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December 2013

December 20, 2013

Top Ten Books of 2013

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

December 12, 2013

Dual Observance and Me

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

December 04, 2013

Frozen: A review

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

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 13, 2013

The Power of Self Care

I recently wrote a two-part series on health (you can read them here and here)....

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 23, 2013

Herbalism and the Craft

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

September 2013

September 19, 2013

What I Do

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

August 2013

August 29, 2013

What We’re Reading

I like books. I really like books. I seem constitutionally unable read only one thing...

July 2013

July 02, 2013

Haters Gonna Hate

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

May 2013

May 23, 2013

Into the Woods

I went to Canada, into the woods, and thought I was going on vacation. How...

April 2013

April 29, 2013

Maxim Monday: Be (religiously) silent

I love this one. Spring is in full swing here in Olympia. New colors from...

March 2013

March 28, 2013

What I’m reading

I read a lot. All day long I'm reading, whether it's blogs, Facebook, actual paper...

March 19, 2013

Apocalyptic Witchcraft

I am a tremendous fan of Scarlet Imprint, publisher of fine magical books. Their books...

March 06, 2013

Being a householder

In my last post I talked about the possibility that if reincarnation was a real...

January 2013

January 31, 2013

Imbolc

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

January 18, 2013

Dedication

Tomorrow I am driving north to Seattle for a dedication. My dedication. For the last...

October 2012

October 24, 2012

From Lakshmi to Saraswati

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

October 04, 2012

What do you mean by ‘scary’?

I've met a new friend. We jumped right into some deep waters. She's made some...

October 02, 2012

The weekend’s Harvest Moon

You might have noticed the full moon over the weekend. In this corner of the...

June 2012

June 05, 2012

Full moons, tarot, and the transit of Venus

It's an astrological bonanza right now. I don't know much about astrology, and I tend...

February 2012

February 20, 2012

Fifteen Years in the Wrong Shoes – part four

This part of my testimony is all about graduate school, and it brings us up...

December 2011

December 16, 2011

A Goodbye

The boxes are packed. We came to Wales with twelve boxes, four suitcases, two cats...

December 06, 2011

Wishbird update

Remember last week's post on making a quick spell for a home? It worked. I've...

December 02, 2011

Book reviews

I have been reading a ton lately. I have a few recommendations and one to...

November 2011

November 21, 2011

House Magic for Beginners – prologue

Last week, during a peaceful moment involving watching the laundry blow dry on the line...

November 09, 2011

What is a witch?

For about a thousand years the witch has been drawn as an ugly, old woman,...

November 01, 2011

Samhain Ritual

(Part two of three) Imagine a damp, grey evening, the last of twilight taking leave...

October 2011

October 24, 2011

Perhaps: a post about the gods

Most witches and pagans are polytheists - or agnostic to greater or lesser extents. I've...

October 23, 2011

Review of ‘Welsh Witches and Wizards’ by Michael Howard

It is with regret that this review is so short, but there is not much...