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February 2014

February 20, 2014

Pantheacon 2014: Biggest Pagan Tea Time Ever

Pantheacon 2014 has come and gone! Niki chronicles her experience at the largest indoor Pagan...

February 17, 2014

Maxim Monday: Honor Good Men

Maxim Monday: praise good men. I praise my husband.

February 12, 2014

Pantheacon: Health and Hygiene

Some con advice for all those traveling to Pantheacon this weekend.

February 10, 2014

Maxim Monday: Gain Possessions Justly

Maxim Monday: Gain possessions justly. Just what does this mean in the modern world?

February 07, 2014

Superheroes, Magic, and Kids

A brief musing on raising magical kids in a superhero world.

February 05, 2014

Pagan Chat Time

Pagan Tea Time is a success! Here is a brief summary of my first three...

February 03, 2014

Maxim Monday: Despise a Slanderer

Our communities should not allow slander to thrive.

January 2014

January 30, 2014

Celebrating Imbolc Quietly

Imbolc marks a turning of the Wheel and a shifting of the seasons for me....

January 27, 2014

Maxim Monday: Praise Hope

This week's Delphic Maxim exhorts us to praise hope. Niki talks a little bit about...

January 22, 2014

On Being a Student

The most important thing I've learned over my many years of studying is that you...

January 20, 2014

Let’s Have Tea!

I'm taking up Christine Kraemer's invitation to tea. Join me?

January 15, 2014

The Four Powers of the Sphinx

Keeping silent is one of the "four powers of the Sphinx," four admonishments for the...

January 13, 2014

Maxim Monday: Be on your guard

Today's Maxim is Be on your guard.

January 09, 2014

Theology, the Gods, and Me

There has been some great discussion about the nature of the gods, or theology. You'd...

January 07, 2014

Shiva the Witch God

Shiva is a god of witches. But it's not his witchiness that makes devotion to...

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...

January 03, 2014

2014 Begins

2013 was incredibly challenging, ending in reminders to rest. 2014 continues the trend of resting...

December 2013

December 31, 2013

My 2013 Collage Review

Niki reviews her year and looks at how accurate her 2013 collage was. (It was...

December 23, 2013

Review: The Passion of Mary

What works incredibly well in this book are the fictional re-tellings of Mary's story. Mary...

December 20, 2013

Top Ten Books of 2013

Niki gives you the top ten books she's read in 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 16, 2013

Review: The Showings of Julian of Norwich

Niki reviews a new translation of Julian of Norwich's Showings. Is it effective? And why...

December 13, 2013

Singing In Christmas

Niki talks about the challenges of participating in Christmas and how she is managing the...

December 12, 2013

Dual Observance and Me

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

December 10, 2013

Welcome to A Witch’s Ashram

A Witch's Ashram opens its door with an introduction. Grab some tea and see what...

December 04, 2013

Frozen: A review

Oh Disney, you are so complicated. Such beautiful art, such a weird and twisted empire....

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 30, 2013

Holiday Gift Guide for the Mystic

It's full on holiday shopping time. But what do you buy the mystic in your...

November 28, 2013

Giving Thanks

Today is Thanksgiving in the United States. A day where we all eat the same...