I have been pagan for as long as I can remember. Being pagan is natural. I was born pagan. Aren’t we all? Yes, some of us are raised and made Hindu, Jewish, Buddhist, Christian, Muslim or something else by those who raise us but we start out pagan. No one is made pagan. Well, I guess for those who turn being pagan into some kind of religion, some ( Read more... )

It's been raining here for the last three days. The rain has been so hard that I've been able to go out on my deck early in the morning and stand naked in the rain for my morning shower. By the time I'm finished the coffee is ready and I have a cup rich, fresh and hot. Then I have my ritual time with Freyja and Freyr. We send healing and empowering ( Read more... )

Dangerous staph germs found at West Coast beaches

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/us_med_germy_beaches

And the scientists say that there is no reason to avoid the beaches? We're talking MRSA. What is the source of the bacteria-raw sewage, hospital waste, some other industry's waste? The source is not individuals. It is public and private industry. But  ( Read more... )

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What a wonderful week we had at Topsail Island. The weather was perfect. The sun, surf,sex and seafood were renewing-as were the many naps I took listening to the Ka-wooshshshshshsh of the waves breaking and washing up onto the beach.

I was up for sunrise every morning. The power of experiencing the earth, water, wind and fire so vividly and all at ( Read more... )

Okay, so tomorrow morning my wife, daughter, my daughter's boyfriend and I all head for a little island off the coast of Wilmington, NC-Topsail Island. We'll be there for a week.We love it there. This is, what, our sixth or seventh time?

Anyway, while I'm there I'll spend time with my family, of course, but also with my Lady, THE Lady, Freyja as ( Read more... )

Some of the weather lore I learned from my grandparents in the Southern Appalachian mountains:

The first thunder of spring awakens the snakes.

If the sun shines when it rains, it will rain at the same time the next day.

When leaves on trees turn up, a storm is coming.

When chimney smoke goes to the ground, bad weather will follow.

The number of fogs ( Read more... )

Ever since I was a little boy roaming mindless of time my grandparent's farms in the mountains of Northeast Georgia I have been attracted to wildflowers. When I was little I would pick bouquets of the wildflowers I found on my adventures and, with a heart swelling with warm love, offer them to my grandmother or mother. They always smiled, ooed and ( Read more... )

I can't wait to go to Topsail Island on the 22nd!

How to Live on an Island by Sandy Gingras

Be transported.

Dance on edges.

Stretch.

Listen in on shells.

Put living things back.

Cultivate quiet.

Boogie.

Make a splash.

Practice simplicity.

Sugar yourself with sand.

Float.

Carry a bucket.

Ride rusty bikes-go with the wind.

Walk tender.

Respect.

Leave no wake.

Tune up ( Read more... )

I love this quote:

"And we are nature. We are nature seeing nature. We are nature with a concept of nature. Nature weeping. Nature speaking of nature to nature."

By Susan Griffin in Woman and Nature: The Roaring Inside Her quoted in Rebirth of the Goddess by Carol P. Christ.