Month: March 2008
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Do Distraught Pagan Spirits Roam the Earth?
How often does a conversation make you do a real double-take? You know, one of those “I’ve never thought of that before” moments? I’ve always enjoyed talking to Edward, as in Rev Edward Livingston of the Fire Dance Church of Wicca, and I had the opportunity to pay him a short visit today and see…
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Making the World Better in Small Ways
As readers of today’s local newspaper probably know by now, I’m not planning to take over the road cleanup from a local pagan group that didn’t follow through on its Adopt-a-Highway contract, resulting in (cringe…cringe…cringe) all area pagans looking somewhat irresponsible and nature-unloving. (Not a good day for pagans in the press, and though I…
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The Peanut Bond
Under a crescent moon, cotton grows where peanuts used to. I found myself thinking about Daddy tonight, and that’s a rarity these days. Nowadays, my trips to the farm are much more pleasant, and I don’t as often return home crying all the way and depressed for days and my children feeling the same. But…
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Me vs The Almighty: Hold to Your Vision!
If you’ve ever spent your fire to MAKE something happen, following your own convictions, and had someone else try to use your fuel for their own fire, you know how important it is to hold to your own vision if you’re going to make it happen. I met The Almighty while manifesting a new project…
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General Weirdness and Escalating Chaotic Energy
Watch how things circle around within a few hours’ time. This is kind of…interesting. The general weirdness of this week continues. I’m not sure if it’s the contentious Aries/Libra full moon or the price of gas, but people are highly agitated this week, especially over the past few days. I can explain it away at…
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Thoughts on The Age of Miracles: Embracing the New Midlife
In an effort to anticipate the next phase of my life and make the most of the current one, I have been listening to inspirational and spiritual audiobooks targeted at people–especially women–who are 10 to 15 years my senior. Many of them are writing now because they’ve come through a difficult period, gone deep within…
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Observations on Enjoyment and Manifestation
I am enjoying men more. Not in a slutty sort of way but in simply watching them move, interact, be. At the end of my workout, I often find myself just sitting for 10 minutes or so, watching the hundreds of muscular twenty-somethings in t-shirts and shorts on the athletic field. There was a time…
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Threshold Days: Springing into a Bright Future with the Vernal Equinox
Happy Spring! Today is a great time to make plans. It’s a threshold day. I mean TODAY, not any “today.” TODAY, this afternoon and evening in particular. Whether you have plans for a ritual celebration or don’t even bother to note the date on the calendar, TODAY is important to manifesting your future. Literally, this…
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How to Love Mondays
If you’d told me 6 months ago that I’d love Mondays– that they might even be my favorite day of the week– I would have said you were crazy. For good reason, too– I’ve hated Mondays for my entire life. Here’s what’s wrong with Mondays… or what was wrong: 1. The weekends are never long…
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Defining Contentment
Lots of people talk about finding contentment. It’s the holy grail of my generation and something I’ve never really considered as completely possible for me. I always have more to push toward, it seems, so I’m never really 100% content. I’m always looking inward for more or outward for more and never stagnating, and I…
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Maybe this Opportunity Isn’t Meant for You
I’m working on several projects and events that will offer some profound opportunities for others, yet it’s interesting to see how people turn down those opportunities at every chance. These are not people I’ve gone after with an offer of something grand, but rather, they’ve heard about my projects and have come to me. While…
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Body Positives: Getting Personal but Keeping It PG
Me, late 20’s. New mom. In a world where we, if no one else, know all the millions of physical flaws we carry on our bodies and are reminded of our inadequacies in almost any women’s magazine, is it possible to love your body? Don’t we women constantly look for what’s wrong instead of what’s…
