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 🚲
Tag: polytheism
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
Reflecting on Ultra-Polarization and Personal Limits
Several months and blog posts ago, I said that I wanted to avoid most of the partisan discussions here in favor of moving on with what I actually want to talk about. That was my best-effort attempt at the time to articulate the amount of overwhelm I was feeling about the United States' current events, … Continue reading Reflecting on Ultra-Polarization and Personal Limits
A Few Thoughts on Predecessors
A few weeks ago, Academia.edu sent me a notification to tell me that I hadn't ever read Edward Watts' "The Lycians Are Coming: The Career of Patricius, the Father of Proclus," a paper that speculated about Proclus' family and how it shaped his youth. Unbeknownst to Academia.edu, I had actually read that paper a few … Continue reading A Few Thoughts on Predecessors
Resting in a Pronoia Practice
I want my blog to be a refuge of rest, insofar as is possible, away from what is currently happening in the United States. First off, nobody can be “on” 100% of the time without burning out, and there are plenty of other avenues where people can find and use excellent information compiled by those … Continue reading Resting in a Pronoia Practice
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
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
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