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July 2015

July 29, 2015

The First Harvest of 2015

Change is coming, especially with Many Gods West this weekend!

July 20, 2015

What the Land Taught Me

Niki went home to Alaska and was slightly surprised to find that it didn't care.

July 09, 2015

Land as Lover

Land shapes our views of the world, our experiences with future places, how we perceive...

July 07, 2015

A Love Song for Juneau

[Modified from a post on June 1, 2012] I haven’t lived in Juneau, Alaska, for...

June 2015

June 01, 2015

Shinto Blessings

I received a blessing at a Shinto Shrine. It broke my heart with its beauty.

April 2015

April 27, 2015

Procession of the Species

Beltaine is full of magic. But Arts Walk and Procession of the Species weekend in...

April 08, 2015

Kindred Spirits

A mostly "wordless Wednesday" post. Kindred spirits are found in surprising places.

March 2015

March 23, 2015

Leaving Monotheism Behind

Shifting from monotheistic to polytheistic thinking changes one's outlook on life, but monotheistic thinking can...

November 2014

November 21, 2014

Nothing Replaces Community: Giving Thanks for “IRL” Community

My gratitude extends to the community I live in, both human and other-than-human.

November 14, 2014

Blessings Are Not Enough

My blessings are not the beginning, though. They are an intermediate step. I have to...

June 2014

June 27, 2014

Community Kali

Niki co-opts Christian music for her own polytheist end and Olympia needs more Hindu god...

June 21, 2014

Summer Solstice 2014

My summer solstice wasn't 'magical,' but it was exactly what I needed.

May 2014

May 28, 2014

The Gods Are All Around Us

Our Gods appear in the most surprising places! I doubt these murals were intended as...

October 2013

October 23, 2013

Herbalism and the Craft

Witches, midwives and herbal healers all have some history in common. Throughout history many midwives...

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...

April 2013

April 30, 2013

Not of this world

On my way to the grocery store I pass two churches. The first is a...

March 2013

March 12, 2013

Magic to the People

If you're not familiar with Drew Jacob, let me introduce you. He's the Rogue Priest...

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...

December 07, 2012

Link love

Today I started my official Friday blog at Patheos! First post is about the solstice...

December 05, 2012

The end is also the beginning

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

September 2012

September 12, 2012

Land as Lover

Inspired by The Spell of the Sensuous I want to explore more personally what Land and...

September 05, 2012

The best non-magic books about magic, part 1

My two most favorite books about magic aren't explicitly about magic at all. One is...

July 2012

July 09, 2012

Dispatches from the Great White North

It’s been three years since I’ve been back to my hometown, Juneau, Alaska. My relationship...

June 2012

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 20, 2012

Solstice!

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

June 11, 2012

Walk Like a God – a review

One of the blogs that inspired me to start my own is Rogue Priest, written...

June 07, 2012

Think Like a Mortal

Today's Delphic Maxim is think like a mortal. Wait, what the heck? Don't we already...

June 04, 2012

Silence and Opportunity

The next Delphic Maxim is Know Your Opportunity. It seems a pretty obvious one, and...

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 31, 2012

Return

Hello again. I've returned from a few days along the Russian River in Northern California....