
Should You Pay to Learn About Your Faith?
A friend of mine who is a solitary witch once said to me, “You should never have to pay to learn about your religion.†I was a bit of a fluffy bunny at the time, so I took her words to heart. For a long time after that, I made a squinchy face whenever I...

Teaching the Controversy
Two weeks ago on The Wild Hunt (ah, Jason… may I call you Jason? Your brilliance inspires all us Pagan bloggers so. Please accept the fawning adulation of a princess as recompense for semi-regularly riffing off you*)… where was I? Oh yes. Two weeks ago on The Wild Hunt, Jason talked about the Religious Right’s**...

Princess at the Burlesque
I volunteered at the Texas Burlesque Festival this weekend as part of a writing project I’m working on (I love my job). TBF is a three night extravaganza of dancers from all over the nation and the pasties that keep their forbidden bits hidden. I haven’t interacted with the burlesque community in the past (write what...

Walking the Talk: Explaining Heathenry to an Adoption Agency
We spend a lot of our time in The Realm talking about Pagan interactions in the real world, and I have, in the past, encouraged people who are able without intense repercussions to come out of the broom closet. My convictions tell me that being open about who I am and what I believe is...

Princess Lessons from Julia Sugarbaker
When I was a teenager, I watched Designing Women with my mother religiously. [hahaha] Indeed, our weekly viewing when the show was on the air (1986-1993) were akin to goddess worship. The women of Sugarbaker Associates and Design Firm were equally divine and feminine, each representing a different aspect of goddess, including power, empathy, nurturing...

As I Dig
As I Dig As I dig in the garden My trowel strikes something hard. And the child inside can’t help but wonder Is it a time capsule? Some buried artifact, Left behind by owners long gone? Or pirate treasure? My adult self knows it is a rock. A big one. And it will be arduous...