I may have ranted and raved about this before, I don’t remember. If so, forgive me. I’m ranting again. Samhain, sometimes called Halloween, is one of my favorite Pagan holidays. There is something purely magic about it as we celebrate slipping into the Long Dark, passing through the Sleeping Land, to re-emerge in Spring, reborn, […]
I made a house call recently. Don’t get your hopes up, it was for a cat. I mean, there are limits. The cat had been pretty traumatized; he had been a house cat for seven years and suddenly, he accidentally escaped out into the wide wide world, had a good freakout, and didn’t make it
I just packed up a bunch of stuff to go to the resale shop. Not exactly a newsflash, I know. But it a way, it was a monumental step for me. I also threw away a bunch of hose and stockings and their associated et ceteras, because I can’t remember the last time I wore
Kids, we need to talk about something – again – that we all know but far too many of us don’t actually do. Here’s the rule: What you focus on is what you attract. Here’s a fact: Social media sites act like … big swirling vortexy echo chambers. Directive: Stop reposting every goddam meme you
I’ve been thinking about mythology and folk music and how intertwined they really are. Define folk music, you say. Yes, that’s reasonable. My definition of folk music is anything that actually about someone’s life: love, work, dreams, kids, home, family, connectedness to others, to nature, to whatever passes for God, loss, pain, fear, pride, trauma,
Behind the mist there is a fire that does not consume Beyond the forest there is a lake lit up by the moon Between the eyes there is a gateway to anywhere Before us lies a path few walk but I will dare Within the heart there is a light that few can see Above
So … Delta. Great. And I’d say when is this shit going to be over but I know the answer is when enough people get vaccinated and good luck with that. I’m so grateful that I live in a city where people were so anxious to get vaccinated that most of us had to travel an hour
Confession time: Independence Day in the US is just about my least favorite holiday – followed closely by Gouge Your Own Eyeballs Out Day. I mean, I love my country but … First of all, if you are any kind of a student of history, you know that the horrors of slavery and segregation were
In the Beginning was the Word – Ogham, or Om, or I Am We will never know for sure and we don’t need to to do what needs doing to tend the Tribe to love everyone to love the Earth to seek the Serpent’s Egg Will you journey with me tonight, oh child of wonder,
Alchemy is much misunderstood, usually over-simplified, and frequently used badly out of context – all to the fierce detriment of an amazing tradition. Very rarely these days does anyone actually study the true art, because wowzers, those people tend to blow up a lot of stuff and reek of rotten eggs all the time. I
