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Not Wordless Today. Instead, I Am Supporting the Internet Slowdown Protest.

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The so-called “tiered” proposal for Internet access is a farce, at the behest of Big Cable. It is a power grab. Tell the FCC this will NOT do. Demand that Internet Service Providers be classified as “common carriers” once and for all, or else Wordless Wednesday could turn into permanent, total silence. Spread the word. … Read more

Happy Birthday to Tenzin Gyatso, 14th Dalai Lama

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རྒྱལ་བ་བསྟན་འཛིན་རྒྱ་མཚོ་སྐུ་ཚེ་ཁྲི་ལོ་ནས་ཁྲི་ལོར་བརྟན་འགྱུར་ཅིག May His Holiness the Dalai Lama live for aeons to benefit all sentient beings – Tibetan prayer Today is the 79th birthday of His Holiness, the 14th Dalai Lama. His Holiness is the spiritual leader of the Tibetan people. He frequently states that his life is guided by three major commitments: the promotion of … Read more

On Our Nation’s Birthday, Let Us Invoke the Goddess Libertas

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Today we celebrate the birthday of the United States of America.  But despite the parties, celebrations, and business as usual, a shadow lies across the heart of our declaration that we are a government of, by, and for our actual people.  The Goddess Libertas is our country’s birth mother, our source, and the heart of … Read more

Calling Upon Hecate

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As you may know, on the last day of each month, I give honor to the Goddess Hecate. UPDATE, July 1: I continue this call, past Her feast day: In response to the ominous decision made by the United States Supreme Court today, and the ongoing corruption of the most fundamental principles of our democratic … Read more

Last Chance!

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Cooking classes at the famed Southern Season Cooking School. Books autographed by their authors.  An hour-long, private Tarot reading with me. Hand-carved Native American style flutes.  A basket full of Burt’s Bees products.  Guided birding walks.  Farm-to-feet cozy socks. Original watercolors. An ocean-front week at Nags Head.  Artisan necklaces and dazzling earrings. Half-day river cruise … Read more

In Gratitude for Seamus Heaney

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The prolific and beloved Irish poet, writer, and teacher, Seamus Heaney, has died. Heaney received the highest accolades for his work, including the Nobel Prize in Literature (1995), the Golden Wreath of Poetry (2001), the T. S. Eliot Prize (2006) and two Whitbread prizes (1996 and 1999). He was both the Harvard and the Oxford … Read more