Month: September 2013

  • Will you walk with me?

    Will you walk with me?

    In yesterday’s post on The Wild Hunt I talked about Awen and about my creative process. It wasn’t standard fare for that site, and not the most widely read and shared post that I’ve written, but it was a very natural thing for me to write about. A song is little more than a conversation […]

  • I Was Not Ashamed at Pagan Pride

    I Was Not Ashamed at Pagan Pride

    A year ago I wrote about feeling ashamed at Pagan Pride. The circle was to blame, I stated. On Saturday, to my surprise, I found myself standing in a circle at another Pagan Pride, but this time I was helping to facilitate ritual. I was “West,” to be specific. I stood in a circle, one […]

  • Making My Way Through the Cloud

    Making My Way Through the Cloud

    Today is the first day since we’ve been in Portland that the sky was completely overcast. Our bedroom was a pale blue-gray when we woke, and I found the color to be incredibly peaceful and calming. I have a feeling that there are plenty of Portlanders who do not share my adoration for this hue, […]

  • To Be Pagan Without Community

    To Be Pagan Without Community

    I spent the morning catching up with an “online” friend, forging a new “on ground” relationship. The internet is amazing, really. To be able to initiate these kinds of relationship and build community having only the context of Facebook or an e-mail forum is phenomenal. I’m a transplant to this town, and yet there are […]