Broomstick Chronicles

After seeing the video clip of Spiral Dances on YouTube and being told by Chas that he couldn't identify me in clips of the first one i...

It's that time of year again, my favorite, when the shadows lengthen and the sunlight produces a magical quality of light. Here's a...

Three friends, Lord Verderius, Macha & Canu, 'neath ancient oak I recently returned from MerryMeet, CoG's annual Grand Council (...

Patrick was released from hospital this evening, with brace and cane and orders not to leave the house for two days minimum. He will have a...

Victoria Claflin Woodhull 1838-1927 Let us not forget that today is the anniversary of the passage of the 19th Amendment to the U.S. Consti...

I spent about four hours with Patrick on Saturday. He's much improved. He can walk a little bit (to the bathroom) and was fitted for a...

Patrick Many of you know or have heard of Patrick McCollum . A man of many accomplishments and a devoted Priest of Brigit and goldsmith, Pat...

Lauren lives much of her life at Brushwood, where she's sometimes been artist-in-residence. She has lots of favorite places. She show...

I found the photos! They were in my camera all along. I remember taking out the camera at the airport to download the photos into my compu...

Corby and I are back home, after 10 hours in the Cleveland airport due to thunderstorms. We had the same problem on the way to Starwood, bu...

I don't know what happened to the past two months. Yesterday we took Fernando and Oona to the vet for more shots and to see why Fernan...

I spent five days back in Western Massachusetts for the Cherry Hill Seminary Summer Intensive , followed by a meeting of most of the Admini...

On Saturday morning I gave a talk to 50 Pagans sitting in a hotel meeting room in São Paulo, Brazil while I sat is my cluttered studio in Ca...

This is the obituary announcement we put in the local papers: Elizabeth Van Tine O’Brien January 19, 1911- May 23, 2008 Second of five child...

Sheesh, what a year for deaths! Paula Gunn Allen died six days after my mother did. Thanks to Jason's Wild Hunt blog that I know abo...

My Mother, Elizabeth (Betty) My latest blog is over at The Wild Hunt . Jason honored me by asking me to be among his guest bloggers while h...

Elizabeth Van Tine O'Brien January 19, 1911, Lansdowne, PA - May 23, 2008, Lodi, CA The announcement that went in the local papers, beca...

My mother, Elizabeth V. O'Brien, crossed over at the age of 97 in the early morning of May 23, 2008. Her daughters and granddaughters w...

Peggy & Aline, April 2008 (We asked a waiter to snap this, told him just head and shoulders. Twice he got shots like this, then another...

Vampyre Mike Kassel Maybe it's because I read the "Irish sporting green" on Sundays, but it seems to me at least once a month ...