Numbers Equal Strength. This quarter’s blog has turned out very different than I intended. This part of the winter holiday season calls for Gratitude for what we each have in our lives, wherever, however, and whatever the conditions are that we are living. I don’t know how many of you, dear readers, are feeling betrayed …
Sitting in the waiting room of a surgical hospital is how I spent election morning. Wondering if the surgeon would be able to concentrate as he repaired the tiny holes in my sister’s ear, and would she still maintain any hearing in her right ear? I sat there with my nephew, waiting for her surgery …
Most of the inspiration for my songs comes from nature, things that impressed or distressed me deeply. Of course, one such subject that has a great impact upon me, as it does with many of the pagan fraternities worldwide is the prolific deforestation and habitat destruction leading to biodiversity loss on a massive scale. This …
When you are in need of a Mother’s love, just look down at your feet. When you call Her, She comes! Every day, our feet are stuck to Her as She spins in the cosmos. From this connection to Her, we have everything we need to live. All the other Elements dance with us because …
It is October and the growing darkness is palpable here in Massachusetts. As I went on my morning walking, I allowed my inner child to come out. I playfully kicked the autumn leaves as their warm hues swirled around me. The sun’s rays shone down like amber as woodsy scents on the wind cleared my …
Thanks to Gaia and the Green ManThanks to the blessed land.Tend the garden with rakes and hoes,The harvest basket overflows. That’s they opening of Garden Harvest Song, which I recorded with my band, the Crow Women. (The link to listen to the song is at the end of this post.) Writing about gardening brings up …
Here we are, walking the wheel again. Familiar pathways lead through time, all the same yet not the same. Ever onward through the ways, on these spirals of change. Our journey brings us to Samhain, the time of the final harvest of the year when the fields are burned and the last of the crops …
The inspiration for my song, Diana (Live), which is on KIVA’s first album, The Healing Art, was from being a fan of the Robin of Sherwood series and their idea of a hunter god of the forest (Hearn) and there being a song about him by Clannad. So, I thought there should be a song …
Pagans use musical instruments for sacred purposes–in meditation, ritual, or community gatherings. Instruments connect us to the divine, build relationships between people, are used for healing, and to manipulate the energy that affects our reality. Many instruments have been put to sacred use throughout history. Some instruments themselves are considered sacred and have their own …
The Dark Season is sweeping down upon us, so here’s a spot of dark work I will be recording soon. “Life’s the parade of the dyingIt’s the dance of the already dead.We’re dancing away every momentTo the music that plays in our heads…” As many of you know, I grew up on a working farm. …
