Dancing widdershins? Or going backwards? Photo from an evening walk at the January 2011 Full Moon, rising just beyond this sign.
For readers of The Spiritual Eclectic, here’s a freebie on January 13-14 — a pagan love story.
For as much magick as we work and work hard at, too, sometimes the hardest part is [...]
Continue reading about Allowing: “I’ll Take Care of It,” God Said (Pagan Blog Project #2)
Art, I am discovering, is the ultimate act of faith.
Do you see this photo of the path through the woods? I cannot see where this path ends. As with Life, I can see only a few steps ahead. In places where the path is straighter, I can see farther, but what’s around that next bend? [...]
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Just something that brings me delight: Different metal trivets stored against the stove’s back splash brings out the metallic tile colors in the wall and appliances.
Every now and then, I hear a piece of wisdom or insight that I like. These are usually from spiritual teachers, but not always. Some of them, I have taken [...]
I grew up being told by my religion not to judge others. And I do consider myself to be a fairly non-judgmental adult. How you live your life is none of my business unless it directly affects me and, in some cases, my children.
I generally don’t associate with people who are [...]
Can you tell I’ve had a few days off? I’m updating and re-releasing some of my backlist. Now available at Amazon for your Kindle.
100 and More Ways to Feed the Body and Soul: Baby Steps to Less Stress, Better Health, and More Energy
by Lorna Tedder
Published by Spilled Candy Books
Over 100 tips for stress relief, ergonomics, [...]
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How can you be positive when it seems there’s so much negativity and so many negative people around you? It all depends on your focus.
Eleven seasons of The Biggest Loser had passed before I saw my first episode. I’d heard of it, here and there, from friends at work, but I’d never watched it. That’s [...]
Continued from Losing 20 Pounds in 30 days: Part 3 — Earliest Indicators of Weight Gain to Come: Diet & Exercise Add Weight
Before I explain why I fired my family doctor right before I lost 20 pounds–and yes, your doctor works for YOU, in case you missed that–I’d like to touch on a couple of other [...]
Continue reading about Losing 20 Pounds in 30 Days: Part 4 — Going It Alone or With Support
Continued from Losing 20 Pounds in 30 Days: Part 2 — Earliest Indicators of Weight Gain to Come: Intense Hunger
In the previous article, I talked about how I went through episodes of intense hunger, a side effect of a drop in my blood sugar that sent me into a food-focused ravenous mindset where getting to [...]
Continued from: Losing 20 Pounds in 30 Days: Part 1 — Overview of my Detox Diet
That’s me in the picture. Maybe 21, if that. With the hat, gloves, and heels, I may have topped the scales at 105 pounds but it’s doubtful. I confess: football players in college used to ask me to walk on [...]
What a difference a month can make! And what a difference years did not make. I lost 20 pounds in 30 days, kept it spiritual, kept it positive.
The first picture you see here was taken at Thanksgiving 2010. I was working out 6 days a week–hard–and had been for 5 months with good results but [...]
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It’s that time on the calendar when everyone’s doing a review of the year. It’s our way of taking stock as a culture, a country, a community, an organization, a family, personally. I admit, there are times when I look back on the year and think, wow, I got nothing done! I’ll remind myself of [...]
Continue reading about Taking Stock of 2010, Personally and in Photos
A to-go lunch at one of my favorite parks, only 5 minutes from work. Copyright by Lorna Tedder.
Back on the 24th of August, I emulated my dear friend Maggie Shayne and posted a seasonal review of the summer–not any of the hardships or turbulence but the most satisfying moments of the summer. Now that Autumn [...]
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The view from the dining room, 2 December 2010. The 20-degree weather is coming in a few days, but for now–and again next year–it’s beautiful….and life keeps moving forward. Photo copyright by Lorna Tedder.
I used to kick myself all the time because I could never get caught up. No matter how many hundreds of things [...]
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Sunset rays on a Lemurian crystal; photo copyrighted by Lorna Tedder
It’s been a long time since I’ve met anyone I was romantically interested in who could sustain multiple Life-Death-and-the-Universe discussions but let’s just say that this particular man is like sweet tea made with real sugar on a hot South Georgia dog day: a little old-fashioned, [...]
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August Full Moon 2010. Photo Copyright by Lorna Tedder
The next time you find yourself getting all stirred up over something someone else is doing, ask yourself, “What does it matter? How does it affect MY life?”
For example? How about “for examples”? Here are a few conversations I’ve noted in the last week:
1. Two discussions of [...]
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Full moon over a windmill on a sweet evening stroll…..
When I spotted the CNN headline, More teenagers adopting ‘mutant’ Christianity, followed by “Author: More teens becoming ‘fake’ Christians,” I inwardly groaned and wondered if someone else was making the connection with eclectic spirituality. Instead it was a pitch for Kenda Creasy Dean’s book, Almost Christian, [...]
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The watch-shrub in my neighbor’s yard. Hope it doesn’t escape from that leash! Photo copyright by Lorna Tedder, all right reserved.
I’m taking my cue from friend Maggie Shayne and doing a “seasonal review.” As this long, hot summer of 2010 fades away—the first hints of Autumn cool are on the horizon—I don’t want to remember [...]
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Lorna, in high school and out.
For 9 years and 11 months, I looked forward to this high school reunion. On the last night to turn in my paperwork, I decided not to go.
It was a surprise, mostly to me.
There are lots of tales of people who go back to high school reunions to put ghosts [...]
Continue reading about Why I Chose Not to Attend my High School Reunion (Hint: Blame Abraham-Hicks)
Photo credit by Digital Explorer; creative commons license
The quickest way to shut down or shut out trash talk is to know precisely who you are and have confidence in your own vision. If your confidence is the least bit shaky, someone else’s negativity or just plain mean behavior can send you scrambling for solid ground.
I [...]
The crescent path into the “fairy garden”– my special place to hide from all the talk of oil spills, methane gas, and the apocalypse du jour. Photo copyright by Lorna Tedder; all rights reserved.
Today, I read with confusion that the rain that fell here on the Gulf Coast yesterday was black with oil and that I’m [...]
Continue reading about Conspiracy Theory, Natural Disasters, and Fulfilling our own Prophecies
An ambitious little bluebird at the lake near my home. Photo copyright by Lorna Tedder; all rights reserved.
One of the hardest things for me to do, up until recently, was to relax and enjoy the moment–something that greatly hindered my happiness quotient.
Sure, I would see all the beauty around me, but instead of enjoying it, [...]
I’m all alone for a few weeks. You’d think something terrible has happened.
Honestly, the worst of it is trying to figure out how to make both a movie date and a yoga workout in the same evening.
Continue reading about All Alone with My Empty Nest (and Too Busy to Notice!)
Hydrangeas, impatiens, and a water plant in my tiny fish pool on the back patio. Someone gave me the water plant, the pots are old terra cotta from a garage sale, and the stone walls were ones I laid myself with my own sweat. It’s my little piece of paradise. Photo copyright by Lorna [...]
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Photo copyright by Antonio Martínez; creative commons license.
One of my friends worries that her version of God isn’t taking care of me, but my version of God is.
There’s not a day that goes by that I don’t recognize that I am taken care of. Nowhere is that more obvious than after a near-miss with disaster. [...]
A small, dense object only twelve miles in diameter is responsible for this beautiful X-ray nebula that spans 150 light years.
At the center of this image made by NASA’s Chandra X-ray Observatory is a very young and powerful pulsar, known as PSR B1509-58, or B1509 for short…..
Photo copyright and more info at
http://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2009/b1509/.
Huh? What am [...]
