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2013-08-01T10:36:24-08:00

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The Stories We Tell

Last updated on: August 1, 2013 at 10:36 am By Niki Whiting

Attempting to process one’s life in public is difficult. It’s challenging to avoid details that risk exposing other less public people, or details that get too intimate for my comfort. Yet how to explain my story? I fear I might have misrepresented myself in my last post. The likelier occurrence is that in attempting to present my experience safely, I actually created A Story. What’s a ‘Story’? It’s a narrative of events that we tell ourselves to make the confusion... Read more

2013-07-29T08:00:15-08:00

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Maxim Monday: Educate Your Sons

Last updated on: July 29, 2013 at 8:00 am By Niki Whiting

Yes! A Maxim I am excited about! I agree whole-heartedly agree that our sons need be educated. I believe in education, particularly one that involves wonder, creativity and critical thinking. Lets give our boys sciences, art, music, history, literature, maths, outdoor skills, virtues, and the abilities to express themselves. And let’s of course give that to our daughters. Aside from academics, which I believe are for boys and girls, I’d like to talk about some things I aim to teach... Read more

2013-07-27T11:50:04-08:00

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Feri Freshman Hazing

Last updated on: July 27, 2013 at 11:50 am By Niki Whiting

I talk about the Magic a lot. I also call it the Current. You might call it Flow, God, the Divine, the still small voice within, serendipity – there are many names. Over the years, I have developed a sense of it, when I think I’m pulled by the Current, rather than by just my own whims. Usually what happens is an Idea comes into my or my husband’s head, an idea previously unconsidered. Or an opportunity is presented to... Read more

2013-07-22T08:00:31-08:00

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Guru Purnima

Last updated on: July 22, 2013 at 8:00 am By Niki Whiting

Today is the full moon and this moon marks Guru Purnima, a day to honor our gurus, or teachers. As someone who has valued learning and been successful at school, I’ve had pretty good relationships with most of my academic teachers along the way. I am also a self-motivated, independent learner, some one who is confident in my ability to find out what I need to know. I also hate being told what to do. I tend to learn best... Read more

2013-07-15T11:55:31-08:00

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Maxim Monday

Last updated on: July 15, 2013 at 11:55 am By Niki Whiting

The next two Delphic maxims go together: have respect for suppliants and be accommodating in everything. Both of these maxims refer to requests. Putting the two together can be trickier than it might seem. A suppliant is a person who is asking something of you. It seems to have an air of an inferior, implying unequal power dynamics. At this point in my life, I’ve discovered that people who are asking me for something (beyond, hey can I borrow a... Read more

2013-07-13T13:38:30-08:00

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Orange Alert

Last updated on: July 13, 2013 at 1:38 pm By Niki Whiting

A post in which I am all kinds of vague and mangle a metaphor about traffic lights. Some readers might remember that I had a very, very challenging summer last year. This year is only slightly better. Last summer was far too busy and physically and emotionally overwhelming. This summer is far less physically taxing, but is equally emotionally challenging. I am feeling the emotional fall out – finally – from the heartbreak of the last twelve months. I am... Read more

2013-07-02T14:46:36-08:00

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Haters Gonna Hate

Last updated on: July 2, 2013 at 2:46 pm By Niki Whiting

Yesterday a young, dynamic, new friend of mine posted on his blog that he was done with witchcraft. Definitively and decidedly done. His post is down now, so I won’t bother to link to it. It was a problematic post in many ways, hurtful to his allies and dismissive of his own considerable talents. Yet there were some hard truths about the witchcraft ‘community’ in his post, some of which I want to address here, because he is not the... Read more

2013-07-01T11:02:59-08:00

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Maxim Monday: Despise Insolence

Last updated on: July 1, 2013 at 11:02 am By Niki Whiting

Insolence is defined as rudeness and acts of disrespect. I always picture uptight old ladies clutching their pearls about the insolence of The Youth. I also remember myself at 12, talking back to my parents, and I have my 5-year-old practicing insolence with the best – “Mama, you don’t know anything! You’re wrong about EVERYTHING!” I find it hard to despise insolence, because that means rejecting myself and my kid. Insolence may be unacceptable in my house, but it certainly... Read more

2013-06-26T15:05:51-08:00

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Mercurial

Last updated on: June 26, 2013 at 3:05 pm By Niki Whiting

I don’t know a lot about astrology. Most of the time I don’t find it scientific or accurately reflecting my experience. Occasionally, it is eerily precise. Today Mercury goes retrograde for three weeks. I’d like to blame this starry shift on the mess I made with a friend on Monday. I am a strong and confident communicator in many mediums. I’m even pretty good at public speaking! But throw in volatile emotions and I can turn defensive, terse, and sometimes... Read more

2013-06-21T08:00:24-08:00

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My Life is a Love Story

Last updated on: June 21, 2013 at 8:00 am By Niki Whiting

Falling in love is easy, if mysterious. It can be as simple as a chemistry-laden kiss. It can be as complex as seeing a girl in an orange silk dress across a crowded room and knowing that my world is about to be turned inside-out. However, growing a love that is sustainable, with healthy boundaries and joy, is the work of a lifetime. My life is a love story, and the Red Goddess is my co-author. Love stories get a bad... Read more

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