Political Hot Button Issues: Big Bird is Worth It
I admitted earlier this month that I haven’t been engaged this presidential election. I’m hearing about the election and the debates from the Grand Overseer. And if something interests me, then I find additional sources. Which is exactly what I did when Mitt Romney said he would defund the Public Broadcasting System (PBS) during the...
The Giant Big Ben Overlooking Mecca (Makkah)
Has everyone seen this? Yes, that’s Mecca. Overlooked by a giant hotel complex in the shape of Big Ben, properly known as the Abraj al Bait Towers, which opened for business this year. Here’s another picture: It is the world’s second largest building, and the world’s largest hotel–complete with a spa and four story shopping mall...
A Study of Stillness: Algiz/Elhaz
Algiz (also known as Elhaz, said as all-yeese or ale-hawz) is the fifteenth rune. I know it would make sense to start at the beginning when talking about runes, but this one’s been on my mind lately. I once long, long ago promised to talk more about runes, so I’m starting with this one. I’ll talk...
Political Hot Button Issues: Binders Full of Debt
Over the next few weeks, I’d like to talk about some of the “hot button†policies that have received attention in the presidential debates. Though admittedly, I am getting my information on the debates from the Grand Overseerer and then from the Oracle. I just haven’t had to the stamina this year to watch the...
Winter Nights and the Elf Blot
One of the big challenges of a reconstructed faith is taking a religion that varied through several centuries and creating a single system out of the mix. The faith of the Teutonic peoples was practiced for hundreds of years from Germany to Iceland and almost everywhere in between. It’s no surprise the tribes of first...
Back to Life, Back to Reality…
I’m having a hard time getting my head back in the game (of life) after my paradise vacation. I miss the sound of the ocean. I miss the palm trees. I miss the clear, blue water. I miss the bright flowers that seemed to be forever in bloom. *sigh* But real life is here. I...
Notes from Vacation
As GG mentioned last week, the Princesses are taking a week’s vacation from our regular posting, but I wanted to check in with a few notes and news. Here’s a shout out to Jason Pitzl-Waters, writer of The Princesses’ go-to Pagan news source The Wild Hunt, as he leaves Patheos to go indy again. We...
Memories of the Caribbean
Hello realm! The princesses are on vacation, but we like to stay in touch. Here are some photos of my vacation in St. John last week. St. John is one of three U.S. Virgin Islands. I’ve also updated my post from last week to show underwater photos from my SCUBA dives and snorkeling adventures with Mr. Awesome....
Fictionalizing the Divine
I write in a paranormal, urban fantasy, science fiction sort of genre. Lately I’ve found myself using not just creatures from mythology, but the gods themselves as characters. Odin, Freyja and Idunna make cameos in the latest book I turned in to my editor. (Whether or not they stay in the final draft is up to...
