Buying Art
I live in an amazing city. And the more I attend local events, the more I appreciate the wider bands of frith. TheScott took me to the East Austin Studio Tour (EAST) on Sunday and we had a grand old time. I love paintings, especially originals, not prints. The kind where you can see the brushstrokes...
Finding the Faith that Fits You: Rev. Brad
This week, we are revisiting our FtFtFY series with an installment from our good friend, Brad. Jax met Brad in college and has known him for *mumble mumble* years. I met Brad a few years later and have known him for *rackle frackle* years. Some of my fondest memories of Brad are from geeking-out with...
Sending Love to Lynne
Lynne is a friend of mine who lives in Seattle. She and I worked together when I lived there five years ago. When she and I were last acquainted, her mother’s time was ending because of cancer. Lynne and her family were helping her mother pass into the next world and doing their best to...
Finding My Heathen Goddesses
I am a feminist. And by feminist, I mean I believe (or rather insist) men and women should be treated equally.* Equal rights. Equal pay. Equal value. And that’s that. No man-hating, bra-burning, anti-feminine business for me. *nose wrinkle and grin* That was a bad joke; those are feminist stereotypes. I recognize, though, that some...
Autumnal Equinox Resolutions
I hope you and yours had a lovely equinox! Last autumnal equinox, what we Heathens call Winter Finding, I wrote about letting go of the old to make room for the new, and I thought I’d hold myself accountable by letting you know how I did. Last year I said I’d let go of… …the...
Sleeping with Ancestors, Mantic and Romantic Dreams
When I say I sleep with my ancestors, I mean I dream of them. I dream of the ancestors I know, or rather knew, fairly frequently. Although I now suspect I dream of ancestors I never knew, too, but I don’t recognize them as such because…well, largely because I don’t recognize them. Jax and talked...
The Princess and the Pins
I had my first ever acupuncture session on Wednesday. For those of you already familiar with my needle-phobia this may come as a surprise, but it’s been a year of tackling fears head on and today was the day I finally went under the needle. Acupuncture is becoming more accepted in mainstream American society as more...
A Decade of Being Pagan
It dawned on me the other day that I passed the ten year mark this summer. Though it’s hard to pinpoint exactly when I “became” Pagan, I have chosen the day I cast my first circle as my anniversary. While at the time I was still unsure of what I was doing (and wouldn’t yet...
A Week of Live Music in Austin
My post this week isn’t very pagan-y. I’m still stoked about my vacation and wanted to share some of it with you. I spent last week frolicking with my niece, Samantha, who is about to be a senior at Auburn University.* She is a newly minted “real” adult as she recently turned 21. She has...
How the Princesses Spent Summer Solstice
As many of you know, Jax and I spent Summer Solstice, also known as Midsummer, in my back yard. It was just us princesses, so our observance was intimate and personal.* We shared and offered a meal with wine. It was a lovely affair and I was glad to share it with one of my...
Princess on a Plane
My father is a pilot. He flew helicopters for the Army for 25 years and when I was really young he had a private pilot’s license for flying planes. I barely remember it, but when I was three years old, I rode in a little prop plane that my daddy flew. Flying is something he...
My Plans for Summer Solstice Ritual
Next Tuesday is the Summer Solstice and I am planning a ritual, or as Heathens call it, a blót (pronounced bloat). This will not be my first ritual (not by a long shot), but it will be the first blót have planned on my own. Jax usually takes care of the planning and the direction...
