In passing, I mentioned some of the differences between a Story and a Journey.

Tags: lexicon & journal & Story & Journey & pagan community

There are just all sorts of thirteens in my blogs. And there are about to be more.

Tags: triskaidekaphobia & thirteen & three & five & seven

So I am going to talk about the retreat I'd like to build if money were not an object.

Tags: The Wild Hunt & retreat & technopagan & berm & microclimates & buried building & greenhouse & flower & garden & solar mass & sleeping quarters & altar & statuary & paths & waterfall shower

We've gotten so used to hiding ourselves that the default assumption is that the only reason you see someone nude is because you are about to get it on. It's not true.

Tags: journal & nudity & ugh-politics & hiding & ourselves & default assumption

I made a mistake this last Tuesday.

Tags: journal & Sheela na gig & mom

Truth is winning in a small way. I've been finding people that I agree with online.

Tags: journal & Mom & veritas & truth & casual sex & younger women & wisdom & Isaiah's Job & older men & think & older ladies & victimhood & bad boy & pagan & dangerous & risk & blood & HTML & Disqus & shower & breakfast & Raven & sunrise

❝I think it's a mistake to suppress our biology in the name of politics.❞

Tags: journal & flirt & maxims & ugh-politics & sexuality & sharing & tribalism & labels & responsibility

I've had three deaths in the past month. One a friend, one an uncle, and one person who I did not get along with.

Tags: journal & companion & funerals & poor little me & passing & uncle & friend & mother & caregiver & ugh-politics & mortality & pagan & tribal identity & nuturing the Earth & differences & share

They want to know why they should even consider your faith when their faith is absolutest.

Tags: journal & faith & justify & Christian & evangelical

Rain in my desert always makes me think.

Tags: rain & desert & borders & sandstone & sun & clouds & stone & sky & wind & sand & truths

Reading is a dying art, especially the way I do it.

Tags: music & Mom & paganism & ugh-politics & sketching & reading multiple things

It's the mix, it's the argument, it's the conflict that will give us some of our best new ideas.

Tags: ugh-politics & pagan & Christian & all or nothing & borders & magick & miracles

It's snowing right now.

Tags: journal & snow & Raven & breakfast & dawn & Phoenix & Arkansas & Flagstaff & North Rim & hot chocolate

I'd stop blogging for a while, but I think that's one thing keeping me going.

Tags: Pagan & news & depression & toxic

I got to do the internet frustration thing again.

Tags: journal & insomnia & internet & mom & sex rules & Sparkpoint & Spring

I need a break from the nonsense.

Tags: journal & hermit & sunrise & breeze & birdsong & nonsense

I'd rather talk about the pagan stuff.

Tags: journal & ugh-politics & sunrise & Raven & grandfather & breakfast & Cycle & Moment & blueberries & weather & ancient agelessness

❝Sympathy is not part of my nature. Fellow-feeling is a gift that I have to work at, so I do. I consider it as restitution for the person I once was.❞

Tags: journal & Isaac Bonewits & morality & reddit & email & ABCDEF & sympathy & life ledger & measure of a man & secret of life & choice & consequences & fellow-feeling & restitution & more pagan than thou & abuse & manipulation & bastard & bitch & irredeemable sin & Christian

❝I'm not allowed to share her story while she still lives, but my mother was amazing.❞

Tags: mom & hidden thirteen & dealing with loss & journal & companion & passing & esoterica & Pagan Vigil & solstice & Dad & songs & maxims & sabbats & winter solstice

My time has not been my own.

Tags: mom & fireplace & vigil & companion & Christian & journal & dealing with loss

I'm doing things behind the scenes that you may not notice.

Tags: reformating & Im chat & mom & Christmas tree & sunrise & journal

I don't really do many holidays. It's a long story.

Tags: journal & Pagan Vigil & mom & hermit

Sometimes when you're feeling down, one of the best things you can do is do for others.

Tags: mom & eggnog French toast & yard

It's hard to find energy so I can do things.

Tags: insomnia & pest control & Raven & blueberries & raspberries

Still, I missed some things.

Tags: companion & The Lament & clean up the code & clean house & yard & dealing with loss

Lately when my articles have been good enough, I've experimented with posting links at reddit. The response has been a little mixed.

Tags: paganism & thinking & companion & Redmark & garden & mom & journal

So I've learned to do small pleasures.

Tags: Harvestpoint & semi-hermit & body language & small groups & large groups & Summergate & Wintergate & hair of the bear & recipies & calendars & lexicon & Raven & blueberries & journal & wheel of the year & solar year

I think I'm spending more time trying to sleep than actually sleeping.

Tags: insomnia & companion & play & Mom & calendars & Evernote & digital binder & Pangere

As something suitable for the ages, the websites work as they are. As something that I can update and tweak, I need programs to manage.

Tags: Mom & caregiver & pagan Vigil & webmaster & Gallup & companion & slice of life & ugh-politics & garden & journal

Yes, sometimes you can taste the Moonlight in the predawn. It's full of promise and hope and wonder, with the ever so slight tartness of regret.

Tags: Thursday & dawn & Wednesday & rain showers & Moon & malachite bear pendant & fun & Sage of Greater Pagan Wisdom & slice of life & Pagan & quotes & picture & maxims & false modesty & service of truth & creative & tweaking & passions & positive & Wildman & journal

My high desert has been absolutely gorgeous.

Tags: journal & moonbathing & Mom & caregiver & high desert & sky & Earth & tomato & sharing & the Gardener & companion & homemade peach ice cream & pendants

I'm typing this on my patio and one of my neighbor's pigeons is giving me the eye.

Tags: Mom & the Gardener & yard & flowers & apple trees & worms & grandfather & pigeon & ravens & journal

I love watching ladies sunbathing in the summer. It's purely sexual.

Tags: sunbathing & wondering & climax & philosophy & Divine & notebook & share & Pagan Vigil & Isaiah's Job & companion & garden & tomato & spinach & zucchini & journal

Last night I wrapped myself in the blanket and spent a long time watching the flames in my small fire.

Tags: ecology & global warming & climate change & fire & garden & ugh-politics & journal & wheel of the year & solar year

In a little while I am going to go plant my tree. I can't get away this weekend so I am starting Summergate a little early.

Tags: Court of Shadows & trees & Summergate & pendants & Mom & caregiver & Raven & family & journal & wheel of the year & solar eclipse & Fire Festivals

I didn't plan to become a pagan sex advisor on ethics, but looking at my writings on sex, that's exactly what I have become.

Tags: journal & companion & sex scandal & Kenny Klein & ethics & in your face paganism & Adam The Woo & slice of life & mask & hair of the bear & Mom & caregiver & Bear & Coyote & Raven & Dan Flores

I've been up all night with the sound of the night in my ears. Also aroused. And no companion around.

Tags: ritual bath & moonbathing & Moon & sunrise & bright moon & calendars & Pagan Vigil & journal

This week I got back into my discipline.

Tags: calendars & blood magick & discipline & journal & Scott Cunningham & Donald Kraig & dark moon & Court of Shadows & compost pile & companion & sky calendar & lore calendar & wyrd calendar & Mom & caregiver

I am keeping the baseball hats though…

Tags: companion & trauma drama & paganism & Mom & caregiver & recovery & teknologi & IPhone & Spring & spring cleaning & tweaking & journal

I can let it warp my life, or I can do the thing I decided years ago.

Tags: sunrise & ugh-politics & pagan community & calendars

The best thing I can do is find a way to channel the passion.

Tags: Bright & Dark Blessings & webmaster & creative & trauma drama & design & Pagan Vigil Reader & journal

No, it wasn’t responsible. No, I’m not proud of it. And yes, it lasted longer than it should have with me.

Tags: monogamous & picture & sex rules & people cherish their passions & pillow talk problem & trust & collecting pelts & statuary & nudity & naked

It’s one of the few sexual labels that I bother with. It’s not that I disapprove of labels like gay, lesbian, transgender, and all the others. It’s just hard to see how the label applies to me unless we have sex.

Tags: eros & polyamorous & polyamory & dark & early & companion & Christianity & sensualist & polygamous & Corporate Clone & collecting pelts & Christian & video & Forbidden & orgasm & sex rules

I am a sensualist. I’m telling you this because all too often pagans forget we’re supposed to bridge worlds.

Tags: senses & ritual magick & Asperger syndrome & candle & Robot & Coyote & Raven & sensualist & garden

Separation of faith and politics

Tags: meditation & us vs. them & pagan community & emotional vs. rational & ugh-politics & J1W & pullback & Christian & Christian bash & Christianity

Look around and see the wonders

Tags: tools & world song & Christianity & clean sheets & hot running water & Arduino & Age of Wonders & Spark of Inspiration

Beware the Egos

Tags: character & leadership & Joseph Campbell & Spiderman & Fantastic Four & Doctor Strange & Big Name Pagan & Divine & effective & dishonor

Still here sorta

Tags: 3rd Yearnings & personal drama & fallout & New Mexico

“On stage I make love to twenty-five thousand people; and then I go home alone.”

— Janis Joplin

Tags: 3rd Yearnings & Asperger syndrome & mask & Robot & companion & nudity & wisdom & alone & make love & on stage & Janis Joplin

The decline of the written language

Tags: 3rd Yearnings & classic & written language & McGuffey Readers & linearly & sequentially & systemize the language & Diné/Navajo & Noah Webster & Chriron & sharing & technopagan & language & bibliophile & Gnosis magazine & grammar errors

Be - updated

Tags: 3rd Yearnings & labels & classic & cross-wired brain & Pagan & polytheistic & Nature & technology & manifest & Wiccan & Other & fringe element & Western Civilization & individual & ugh-politics & True Believer™ & libertarian & GLBT & Bruce Lee & water