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August 2012

August 20, 2012

Eager for Decay: Looking Forward to Autumn

Autumn is my favorite season. I revel in it. I read somewhere once that Hel's...

August 01, 2012

Counting Your First Fruits, Or What To Do With Spiritual Zucchini?

Lammas, the festival of the loaf. The festival of first fruits. Of tomatoes and cucumbers...

July 2012

July 29, 2012

13 Songs for Llamas (Or Lammas)

I think I owe you all a bit of holiday music. But first you get...

June 2012

June 19, 2012

13 Songs for the Summer Solstice

I thought surely my readers were tired of these, but apparently not. The sun is...

May 2012

May 26, 2012

Memorial Day: Remembering Their Service

One of the most controversial topics I write about is support for members of our...

March 2012

March 23, 2012

Hekate’s Deipnon: Time To Mop Up

In Hellenic religion, today is the Deipnon. Part of a 3 day religious observance at...

March 09, 2012

Spring Song

Possibly the most sickly sweet piece of classical music ever written. So how do you...

March 05, 2012

Egg Dying Tricks for Ostara

I'm ready to dye some eggs this year and I want to step up my...

February 2012

February 14, 2012

Lupercalia: I Haz A Happy

Planning to write something serious, I saw this picture this morning and it brought a...

February 13, 2012

Opening Up To Love

Tomorrow is Valentines Day, beloved of romantics and dreaded by cynics. Even I, veritable grump...

February 03, 2012

Stumbling Past Imbolc, or Not All Sabbats Are Created Equal

I have already broken one of my New Year's resolutions. I intended to celebrate every...

February 02, 2012

Can You See Your Shadow?

Everybody has their favorite groundhog. Mine is General Beauregard Lee, who lives (not far from...

February 01, 2012

Ascent of the Goddess: 7th Annual Brigid Poetry Festival

Here's my contribution to the 7th Annual Brigid Poetry Festival: Clean water, rose-scented, bright linen...

January 2012

January 31, 2012

By the Hair On My Chinny, Chin, Chin

Like many women, I have wild hairs that grow on my chin. Amidst the barely...

January 30, 2012

Almost Imbolc and I Feel Fine…

I should write something deep about poetry. Or fire. Or the sacred forge of life...

December 2011

December 21, 2011

Solstice Eve

Have you ever stirred water in a glass and then tried to change direction? The...

December 09, 2011

Waiting for the King

Sometimes it's hard to figure out what to write for this blog. So much is...

December 06, 2011

“You can raise money to help your sick cat, for example, but not poor people.”

Congratulations to PayPal for winning Top Scrooge 2012. Regretsy, possibly one of the most deliciously...

November 2011

November 23, 2011

Paganism and “Passing”

I am completely overwhelmed with what I need to do for tomorrow. Turkey is thawed...

September 2011

September 30, 2011

Feast of The Good Galileans (or Star invents a Holiday)

There are days when I really hate Christians. I loathe them on those days. My...

July 2011

July 29, 2011

13 Songs for Lammas/Lughnasadh!

Lammas is upon us. John Barleycorn must die. I must once again harvest Youtube for...

March 2011

March 18, 2011

Wyrd Designs – The Holy Tides – Ostara, Sigrblot & Summer Nights

For those of us in the Northern Tradition, the high holy tide of Ostara is...

February 2011

February 02, 2011

Wyrd Designs – Holy Tides – Charming of the Plough and Disting

For many pagans, this is the time of year where they honor and celebrate Imbolc...

December 2010

December 30, 2010

Wyrd Designs – a Prayer for Twelfth Night

Hail Mundilfari the time-turner for another year's ending, and another's beginning has come upon us...

December 18, 2010

The Best Gift is Hope

This is dedicated to my best friend, Debbie. I love you. These ornaments are getting...

October 2010

October 30, 2010

A Meditation on Samhain

I love this time of year more than any other. Almost on cue with the...

October 29, 2010

13 Songs for Samhain

Seems strange that we began the 13 Songs series with Beltane and here it is...

October 27, 2010

The Silly Season: Witches, Politics or Both?

I confess I hate Politics. I enjoy discussing politics with polite reasonable people, but I...

October 26, 2010

Honoring the Ancestors: Samhain and Beyond

There’s a great deal of focus around Samhain on honoring one’s ancestors, and honoring the...

October 11, 2010

Columbus and Coming Out

I live in my own little world, where no one makes candles that smell like...