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Single-Payer Health Care Rant
I started to post this whole thing on a friend’s FB feed, but that person has been having a hard time dealing with some health issues, so I decided to put it here instead. I don’t want single payer health … Continue reading
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Blog changes
Since I started blogging over at Witches and Pagans, and started my health site where I’ve been posting articles on wellness, I’ve been trying to decide what to do with this space. So this is where I’m going to write … Continue reading
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Fermentation (its not just for mead or beer)
Fermentation is defined by Webster’s Ninth New Collegiate Dictionary as an enzymically controlled transformation of an organic compound. Well, that was helpful. Not. In American culture we most often think of fermentation in relation to alcoholic beverages, but any food … Continue reading
Pagan Zealots
In her Blog’o Gnosis, Anne Hill writes her Thoughts on Spirituality, Politics and Values. A long-time member of Reclaiming (no longer), she is now having her doubts about the value of combining religion with politics. I share her concerns. She … Continue reading
Eating Ethics
This was an essay written for a New York Times Essay contest, the question being, “Why is eating meat ethical?” Not eating meat is a denial of death. Death is a part of life. It is the cycle that is … Continue reading
The Earth and DDT
I drive quite a bit and find that non-fiction audio books keep me alert better than coffee or music. My latest listen is
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Limits, Limitlessness, and More Limits
Another friend asked the question What have your religions taught you about balance, limits, or limitlessness, in terms of expenditure of resources, and support of one another and the systems that we live in? My first religion was Christianity, in … Continue reading
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Stay if You Will
How do we interact with the gods? I have been putting together a ritual based on Plato’s cosmology. It is a sequential honoring of the energetic beings that we know as spirits, ancestors, and gods. My friend was disturbed by … Continue reading
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Nature on a Pedestal
In the last few years, I have become unhappy with the environmental movement. I was raised to love the Earth, to cherish wildness, and to recycle and conserve energy. As a Pagan, I believe in the sacredness of the immanent … Continue reading
The “Health” in Healthcare
This week, SCOTUS listened to arguments about the constitutional validity of Obamacare. However one feels about this piece of legislation, everyone does seem to agree that there were major problems with the system. One of the conversations I had this … Continue reading
