Category: Pagan Blog Project
Posts from the Pagan Blog Project — a weekly community writing exercise covering pagan topics in alphabetical order.
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Paula Deen, World War Z Zombies, and Real-Time Communications with Digital Pitchforks
What do Paula Deen and the zombies of the movie WORLD WAR Z have in common? The evolution of the “virus” of communication in real-time. Last weekend, I saw the new Brad Pitt movie WORLD WAR Z. Even before the zombie apocalypse became routine, I was a fan of zombie books and movies, particularly THE…
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Opportunity Doesn’t Just Knock–It Kicks the Door Down
Opportunity doesn’t just knock: it kicks the door down and demands you pay attention. My younger daughter used to say it in a different way, after some incredible dream had presented itself to her all wrapped up in a bow. In her words, “Opportunity isn’t just knocking at my door–it’s in my kitchen making cobblers.” …
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Competitive Spirituality
When I was growing up in a Southern Baptist church, we called it “holier than thou.” These were the people who were quick to let others know that they had a better, closer relationship to Jesus than the other church members. Sorta like Christian name-droppers: “I was just talking to Jesus, and He told me…
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Experts Are Not Free
Just because I have experience with something and can readily give it doesn’t mean I have to or that I should. That’s hard, considering that my life purpose is to share my experiences, but there’s a reason for this pattern and I think I’ve finally gotten the lesson in it after talking to my personal…
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An Instant Feel-Good Exercise Goes Exponential
Several days ago, I did a brief exercise for my Law of Attraction work: I started remembering and writing down different moments/events/phrases/conversations/etc with men I’ve liked (though I only went as far back as one and haven’t had to look beyond that one relationship for some really great feel-good moments, though I started to look…
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No More Poker Face
Copyrighted by Lorna Tedder. Originally published in Third Degree Curves. Sometimes my kids make great observations and at other times, they’re more like court reporters, capturing every utterance. I’d heard that Dark Revelations got a review from RT’s Book Reviews magazine, so we ran over to Destin for a pleasant dinner, then by Barnes and…
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The Marriage Junkie
While waiting for a meeting, I have a chance to talk to a colleague I haven’t spoken with in years. You’d never know by looking at her, but she’s a marriage junkie. When I first met her a decade or more ago, she was already on her third husband. When that marriage didn’t last, she…
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Building, Building, Building
I’ve been back from Daytona for almost 2 weeks now, and I’m beginning to feel that surge of “good energy” fade. The teal of the ocean was definitely good for me. But back home for 2 weeks and settling back into the daily routine here, I’m finding that I’m really having to fight the heaviness…
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Why Can’t I Be Like Other Women?
What’s wrong with me? Why can’t I be like other women? Why can’t I just be like every other divorced woman within 10 years of my age—and half the married women I know—and just go get me a fuck-buddy or two or three or ten and be fine with that? Logically speaking, it would fit…
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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…
