Happy First Crocus Day 2017!
Happy First Crocus Day! May your coming year be filled with beauty, hope, and renewal. You’ve probably never heard of this holiday before. That’s because I made it up. One […]
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Faith During Grief
Faith during grief looks different than it does at other times. It’s not always grieving a death either–you could be grieving a lost job, relationship, home, or something else. Faith […]
An Urglaawe Ritual Response to the Pulse Massacre
When I heard about the shooting at Pulse in Orlando, and the massacre of LGBT victims, I was overcome with shock and grief. I couldn’t stop crying for an hour […]
Response to “Irish-American Witchcraft: Dressing Old Gods in a New World”
Go check out Irish-American Witchcraft: Dressing Old Gods in a New World . This is a fantastic post that addresses a lot of important issues for both that path and a wide variety […]
The Pagan Experience: “I” is for “Idis”
This post was inspired by a prompt atThe Pagan Experience suggesting writing for the letters “I” or “J”. Idise, or an Idis when we’re talking about them in the singular, […]
The Pagan Experience: “F” is for “Family”
This post was inspired by a prompt at The Pagan Experience suggesting writing for the letters “E” or “F”. Like many modern Americans, I have a complex relationship with the […]
Honoring Don Yoder, Pennsylvania Folklife Scholar
If you have any interest in Pennsylvania Dutch heritage, you’ve almost certainly heard the name Don Yoder. This giant of the folklore world died on August 11, 2015, and the […]
The Pagan Experience: “D” is for “Deitsch”
This entry was inspired by a prompt from The Pagan Experience. What does being Deitsch mean to me? Before I can answer that, I probably need to explain to you […]
The Pagan Experience: Humanity
This post is inspired by The Pagan Experience blog prompt for week 1 of February, which reads: “ Humanity– How do you define “humanity”? What is your contribution to the […]
“A” is for Altar: The Pagan Experience
This post is inspired by the writing prompt from The Pagan Experience for week 4 of January, which reads: “Wk 4- Jan. 26 – Any writing for the letters A or B – […]
Grundsau Burrow 