Author Archives: Maewyn
arrival
By Maewyn | May 15, 2010
Well, I’m here. It’s been a little more than two weeks and I’m still figuring out what my new life is like. We didn’t get the house we’d made an offer on. That went to a bank auction, wires got crossed, communication ended, and I don’t know if anyone ever bought the house. We drove [...]
In response to a couple of particularly heinous news stories about self-proclaimed Pagans, Jason at The Wild Hunt has put out a call to create a statement of Pagan ethics. (The actual hammering-out of the statement will be hosted by Brendan Myers on his forum.) The adjective “self-proclaimed” has featured pretty regularly in news articles [...]
Somehow it snuck up on me this year. I bought egg dye and a bag of pre-filled eggs earlier this week, then on Saturday realized we didn’t have any Ostara baskets or much candy or fun stuff like that. We went shopping and bought seed packets, felt baskets in bright colors, chocolate rabbits, and a [...]
Wild Geese – Mary Oliver You do not have to be good. You do not have to walk on your knees for a hundred miles through the desert, repenting. You only have to let the soft animal of your body love what it loves. Tell me about despair, yours, and I will tell you mine. [...]
I started this blog with the idea that I’d talk about my journey toward becoming a priestess. And, I’ll admit, I read posts from famous-among-us priestesses like Anne Hill and Thorn Coyle and Deborah Lipp and Cat Chapin-Bishop, even my friends who actively talk about their priestess work (like Jenett and Beth), and I think [...]
