Broomstick Chronicles

We had a modest Christmas this year, and I have to say a lovely one. We bought very few gifts, since 2006 was a financially challenging yea...

For the Solstice, I forewent Reclaiming's annual beach ritual with plunge in the ocean. As it happens, I haven't gone in years, alt...

On December 10th I attended one of MIC 's quarterly retreat days. They haven't been going on for long, and I've managed to make...

My friend Sabina sent me this photo of the simultaneous sunset and moonrise at the North Pole. I don't know where she got it, but I th...

My friend Lauren Raine created a set of exquisite leather masks of many goddesses for the 20th anniversary of Reclaiming's Spiral Dance...

I'm alive, folks. And overflowing with all manner of stuff I want to write about. Samhain events have caused me to re-evaluate my conne...

I last mentioned Keith Hennessey 's work a year ago when I wrote about How To Die . I'd call him a friend, because I really like hi...

I sure wish I had more time to blog. I have a good half-dozen juicy entries in my head. I hope they're not getting stale while they aw...

By Mexican artist José Luís Serrano , permission to use pending. "This is the Feast of Samhain, when the veil is thin that divides the ...

Saturday evening on Corby's third day post-surgery, he felt strong enough for me to accompany him to an intime concert in Vicky and She...

My dear friends Sparky T. Rabbit and Steven Posch have stated that they think this photo of my most typifies who I am. It's not the m...

Well, I did my best, but, as my friend Oak would say, "mistakes were made." No sooner did I release that press release than I re...

This is what I've been up to this week, with three collaborators: Maureen Duffy-Boose , Ellen Evert Hopman , and Nancy Machin of Pagan ...

Just finished reading Barbara Ehrenreich 's fascinating study of the history of collective joy, Dancing in the Streets . The occurrence...

Dorothea in front of CHS banner in our pavilion This is a late report, but a good one nonetheless. Dorothea, a seminarian at Pacific School...

Yesterday Patrick and I attended an event at Peace Lutheran Church in Danville, CA called " Holy Convergence : An Interfaith Festival ...

Yesterday I drove to Fair Oaks (Sacramento area) for the annual A Gathering of Spirits Harvest Festival honoring Pagan Pride Day. I picked...

Sister Marion censing the peace pole. The activist Dominican Sisters of San Rafael , under the direction of Sister Marion Irvine, previously...

Yesterday I spent a restorative day with others in the Marin Interfaith Council at one of our quarterly retreats. The theme was balancing t...

Summer & Macha at the Summer of Love My friend Summer and I spent last Sunday afternoon in Speedway Meadows in Golden Gate Park enjoying...