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October 2012

October 15, 2012

Maxim Monday: Love Your Friends

I love my friends. I'm loyal to a fault. I often cling to relationships well...

October 12, 2012

Looking Ahead

I love October. It's my favorite month. I adore autumn, with the changing leaves, the...

September 2012

September 23, 2012

How the Equinox actually turned out

One of the things that I love about keeping this blog is that it helps...

September 17, 2012

Control Anger

It's Maxim Monday! And today's is: control anger. On the surface, I think, yes, we...

September 10, 2012

It’s Maxim Monday! Now featuring a post on a parenting.

I have decided to jump on the blog themed day bandwagon and use Monday for...

August 2012

August 01, 2012

Harvest

Today is Lughnasadh, a Celtic cross-quarter holiday celebrating the first fruits of what has been...

June 2012

June 27, 2012

Link love

It's been a busy week in my house. Last week my husband sprained is ankle...

June 21, 2012

A year later in My Own Ashram

When I started this blog one year ago I was living in Wales, debating whether...

June 01, 2012

A love song for Juneau

I haven't lived in Juneau, Alaska, for over a decade. I've spent little more than...

May 2012

May 25, 2012

A cute take on a timeless tradition

Today is World Tarot Day! I want to share with you something that has been...

May 24, 2012

Intend to get married

Today's maxim sounds like a nagging parent. I can't help but approach this as a...

May 14, 2012

Watching and learning

My children are nearly four (in ten days) and 15 months. My son went through...

May 13, 2012

Respect your parents

It is appropriate that this maxim comes up in time for Mother's Day. This is...

May 10, 2012

Worship the Gods

#3 in the Delphic Maxim series, inspired by Star Foster. Here is her post on...

May 01, 2012

A rambling post about spring

May Day and Beltain. One a socialist holiday and the other a neo-pagan cross-quarter holiday....

April 2012

April 27, 2012

Everything I need for this quarter I learned from Hinduism

On my last entry the ever insightful Niklas suggested I think about things in terms...

April 20, 2012

The newness isn’t really so new

New(ish) quarter, new altar, new practices, new challenges. I'll be honest: I don't feel up...

April 16, 2012

Recovery

Staycation 2012 was both a dud and an exercise in recovery. I did very little...

April 10, 2012

Yesterday’s blessings

UPDATED: added some photos. Thanks to Regan House Photo for her permission. The resting doesn't...

April 06, 2012

Rest

I've talked about how I struggle with vulnerability. I also struggle with rest. Part of...

March 2012

March 21, 2012

Place – what does that even mean?

Today begins a new quarter! Hurray! Or hwre, as they say in Welsh. When I...

March 09, 2012

New home, new altars

Last night's full moon was the kick in the pants I needed to get all...

March 08, 2012

He is not here, He is risen!

Or, thinking ahead to Easter. I'm a little premature. Easter isn't until April, and I'll...

February 2012

February 10, 2012

This week

Part 4 of my testimony will have to wait until next week. It's been a...

January 2012

January 17, 2012

Details

Firstly: I think I must be doing something right. My son, now 3.5 years old,...

January 17, 2012

Fifteen Years in the Wrong Shoes – part one

Something I remember from my years in Christianity is the practice of telling one’s story...

January 14, 2012

A House Blessing

Friday, January 6th, was Theophany (according to the Eastern Orthodox Church) and Epiphany for the...

January 03, 2012

A New Year

I'm not much for New Year's parties or resolutions. Now that I have kids I...

December 2011

December 08, 2011

Looking ahead

When I first envisioned this project, this virtual ashram, I set up my order of...

December 06, 2011

Wishbird update

Remember last week's post on making a quick spell for a home? It worked. I've...