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October 2013

October 31, 2013

Happy Halloween!

Today is the rather secular holiday of Halloween, where kids dress up in costumes and...

October 08, 2013

Navratri 2013

Navratri, nine nights devoted to the Holy Mother in her various forms, began on Saturday...

September 2013

September 21, 2013

Equinox Thoughts

Equinox is the time when light and dark is balanced. From here we tip discernibly...

September 10, 2013

Ganesh Chaturthi

Yesterday was Ganesh Chaturthi - the first day of a ten (or so) day festival...

July 2013

July 22, 2013

Guru Purnima

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

May 2013

May 12, 2013

A happy mother’s day

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

January 2013

January 31, 2013

Imbolc

Tomorrow, or maybe the day after, or sometime in the next week to ten days,...

January 08, 2013

Collaging the year, part two: 2013

Yesterday I posted about my 2012 collage, what came to pass and what did not...

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 21, 2012

One year ago, Wales

Today, if the world hasn't ended, marks one year since my family packed up and...

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 11, 2012

Holidays and Hinduism

Diwali begins today. Well, in some communities. The major Lakshmi puja is observed the day...

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...

October 24, 2012

From Lakshmi to Saraswati

Today is the third day of honoring Saraswati, goddess of knowledge, wisdom, maturity and personal...

October 19, 2012

From Kali to Lakshmi

The first three days of Navratri have passed. Three days of making purification (via kala),...

October 16, 2012

Navratri begins!

After doing my dark moon cleaning of the altar, I changed my altar just a...

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 21, 2012

Equinox

The Equinox is coming. It occurs on March and September 21, midpoints between the Summer...

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 20, 2012

Solstice!

Tomorrow marks one year of My Own Ashram. 126 posts, 4 quarters, 2 countries. I...

May 2012

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....

March 2012

March 26, 2012

The Annunciation

Yesterday was the Feast of the Annunciation, one of my favorite Christian celebrations. I know,...

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...

January 2012

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 23, 2011

Beginning Thoughts from Cornwall

The 21st has come and gone. A new quarter begins. I stood at the sink...

December 08, 2011

Looking ahead

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