Category Archives: Community

Calligraphy can be so useful!

   Calligraphy can be so useful! I made this just for me, but then thought someone else might get something from it, LOL. **** If you enjoyed my absurd …um, I guess it qualifies as a picture poem (it was … Continue reading

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See Beauty, Express Beauty, Adorn the Cosmos

I calligraphed today’s blog. Continue reading

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Share My Insanity—Reviews

Midwest Book Review gave Share My Insanity a big thumbs up: “an inclusive call to improve one’s own life with its unique brand of humor, very much recommended.” Continue reading

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A Rant about Whether Humanity Has Evolved At All

Did ancient Romans eat popcorn? Continue reading

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Finding Happiness during Difficult Times

Mice invaded my kitchen, I just got food poisoning, and…I feel great. Continue reading

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Crip-Dancing Grief, Calligraphing Grief

Cat’s taken over my wheelchair, I hate everyone, do you think this is depression? I am deeply sad. Continue reading

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Temporary Post

If you wanted the Pagan Contemplative class but could not attend because it met on Tuesdays, I’m also doing a Sunday class. Dates  and other details below. ***** The Pagan Contemplative, the Ecstatic Monastic: A Seven Week Course This class … Continue reading

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Now, Self, Alone, God

survival, mourning, sorrow, Sicilian heritage, the daily scramble, illness, worry, powerlessness, spiritual practices, beauty, & divine blessings Continue reading

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Paper Cutting: Shelf Paper (Hearth Blessing)

A traditional domestic adornment. Scherenschnitte—the tradition of Pennsylvania German papercutting. Craft project for children. Hearth blessings. Continue reading

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A Yule Gift for My Community

I was singing to God, and She was singing to me. Goddess of winter beckons us. Continue reading

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