For the past few months, I have been working myself up to try something new. January 1 and a person’s birthday are the socially conventional times to commit to Big Changes, usually in an abstract way without the scaffolding to follow through. Which leads me to the first post I’ve made about minimalism in a … Continue reading Sufficient and Rational Living
Author: kaye
Aspiring poet-contemplative. I go by Kaye Boesme, and I've written a primer on polytheism called THE SOUL'S INNER STATUES (free, online/pdf/ebook) and a chapbook of religious poetry called ACTS OF SPEECH. I've been blogging for a really long time.
🚲 The Gods Are Always Found 🚲
I've been reading Revolutions: How Women Changed the World on Two Wheels over the past few weeks. It's fun, dense, and filled with really cool stories (but, at least in the ebook, not enough pictures). While reading, I have been looking up terms like safety bicycle and some of the people named, particularly the American … Continue reading 🚲 The Gods Are Always Found 🚲
Word Searches & Postcards
I have created a few things that I am actually selling on the Internet. Devotional Word Searches: Do you want an alternative activity to make available to ritual participants who don’t do meditation? Would you like to mix it up at your home shrine a bit? I made single-page (and a few double-page) word searches … Continue reading Word Searches & Postcards
Between Chaos and Order
A few weeks ago, I finally had mental energy to allocate to starting a migration out of Spotify, and in the process, I rediscovered Ida Kudo and found her song “Born in the Sun,” which is now in my solar music rotation:“I’m walking on my dancing feet / running down on Worship Street / I’m … Continue reading Between Chaos and Order
Key Symbolism is Polyvalent
In this short post, I want to share a passage from Joan Breton Connelly's Portrait of a Priestess (pages 92-93) that I have been meaning to post here for a while. It can also enrich an offhand comment that I made in my last blog post here. Many people have an instant association between keys … Continue reading Key Symbolism is Polyvalent
On Religious Jewelry in 2025
I started wearing a pentacle again earlier this year. Not always, and not at work. Sometimes, often when running weekend errands, or during work from home days when I know I’ll be at the laundromat during my breaks. It was both a decision and not a decision. Last year, I bought a stainless steel Hestia … Continue reading On Religious Jewelry in 2025
Committing Effort
In early June, I was taking my luggage out to pack for conference travel when I found a fanny pack that I’d bought a few years ago. Packs worn around the waist are more ergonomic, and I had bought it to wear before learning about the massive fibroid in my lower abdomen that was making … Continue reading Committing Effort
Mid-June 2025 Reflections
While I mostly celebrated my birthday over the weekend by meeting my mom about an hour and a half away at a nice Ethiopian restaurant — she’d been at an AAUW program in a nearby city that had been scheduled long before this past weekend became a protest weekend — it is, in fact, today. … Continue reading Mid-June 2025 Reflections
Commonplace book: Bees and Social Media
A few things to consider in tandem with one another — placed here in juxtaposition because I think that such bricolage indicates something important. And there's a beautiful prayer to Artemis at the end from Diotimus. From Jennifer Larson's Greek Nymphs: Myth, Cult, Lore, p. 86: The folklore and mythology of the bee is extensive, … Continue reading Commonplace book: Bees and Social Media
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