Broomstick Chronicles

I don't feel like blogging. I don't feel like doing anything. I've been done in for too long. Christy's family held her...

My dear friend Christy Kearney (aka Chrys Rasmussen and Christy Werbel) passed away last Saturday after a long battle with breast cancer. ...

I want to thank my friend Oak for reminding me again this year to stop and hear Her song. I've been in the midst of family changes, in...

Greetings! We here at CHS hope your holidays were filled with the warmth of shared times with loved ones. As I move into my year as preside...

The American Academy of Religion (AAR) celebrated 100 years at its Annual Meeting in Montreal in November. For four days scholars and theol...

This year past I celebrate three artist friends. Corby and I join a small group of middle-aged Pagans and Paganish folk for a convivial eve...

While visiting our friends Sophia and Casey over the Thanksgiving weekend, Corby and I met some of their friends who were pursuing their pas...

© 2009 Richard Man * Last night we celebrated Samhain at Reclaiming's 30th Anniversary Spiral Dance . The stated intention of this yea...

Photo by Peter Hughes (RIP) Blessed Samhain to All on Every Plane of Existence! Well, folks, I had this very cool audio file I was gonna sha...

Well, Patrick and I made it to this event in spite of the fact that my car overheated in the BART parking lot where I was picking him up fo...

Two weeks ago I attended a the 6th Annual Marin Leadership Luncheon sponsored by the Marin Leadership Foundation . Marin Interfaith Counci...

As a member of the AAR , I get lots of catalogs from academic publishers. While most titles are not especially relevant or interesting to P...

Last Tuesday I attended MIC's quarterly retreat. Teachers Mary Grace Orr from Vipassana Santa Cruz and the Rev. Rob Geiselmann from Chr...

I am very sad today to learn of the passing of my friend Beki Filipello . She was a lovely woman and a wonderful ( NROOGD ) Witch. She had...

Yesterday Corby and I drove out to Drake's Beach, so named because Sir Francis Drake is said to have landed there in the Golden Hind in ...

Today is the natal day of my firstborn, a son, 47 years ago. He is no longer on this plane, but I always remember him, especially on his bi...

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...