Today I walked into my office and had to slowly step backwards out again. See this Merlin statue on my bookcase and the castle next to it? Well, that is where the castle SHOULD be. This is where it was: We may need to move. In the meantime, does...
Religion & Spirituality
Blessed Litha/Summer Solstice/Wednesday
Today at 00:24 (well, for us here in the Eastern Time Zone, at least) the Summer Solstice occurred, marking not only the longest day of the year, but the official beginning of summer. It is a time that some celebrate spiritually; for others it is merely another Wednesday. In...
Blessed Ostara
Wishing a blessed Ostara to one and all. May the stirrings of spring bring peace and plenty to you.
Banned Books Awareness: Borderlife
It is a new year, with new possibilities. Welcome to 2016! Unfortunately, some people didn’t get the message and are slinking back to the past rather than walking hand in hand into the future. Gader Haya (Borderlife), by Dorit Rabinyan, has received the coveted Bernstein literary prize in Israel...
Solstice
“Solstice” Freshly fallen snow hugs the ground like a blanket Anticipation of birth in the crisp winter air The Moon shines in the darkness secure in the future As the first rays of Sunlight signal the birth drawing near Women commanding over the power of nativity Men confident in...
Blessed Yule
One week until #Yule! 😀 May the new light shine throughout the coming year.
Respect
I saw this on Facebook and had to share it! I saw many humans on whom there were no clothes. I saw many clothes in which there were no humans. ~ Rumi
Banned Books Awareness: Crossing the Free Speech Line
Spend enough time online and you’ll discover that trolls lurk outside of fairy tales and Lower Michigan. There comes a time, though, when some of these internet trolls don’t just cross the line of appropriateness or maturity, they jump it waving a middle finger at the world. For anyone...
Banned Books Awareness: “Bare-Faced Messiah”
Scientologists have kept a book out of American stores for 27-years because it alleges that L. Ron Hubbard was a racist and a fantasist with a penchant for bizarre sexual rituals; but it is finally getting published. Written by British journalist Russell Miller, it was finished the year after...
Across the Great Divide: Paranormal Communication
Humans are quite egocentric when it comes to the physical world and their professed mastery of it. If they cannot hear it, see it, touch it, or understand it then it doesn’t exist or is laughed off as the illogical ramblings of the foolish. A common- and clichéd- axiom...