Broomstick Chronicles

I've been reading a book called Justinian's Flea: Plague, Empire, and the Birth of Europe , by William Rosen. The author tells of ...

It's been way too long since I celebrated the New Moon by attending a Kali puja. Last night I did, and it was an exceptionally good one...

* * * * * * * * * * * * * This morning Corby and I drove to the Lafayette BART station to participate in a rite honoring Pagan service-peopl...

Last week Thorn Coyle interviewed me for her podcast Elemental Castings . During the interview I was feeling clumsy and inarticulate, but w...

I need to take the opportunity to use this forum to gripe about folks, especially Pagans, who use black or dark backgrounds. I cannot read ...

I know there's been lots of fuss this year about the National Day of Prayer . I know that Christians feel they own it. President Obama...

On Saturday I led a spiral dance at the conclusion of the wedding of my friends Carol and Chris . Carol is the Executive Director of Marin ...

Corby and I are just back from singing up the Sun with the Berkeley Morris Dancers at Inspiration Point in Tilden Park, followed by breakf...

I hope you're as delighted as I that Michelle Obama has planted a garden on the White House lawn . I've been urging my colleagues i...

The last weekend in my over-scheduled month of February found me at a gathering called ConVocation , near Detroit. My understanding is that...

Last month I was fortunate to have been asked to give one of the keynote addresses at the Conference on Current Pagan Studies sponsored by ...

After reading a few blogs about various people's experiences at PantheaCon two weekends ago, I realized our experiences are so vastly d...

Last night my friend Victoria took me to see Swan Lake at the San Francisco Ballet for my birthday. I don't think I've ever seen...

Readers, please excuse my long absence. I've been under a dark black cloud for many months. I can see rays of light piercing the rains...

Joining in the magic Oak is generating, I offer the following poem, one of my favorites by one of my favorite poets, imagist Amy Lowell , f...

I recently read a thought-provoking book called Boom! Voices of the Sixties , Personal Reflections on the '60s and Today, by Tom Brokaw....

Sunday afternoon I attended a Change Is Coming meeting in a Gerstle Park Victorian. One of three in the County on Sunday and others on Sa...