There are a few things from around the web that I want to draw your attention to. Due to things ramping up at work and me trying to get clarity about my schedule and time (especially work events) over the next few months so I know when I have the energy capacity to do extra … Continue reading Links for Late January
Category: polytheism
Happy Winter Solstice!
I hope that you all are having a lovely and peaceful winter solstice. Happy return of the light! Here is a fitting song from Ayla Nereo, "Eastern Sun" — https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0-ZuhOht24E
A Late 2024 Look Inside My Media Bubble
Over the past few weeks, I have been listening to some of the Emergence Magazine podcast episodes that are exploring ways in which we can think of our finite lives in terms of the entire lifespan of the planet — from the rocks under our feet and with which we adorn ourselves to the trees … Continue reading A Late 2024 Look Inside My Media Bubble
Fiction Novellas Added to Gumroad
I have some writing updates that I would like to share with you all. I have decided to add both The Village of Strong Branches and A Matter of Oracles to Gumroad if you want an epub or PDF. They're bundled together. Also, several posts have gone up on my writing Substack. If you are … Continue reading Fiction Novellas Added to Gumroad
Some Thoughts
For the first time, my state allowed early voting. I was fairly sure that standing for a while in line on election day would not be adhering to the guidelines that my surgeon had set down, so I took advantage of that option. While I had hopes that I was wrong and that we would … Continue reading Some Thoughts
Welcoming Standard Time
Last summer, I wrote that one of my cats had decided to join me when I did the morning sun prayer at the window. Over the next few months, as my bonded pair matured, the other one replaced her at the window. On most days, she will run from wherever she is in the apartment … Continue reading Welcoming Standard Time
Some Post-Surgery Reflections
It must have been 2019, as that was the year I started doing really deep meditations for Apollon during my daily ritual. Sometimes, I wonder if it was earlier, in 2018 — but we will go with 2019. During the meditation, I was doing a brief body scan, the kind that one is taught to do … Continue reading Some Post-Surgery Reflections
Playlists as Prayers
I've spent the past week listening to several songs from Ancient Mother, an album from 1993. We played several of the pieces from that album a lot when I was young. I love both the title song ("Ancient Mother") and "The Circle Is Cast," in addition to "Lady of the Flowing Waters." Playing the songs … Continue reading Playlists as Prayers
A MATTER OF ORACLES is Out Today
See this post for more "how this book came about" details. After graduating, Tilōno is excited to begin her career as a librarian, hoping to focus on life sciences research support — her passion. But when she receives news of her appointment, she finds herself summoned to the Hall of Oracles, a secure collection that … Continue reading A MATTER OF ORACLES is Out Today
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