During my first year as a Pagan I hit each stop on the Wheel hard, with the zeal of a new convert. This year, not so much. I did do Bealtine huge this year – went all the way to Ireland for the traditional fire on the Hill of Uisneach […]
This week, previously unknown monuments have been discovered near Newgrange. The discovery was made by Anthony Murphy of Mythical Ireland – the same Anthony Murphy who was kind enough to be my tour guide to the monuments of the Boyne Valley during my trip to Ireland. Which made me realize […]
The day I landed in Ireland I was exhausted, aching, and completely overwhelmed. After getting the rental car I was supposed to stop at this town called Swords that had a large shopping center. The idea was a cheap coffeemaker, grinder, and flat iron for the bestie as none of […]
Just outside of Tulsk, as part of the Rathcroghan royal complex, sits the holy well of Ogulla. This place has been a sacred site well back into pagan times, and so of course has been coopted by the Catholic church. This, however, did nothing to diminish the powerful experience I […]
So it was a rough weekend. My last post mentioned how I was in Western NC for a memorial service, and how anxious I was about seeing my dad again. The day came. He decided to skip the memorial and only show up at the cemetery, “so he wouldn’t make […]
I was minding my own business this morning when this popped up in my Facebook feed: First off, I can’t believe anyone actually could believe that there is a “planned human sacrifice of our children” in this day and age. But not only does the original poster (a relative of […]
Happy, glorious Midsummer Day! It didn’t feel so happy at 5AM when I woke up after less than 4 hours of sleep. I had thought of having a bonfire to greet the sun this morning, but my 5AM self vetoed that idea. In fact, it made a very good case […]
This is a first for me – a product review. So let me say up front that the Sabbat Box people have no idea I’m doing this, and I paid for my box just like anyone else. Sabbat Box is a subscription box for Pagans, delivering unique Wiccan supplies & Pagan […]
It can get a bit tricky to practice Pagan rituals when you are not fully “out of the broom closet” to your family. My kids (both teens who somewhat know what I’m into now) are the only ones here for the most part as the hubs (still a fundamentalist Christian […]
Ok probably not the ONLY fundamental difference, but this meme from my facebook feed today does sum up the core philosophical difference between Christianity and Paganism. At least, one of my very favorite differences. It’s not the singling out of women that bothers me here. It’s the idea that people are […]