I’m a wildly spiritual seeker who eschews all organized religions. I tried on a few of the mainstream Christian religions when I was younger, and found them all problematic in their own ways. If a sect was logical, rational, sensible, based in reality, focused on kindness and being charitable and living in the most Christ-like […]
I used to walk and walk and walk. My dad walked to work, 1.5 miles each way, for years and years (and when he developed plantar fasciitis and stopped walking, within a year he was having a triple bypass. Just sayin). We walked uptown or to the mall to run errands, and we took walks
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
