Now comes the days of the Summer Swelter, that expanse of time in the South when everything lives beneath a blistering sun, and ever increasing temperatures. I follow a different calendar than some, and so for me, summer is here and she is here to stay. I love watching the changes start and slowly gather …
I wrote “Magic all around Us” in 2020 and recorded it in 2022. The story of the song is older than the song itself. When I was in my thirties I rode the mountain trails around Coker Creek in the Cherokee National Forest frequently. It is a beautiful area to hike, ride, and/or camp. On …
I participated in my first ritual to celebrate Aphrodite (in this lifetime) when I was a teenager. I only remember bits of the ritual but one of the things that we did was a guided meditation where we communed with Aphrodite. In that meditation Aphrodite gave me a rose and I’ve felt connected to her …
Well, Spring is here. It is more evident if you live in the South, but even here on the shores of Lake Erie there are signs.The buds are just beginning to show on the Maple tree in my backyard and the flowers are just beginning to show green leaves searching for the Sun. We’ve even …
Songwriting is such a strange process. I often spend months and much research on a single idea, and it might take a year for the actual song to emerge and mature. I have even said that a song isn’t a song until I have played it 100 times, because it will morph even after it …
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February is always a very intense month for me. We’ve celebrated Imbolc and the Blessings of Brigid, and now we stare the long last remnants of winter in the face. The February sun shines with an intensity that always appears this time of year and I watch each morning as the rise comes earlier and …
Allow me to introduce you to a good friend of mine. She is a Sylph, an Elemental of the Air. (She usually seems feminine to me but I know that can change in the space of a breath!) I believe the Sylphs were the first Elementals I actually met – and we have had such …
SNIP! “Well, strictly speaking, from an evolutionary perspective, our only purpose in life is reproduction. Ok, you’ll feel a slight tug here. Three, two, *snip*” So said the guy who did my vasectomy when I was 28. I never wanted babies. They get in the way of sex in the kitchen. I also knew that …
Like so many of my “born again pagan” friends, I was raised in the Christian church. Very early on, I realized that I needed a place to put my spirituality, and church was the only place I knew. I became very involved, attending on Wednesday evenings and Sundays to sing in the youth choir and …
“She’s getting no rest, she just failed her pregnancy test. How’s she gonna care for a little child? She can barely feed herself, no food’s left on the shelf. Frustration makes her rage and scream and cry.” I wrote Nothing Holy but the Blood for The Red Album: Pagan Voices for Reproductive Rights, to add another step on …
