books
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As promised at the beginning of September, here is the review of Bibliotheca Alexandria’s Potnia, the Devotional for Demeter! I really enjoyed this devotional. It was bigger than I expected, they clearly got a LOT of submissions. I surprised, but delighted, at how many fictional submissions were included. There was a play and a musical,
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My childhood was not exactly a happy one, for reasons I’m not going to go into. But I have one bright spot in the memory of that time, something that I had buried away until a few years ago, because I didn’t think I could get that feeling back. When I was (about) 11 or
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Good morning, everyone! I started thinking this post would be just one post on some of different things and events in my life that led me to become a homesteader. But as that post got longer and longer, I realized that it would be best if I split it into a series of posts. There
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Woot! I had four poems and one essay accepted to Jewel of Aset’s Nephthys devotional, and two poems accepted to Neos Alexandria’s devotional to the Dark Gods. It feels good to be writing again. I feel more like myself than I have in ages. Next I need to start working on my submissions for the
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A review of Sheepish: Two Women, Fifty Sheep, and Enough Wool to Save the Planet by Catherine Friend Sheepish is a delightful little book of vignettes – some related, some less so – of Catherine Friend’s life on sheep farm with her wife, who is much more euthanistic about the farming lifestyle than Catherine herself
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This one looks like it will be very interesting. Link here. —– They are the dark gods: Hecate, Kali, Loki, Set, Lilith, Ereshkigal, Hel, Hades, and others. Even benevolent deities such as Apollo, Freyja, Isis, and Brigid have their shadow sides. Dark is often associated with things like death, war, destruction, and violent change. But
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I believe the deadline has been extended. Link here. ——- I am seeking submissions for an anthology of prayers suitable for Pagan children (ages 0-12) from many different traditions. Categories for prayers will include the typical mornings, bedtimes, and mealtimes, but will also include things like gratitude, starting school, the death of a pet, safe
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I recently read Barnyard in Your Backyard: A Beginner’s Guide to Raising Chickens, Ducks, Geese, Rabbits, Goats, Sheep, and Cattle by Gail Demerow (check it out here). I got my relatively-new copy from Amazon just about three weeks ago, and already I’ve succeeded in dog-earing it all to hell. For the last three weeks this book lived
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Hello, dear readers (if I have any left). Yes, I’m sorry, it has been about 2 months since I have posted. I made it to Tucson okay, but I have been extremely busy, almost constantly on the go. Even before school started I was running around getting stuff ready, as I had only 2 weeks
Temple of Athena the Savior 