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I had hoped to get a plug in here for Air n-Aithesc, the peer-reviewed CR magazine I'm on the review board of and have a couple of articles in the premiere issue before I did this post but I never get over here enough.

I had written earlier that Òrlaith had been diagnosed with bone cancer in her jaw, discovered over Thanksgiving just months after ( Read more... )

About a week ago, Cù took a turn for the worse.  We had hoped it was a temporary set back, especially when we realized he had a UTI and hoped that he could recover. But he was just too weak.  He continued to deteriorate and ended refusing all food, except  yogurt, as well as water. His system just was too weakened. We said good-bye to him today.
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Celina Cass' body was found in the Columbia River today. Her death is considered suspicious and is being investigated. I hope she has a better journey in the next life.

I also hope they determine who did this...I hope there is great suffering in his/her/their life/lives. And the next.

I've been blogging again. Sadly, there was a reason to at Dùn Sgàthan Notes as we lost our weather, Randvér, last Thursday to bloat. It was a painful loss, well, they all are, but as he was young and there were some disagreement as to what actions to take, the second guessing is far worse than I would be for an old animal whose fate was only a ( Read more... )

I've not been doing a whole lot worth talking about this week, due to just dealing with a cold. However, one of my very favorite interview subjects I had while working at the Colebrook Chronicle, Madeline Parkhurst, died this past week, at 105. She was a delightful woman to talk to, interviewing her was easy as she had so much to tell and was happy ( Read more... )

The man didn't know anything about raising cows, nor did most of his sources (yes, I quibble on ONE PAGE of one of his books even now), but his work will be missed.

Celtic scholar Barry Raftery dies

Of all the "Big Nosed Pagans" (I'm not 100% sure, but he may well have coined that) that I habitually disagree with Isaac Bonewits was probably the one I liked best. I met him several times when with ADF, both at the yearly Wellspring gathering and at a smaller, but still rather large (the first ordination ceremony that ADF did) gathering at a ( Read more... )

Kondratiev died, apparently of a heart attack, two nights ago. I wish him good journey and reunion with his ancestors and healing for his partner and other loved ones left behind ( Read more... )

So...not a great writing week so far, we'll see how the next two nights go. I blame the heat. Right now I blame the heat for a lot. This is a tad early, isn't it? Please? Can't we have something in between snow and sweltering? This is starting to make the idea of going to Atlanta in Sept seem like a real bad choice ( Read more... )