Halloween/Samhain approaches. It's my High Holy Days! But there is so much going on in...