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January 13, 2014

Maxim Monday: Be on your guard

Today's Maxim is Be on your guard.

January 06, 2014

Maxim Monday: Be jealous of no one

Today's Maxim is: be jealous of no one. This can be a struggle in any...

December 2013

December 18, 2013

Pancha Ganapati: My Multi-Observant Holiday

Niki prepares to observe multiple holidays in a 5 day span. Pancha Ganapati is the...

December 12, 2013

Dual Observance and Me

Dual observance, the practice of more than one tradition at one time, is more common...

December 02, 2013

Holiday Gift Guide for Magical Kids (and Kids at Heart)

When I'm shopping for my kids for birthdays or holidays, I rarely think to myself...

December 02, 2013

Maxim Monday: Honor a benefaction

I actually had to look up what a benefaction is. I figured it meant something...

November 2013

November 11, 2013

Maxim Monday: Use your skill

All of us are skilled at something. Maybe you are a violinist, a carpenter, or...

November 08, 2013

Serpent Songs, A Review

By now you probably know that I am an unrepentant fan of Scarlet Imprint, publishing...

October 2013

October 28, 2013

Maxim Monday: Give back what you have received

I think this is basically an ancient way of saying 'Pay it forward.' I absolutely...

October 21, 2013

Maxim Monday: Test the Character

I feel like this one is incomplete, as in an incomplete sentence. Test the character...

October 14, 2013

Maxim Monday: Consult the Wise

I love this one, and it's one I have problems doing myself. Who are the...

October 07, 2013

Maxim Monday: Pray For Things Possible

Do witches and Hindus pray? Absolutely! I think Paganism gets looked at as though it's...

September 2013

September 30, 2013

Maxim Monday: Shun Murder

This is another maxim that at first glance seems so obvious as to warrant only...

September 23, 2013

Maxim Monday: Act When You Know

This is a tricky Maxim for me. I like to think that I know far...

September 21, 2013

Equinox Thoughts

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

September 19, 2013

What I Do

Earlier in the week a friend on Facebook linked to a great blog post on...

September 09, 2013

Maxim Monday: Choose What is Divine

With this Maxim I immediately want to know what the ancient Greeks considered divine! From...

September 03, 2013

Not Everyone Appreciated Our Rite of Passage

Last week I wrote about the coming of age ritual my husband and I did...

September 02, 2013

Maxim Monday: Be a Seeker of Wisdom

I feel like this one has been covered before in the Maxim series. But we...

August 2013

August 31, 2013

Harvest in the Pacific Northwest

At the beginning of August many of my Pagan friends celebrated the first harvest, commonly...

August 20, 2013

Five Year Old Rituals

Last week my son had his 5 Year Old Rituals. What does that mean? Let's...

August 19, 2013

Maxim Monday: Speak Well of Everyone

This one is tricky. I don't like to gossip, although sometimes it feels good. I...

August 15, 2013

Passing Down the Trad

There's a series of blog posts over at Patheos on passing along one's faith to...

August 12, 2013

Maxim Monday: Fear deceit

Yes. While I don't want to cultivate fear in general, deceit is a particularly pernicious...

August 07, 2013

Win some books!

Winsome books that can be won. I have three books to give away! Make Magic...

August 01, 2013

The Stories We Tell

Attempting to process one's life in public is difficult. It's challenging to avoid details that...

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 15, 2013

Maxim Monday

The next two Delphic maxims go together: have respect for suppliants and be accommodating in...

July 02, 2013

Haters Gonna Hate

Yesterday a young, dynamic, new friend of mine posted on his blog that he was...

July 01, 2013

Maxim Monday: Despise Insolence

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