Springtime Blues: A Crossover Story
Pascal woke with a start as Rapunzel bounced out of bed. “Come on, Pascal! Time to get up! It’s the first day of spring!” Pascal grunted and rolled over. Rapunzel groaned. “Oh, come on Pascal,…
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A Path of Druidry
Druidry is renowned for its lack of dogma and an inclusiveness of those who wish to practice it. This means that any account of my own path of Druidry, the things that have influenced me…
Narnia: Letters from Screwtape: Episode 3 – Screwtape’s Warning
~ by Hannah Skipper My Dears Garrotte, Brank, Pillory, and Leasprink, I’m writing to you all about a matter of grave concern, so I won’t waste time on silly pleasantries. The four of you are…
The Fears of My Fathers: A Black Catholic Reflects on Racial Injustice
As I sit in my home, on the eve of my youngest son's First Communion, after having prepared his three piece suit (which he insisted upon wearing for such a special occasion... makes a dad proud ), I…
My Fat Dad: A Memoir of Food, Love and Family
“I was not your typical kid, and my parents were not your typical parents, and the combination of our unique quirks and habits was extremely toxic and unsettling,” writes Dawn Lerman in her wonderful book,…
Djeran Easter
In Australia Easter is at the wrong time of the year. A festival of rebirth in Autumn, celebrating an empty tomb with chocolate eggs, as the world slides into winter. But then, in Australia,…
Narnia: Letters from Screwtape: Episode 2 – Polly
~ by Hannah Skipper My Dear Denailion, I can’t tell you how disappointed I was when I received your latest letter. Do you know why that is? It’s because I’m not disappointed at all, you…
Learning to Love Spring
It took me twenty years to love Spring. For many, Spring is a symbolic time of beauty, regrowth, and new beginnings. For me, it was only a reminder that my beloved colder months were ending,…
The Theory and Practice of Summer
Summer is better in theory than in practice:Watermelon days barefootin’ in the shadePole-fishing for perch in the neighbor’s pondOak-tree afternoons lost in a library book Oh, no Up before dawn to get the milk cows…
Growing Again, Not Yet Blooming: Spring in the Ohio River Valley
“Lord, I’ve been trying to be understood And Lord, I’ve been trying to do as you would But each time, it gets a little harder I feel the pain But I’ll try again.” ~Big Star,…