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The Journey Home

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Post published:23-Jun-2009
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I spent the past week at the Free Spirit Gathering in Darlington, MD. I had a good time.

This time was particularly special for me because I camped with the members of the Wicca group I teach. I’ve camped with members of my "clan" before; people who either trained with me or were taught by the same teacher(s). This was the first time I camped with a network of folks whom I had brought together. It felt good.

Unfortunately, the journey home from Free Spirit was not so pleasant.
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Over-packing

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Post published:15-Jun-2009
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Tomorrow I head off for a five-day camping trip.

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The answer to an angry cat

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Post published:10-Jun-2009
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I have an answer to the issue I discussed in my previous post (I was worried about how my cat, Shadow, would react to a smoke-alarm inspector when I was away). The answer: friends. Isaac ( ) has been kind enough to offer to be there during the inspection. Isaac is a cat person, has dealt with Shadow…

Smoke alarms and an angry cat

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Post published:07-Jun-2009
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I’ve previously posted about the hostile attitude that one of my cats, Shadow, has towards strangers. This has me worried again.

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Regrets

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Post published:19-Apr-2009
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I just spent three hours reorganizing my closets in order to make room to store my new yurt.I could have stayed at Vann's birthday party and watched him paint beautiful women all night. As of noon the day after, he was still painting! Meanwhile, I was hefting trunks full of old memories around.We all have to…

Passover wrap-up: 2009

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Post published:10-Apr-2009
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I don't have any great Passover sagas to report this year. The seder was successful: this year I did not make too much food, and most of what I made turned out well.

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Getting ready for Passover

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Post published:02-Apr-2009
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Next week I'm going to present my annual Passover seder. For those of you don't bother to read my old posts (most of you, I assume... in fact, I'm not sure if anyone reads these posts), here are my earlier ruminations on the subject of Passover:A Witch Does Passover (Part 1)A Witch Does Passover (Part 2)A Witch…

Giving away my “wedding dress”

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Post published:14-Mar-2009
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I mentioned in a previous post that I was having trouble giving away the suit I wore at my Ph.D. thesis defense. I made an analogy with how some folks might treat their wedding dress: it’s something I was never going to be able to wear again, but it represented something important it my life.

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Wicca’s gifts to me

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Post published:06-Mar-2009
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I am in an introspective mood at the moment, at least with regards to Wicca, my religion of choice. As I mentioned in an earlier post, I became involved with the Craft in 1991. It’s been eighteen years since I started, and Wicca has consumed much of my time and energy. What do I have to show for it?

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“What my music says about me.”

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Post published:22-Feb-2009
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Here are the rules:

1. Put your iPod (or any MP3 player) on shuffle.
2. For each question, press the next button to get your answer
3. YOU MUST WRITE THAT SONG NAME DOWN NO MATTER HOW SILLY IT SOUNDS
4. Tag at least 10 friends who might enjoy doing the game as well as the person you got the note from.

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