After having done day after day of 80 mile plus round trips over not so great roads to hear concerts in Cape Breton, a mere hour to go to Galesville, Md to hear Jennifer Cutting seemed quite easy.  We arrived early in a tiny community hall near the western shore of the Chesapeake.  Tickets were had and we mingled with the other early arrivals ( Read more... )

 It has been, in an odd way, an all UU weekend.  Saturday afternoon, we moved a hundred chairs into a circle, set up an altar and rehearsed for the Samhain service.  For the first time, I heard the piece that my wife was going to do about the passing of our dear friend a year and a half ago.  Somehow she got through it -  as long as she didn't have ( Read more... )

For a number of years, our little pagan group has delivered a Samhain service for our Unitarian Universalist congregation. Unlike many UU pagan groups, we are home grown, originally sprouting as a women's group in reaction to the Cakes for the Queen of Heaven course (before my time). We have evolved from a feminist group to a generic pagan group ( Read more... )