Posted in Earth Wisdom, Seasonal Lore
I’m home from the third annual Northwest Lammas Festival, a homegrown affair started and sustained by some of my mermaid sisters and brothers. (We thank…
Posted in Seasonal Lore
It was a small gathering, around 60 people or so, but the intimate size felt just right. We gathered together on sacred ground to celebrate…
Posted in Personal Journey
Yesterday was the first anniversary of my father’s passing. Nora, Craig, and I went for a walk in the deep woods where he used to…
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During the week I work. It distracts me. Writing lines of XHTML code, placing one color against another, finding a pleasing harmony. Solving an intricate…
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When my father moved to Bellingham to be with me about ten years ago, he promptly adopted the children of my closest friends as his…
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Thank you for all your loving thoughts and prayers. After a hard labor that lasted over 24 hours, my father passed away at 2:07 this…
Posted in Seasonal Lore
First the Old Moon rose. And then the Sun. Eagles flew low above us. Clams squirted. Herons stood serenely in the shallows. We offered herbs…
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I wasn’t in a hotel in New York last night, drinking Cosmopolitans with my Tarot friends at the Readers Studio. Instead I was inside a…
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I think May Day (Beltane) is my favorite holiday of the year. I hold it as sacred to myself as others hold Yule or Easter,…