Community Altar for November 2018: Kuan Yin and Kali

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November has been a complicated month in global politics. Well, really, what month isn’t complicated? But with the elections in US and Brazil, and the ongoing Brexit negotiations, I have felt extra stress around the political events, both locally and internationally. While the US elections went better than many feared, and progress was made, we […]

Altar for Laufey and Farbauti

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A corner of my Loki altar is dedicated to his parents, Laufey and Farbauti. I couldn’t find candle holders that fit the miniature oil lamps I have, so I made my own! They’re round holders, shaped to fit the oil lamps, and each has a separate disk it rests on for additional stability. The images […]

Always Go to the Funeral

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“Always go to the funeral” means that I have to do the right thing when I really, really don’t feel like it. I have to remind myself of it when I could make some small gesture, but I don’t really have to and I definitely don’t want to. I’m talking about those things that represent […]

Daily Poem: Old Woman with a Walker – H. Edgar Hix

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Old Woman with a Walker ~ H. Edgar Hix She wears her life like she wears her lipstick: broad, too bright, and of her own volition.

Daily Poem: Far ~ James Owens

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Far ~ James Owens He sees it is hard now not to be scattered among shadows, and the memory of voices that calls him back also calls him away, as broken as the air broken into snow or weeping now and hands heavy with broken sunlight, hands full of shards.

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