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June 2012

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....

May 27, 2012

A good weekend to all!

I will be away from my computer for the next 4 days. I am going...

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 21, 2012

Magic for a dark night

24 hours of magic. That was my weekend. It started with a Feri gathering in...

May 20, 2012

Be yourself

This is a maxim that is so simple that at first it's deceiving. And trite....

May 18, 2012

Know what you have learned

Today's Delphic Maxim appeals to the scholar in me. I've spent a lot of money...

May 17, 2012

Artifice

Earlier this week I went hiking with my kids. We went to the Watershed park...

May 15, 2012

Be overcome by justice

Delphic maxim number five is: Be overcome by justice (Ηττω υπο δικαιου). The phrasing of...

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 09, 2012

Obey the Law

Today's Delphic Maxim is 'Obey the law.' You can read Star Foster's take on this...

May 08, 2012

Following along with the Delphic Maxims

Star Foster, over at the Pantheon blog at Patheos, has started blogging on each of...

May 05, 2012

Silence

When I envisioned this blog project and thought up Place as a quarter I had...

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 28, 2012

Breath

Everything comes back to the breath. Everything. Meditation? It's about the breath. Trance? It's about...

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...

April 03, 2012

Moondays

I'm going to discuss Female Things, like fertility and menstruation, so if this is not...

March 2012

March 29, 2012

Let’s talk about Practice

I was asked last week just what a practice of Place looks like. What does...

March 26, 2012

The Annunciation

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

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 20, 2012

Goodbye Christianity

Today is my last day with Christianity. Sunday, March 25, is the Feast of the...

March 15, 2012

Fifteen Years in the Wrong Shoes – part five

This is the final post in my 'testimony' series. (You can follow the links to...