You Deserve to See the Kittens
I love myself. It was not always so.
published on Feb 17, 2022
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When You’re Heartbroken
Feb 14, 2022
I’m feeling a little heartbroken today. Not about anything in particular, really. Just about life in general. Some days be that way. And, you know, it’s a day when the world conspires to ask us all to be cheerful and look on the bright side and love ourselves and spread love and be full of hearts and happiness. So I wanted to take a time out and suggest something a little radical:
In The Belly
Jan 31, 2022
In the belly. That is the literal meaning of the word "Imbolc," which holy day is February 1 or 2, depending how you calculate. It refers to the time of year when the lambs are in the bellies of the ewes. It is a time of potentiality.
What If It Were Worth It
Nov 07, 2021
So I got on the plane yesterday morning and we're taxiing to the runway and the pilot comes on and says, "Well, folks, it looks like we'll be flying into something of a situation in Tampa. We're getting word of storms and high winds and rain." And I'm like, okay, why are you calling it a situation and should I be worried but he keeps going.
For Syble
Oct 11, 2021
My grandmother was a pious woman A quiet woman A compliant woman She read her Bible every night Tidied up the kitchen Fed the men and ate when they were done Then tidied up again
Slowing Down to Tree Time
Aug 20, 2020
I was on my land briefly yesterday, not long enough to offer to bring ba...
So You Want to Set Up an Altar
Aug 19, 2020
I drunk-posted photos of my altar a couple nights ago on Facebook, and s...
The Great Pandemic Time - A Bedtime Story
Jul 12, 2020
“Tell me about the old times again, Mommy.” ...
How white cis women weaponize their oppression
Jun 29, 2020
To begin, let's get the obvious point out of the way: Women's oppression is a thing. A ...
Spirituality and the Path of Justice
Jun 19, 2020
I have been aware, in the past few weeks, of a certain seeming contradic...
How to clear a site of poison ivy
May 20, 2020
When I woke the first morning in the mountains this past week, it was ra...
Whippoorwill: Voices from the Otherworld
May 19, 2020
This entry is part of an ongoing project to develop a Magic of the Appalachians card deck ...
If You Are Called To It, How to Support My Work
May 18, 2020
I brought myself to the mountains this past week, along with a great deal else, but, most impo...
Anamchara, soul-friend
May 10, 2020
Yesterday, the chickens were out running about and I was supervising. Ev...
Meditations upon the profitability of quail eggs
Apr 30, 2020
Unlike chickens, who can be somewhat consistent in laying their eggs in ...
Chick Football
Apr 23, 2020
The chicks have this thing they do where one of them finds a big prize. ...
Delight on the Edge of Chaos–the Lesson of the Brown Thrasher
Apr 02, 2020
One of the things that is hardest about this confinement, for me persona...
What the Woodpecker Had to Say
Mar 31, 2020
A few months ago, I began to see and hear a lot of woodpeckers. One time...
A Message from the Rooted Ones and the Stone People
Mar 29, 2020
I went to the mountains today, to close up my treehouse and bring home s...
The Parts that Grow Best in the Darkness
Mar 15, 2020
There's a beech tree in the woods at Dragon Hollow. It's deep, deep in t...
Why I talk about my trauma
Feb 17, 2020
I've had a number of folks recently tell me they're worried about me bec...
A night in the woods
Feb 03, 2020
I spent the night in the mountains Saturday night. First time in too lon...
When the Land Speaks, I Listen
Jan 27, 2020
A few days ago, I remarked to a friend that I wished I knew more about t...
My Own Personal School of Design
Jan 17, 2020
A couple days ago, in a business meeting, a friend and colleague complim...
Working with the Energies of Holly and Pine as a Smudge
Jan 08, 2020
Please meet my friends, holly and pine. Oh, and a lovely Old One, a piec...
From the darkness of my womb
Dec 26, 2019
CW: Graphic descriptions of women's bodies and sickness. Also, mention o...
About the man crossing in front of me at the Food Lion and also rage and also compassion
Dec 26, 2019
He had a light brown beard and was wearing a flannel shirt over a t-shir...
Signposts Pointing to Power
Dec 16, 2019
Spider is one of my primary animal spirit guides. She is especially sacr...
Come to the woods with me and sit
Nov 20, 2019
Have you heard the whistle-beat of a woodpecker's wings overhead? Watche...
If you're here for it, it's enough
Nov 04, 2019
This morning have you seen a sparkle of light through the shaken leaves ...
Happy Pride Month
Jun 04, 2019
Expand Your Definition of Love
May 26, 2019
I went to Dragon Hollow today. Climbed up the stream bed with two bags, ...
In Which I Have Done a Thing I Have Wanted to Do For More Than Ten Years
Apr 27, 2019
The boy and I (oldest, age 18), drove into Charlotte with my trailer and...
The Things You Don't See Until You Know They're There
Apr 04, 2019
It's amazing what you don't see until you know it's there.
I Wish I Could Learn to Listen to the Trees and Other Comments that Punch Me in the Gut
Dec 17, 2018
Someone I follow on Facebook recently posted a link to
You Are Vastly Underestimating Your Cat
Dec 16, 2018
I'm not judging you. I'm just saying. You are vastly underestimating you...
Love, Light, and Peace, M*therf*ckers (or: How I Befriended My Anger and Learned to Turn Tables Over in the Temple)
Dec 07, 2018
I was born with a temper.
Coming Out As Gay Is Contagious and Other True Lies I've Told Myself
Nov 07, 2018
When Glennon Doyle announced her engagement to Abby Wombach, I had a rea...
About That Abyss and The Walking Through Thereof
Nov 04, 2018
It's been on my heart to post an update to
Healing Is Fucking Hard
Nov 03, 2018
Look, I don't know how to say this in a way that hasn't already been sai...
A Lighthearted Chat About Toxic Christianity and the Hell It Creates on Earth
Nov 15, 2017
I'm thinking about when that pussy-grabbing tape came out.
Grandma Leaves Me Coins
May 28, 2014
This post was originally written for my old blog under my old name at
In Case You Kind Of Want To Die Right Now
Jan 01, 1970
Somebody I love once came to me and said, "I wish I could die."
test post for messing around in
Jan 01, 1970