Last week, my podiatrist was wrapping up his last work day before he went on vacation until after the New Year. Like most foot doctors, he has patients with chronic conditions that never seem to heal, despite his best efforts. That day was different. Every patient he saw with a chronic foot problem, even a couple with…
This is the last weekend of what will probably be the last of my <a href="https://www.facebook.com/pages/Kickin-Wiccan/656925304388242">jewelry giveaways</a>. I'll go into the marketing and business reasons for that in a subsequent post. There's another reason why this will be the last giveaway: This kind of marketing requires a certain amount of callousness that I don't possess. <lj-cut>Perhaps "callousness"…
<p>Throughout my life, there’s one thing I’ve been unable to do: Get a group of people to do what I ask of them.</p> <p><lj-cut text="Read the rest of this entry »"></p> <p>This has most often shown up in my attempts to manage other people. Since elementary school, when I’ve been put in charge of a group of…
The giveaway rules were edited in Nov 2014. The biggest change is the addition of “Beta” items. Welcome to the Kickin’ Wiccan jewelry giveaway contest! Here are the rules. To enter, do the following: - Like the “Contest” post on the Kickin’ Wiccan Facebook page. Make sure it’s the most recent one, which will be easy…
I’m trying to figure out ways to spread the word about my jewelry shop, Kickin’ Wiccan. Reminder: This is a shop on Shapeways, a 3D printing service; when you order an item, you choose the material, ring size, etc., I customize the 3D model per your request, and Shapeways prints it and ships it. Here’s an example…
About a month ago, I set a personal deadline for my work on the biography of Isaac Bonewits. This is the result of that challenge to myself.
As part of my research into the life of Isaac Bonewits, I watched the film Berkeley in the Sixties, At about the 1:39 mark, I grabbed for the remote control and paused the film. I couldn’t believe it.
Before we get into the fantasy, let’s deal with the reality: Sarah Avery’s book Tales From Rugosa Coven is an excellent description of what life is like in a Wiccan group. There’s the sense of family, the balancing of work and biological family and coven-mates, the bickering and the sharing, the interaction of Wiccans with other Neopagan…
Short version: Read Heretic’s Heart. Now. Long version: Yesterday, in my post on the death of Margot Adler, I mentioned that her book Heretic’s Heart was next on my reading list. Today, I unexpectedly had a free hour between medical appointments. I had the book on my iPad, so I started reading. I was only a few…
On the evening of Tuesday, July 15, 2014, I interviewed Margot Adler over the phone for my research on the biography of Isaac Bonewits. After the interview, I posted on Facebook: “Wow. It was like my interviews with Oberon and Morning Glory: you want to listen to them forever.” I didn’t learn much about Isaac that would…