Thanksgiving

It has been a long time since I’ve posted.
A lot has been going on, some good, more bad. But all of it important for growth.
But it’s time to get back on the horse and push forward on writing in this space. Even while I’ve been away (or perhaps because I’ve been away) I’ve been realizing [...]

Pagans Celebrate: Film at 11

It’s a mark that paganism is slowly coming of age in terms of acceptance and respectability that MSNBC ran this story about pagans celebrating the Solstice at Stonhenge this year and then linked to it off the front page.
As a communications person, I can say this marks some important progress because the story is matter-of-fact [...]

Technically, it’s a revolution

Those who follow me on Twitter know that I’ve been watching and “retweeting” information about the upheaval in Iran this past week.
Even one who’s as naturally jaded as me can’t help but be moved by what’s going on there. I truly hope for success for them because I think it will have a beneficial and [...]

Our Lady of Perpetual Love and Suffering

Following on my posting about Inanna and Kushiel this week, I find myself turning over in my mind the ideas of Goddesses, Erotica, Kink, pain, and sex.
In thinking about these all, it occurs to me that if there is a patron Goddess for BDSM and Kink, it should by rights be Inanna because of how [...]

If you support the Iranian protestors…

…then you just might be so very 2003. Which is to say you might a “neocon“. Or at least that’s the point that Daniel Finkelstein over at the Times of London made today in his very interesting take on what’s going on in Iran right now.
I find it an interesting and compelling argument myself. I [...]

Kushiel

I first heard of the Kushiel series by seeing some of my poly/sacred sexuality friends mention that they’re reading it through Twitter and Facebook. It didn’t register strongly at the time except to have the name “Kushiel” tagged in my head with these friends.
When I was at the airport last month flying out to see [...]

Make Love AND War

I consider my paganism to definitely be eclectic. I don’t follow any one particular god or goddess nor do I follow one particular tradition. I look at all that’s out there and take the ones that speak to me, represent me, or provide a direction that I want to follow and incorporate it into my [...]

This just in: Evolve or die!

As I’ve noted before, I work in communications.
And working in communications for me means (among other things) that I work with press. I’m not a reporter myself, though I do non-fiction and article writing among other things.
One thing I’ve noticed over the past few years is the slow but significant impact that the Internet is [...]

Desperate Clinging

Dan Schnur worked as John McCain’s communications director in the 2000 campaign.
Given my own work and background, I have a soft spot for the communications folks: they often have the ability to elucidate what’s going on more effectively than others. This is due, in part, to the fact that to communicate something effectively, you have to [...]

Of Heroism: Human and Animal

From San Francisco there comes the final, heartwrenching page in a story about human compassion and heroism.
The story has full details but the important points to note are that after safely escaping a fire in a house he was minding on Russian Hill on February 6, 2007, Michael James Keenan realized that the dog, Bobby, hadn’t [...]