As I spend time researching ancient myths and stories, I am often reminded that we need to interpret the stories with consideration for the culture in which the myths were recorded. For the last few months, I have subscribed to Huginn’s Heathen Hof‘s “Daily Hávamál” email. In this mailing, we get a verse of the Hávamál in…
I realize the title is a bit .. interesting 🙂 My husband and I were getting ready to head out to visit some friends, and I realized I had to go to the bathroom. C is used to this by now, so he just chuckled and waited. The funny part was that I had just…
Recently, I journeyed to the Wizarding World of Harry Potter at Universal Studios in Orlando, FL. I’ve been a fan of the Harry Potter series since the first book came out. We’ve read all the books and watched all the movies – more than a few times! It was a lot of fun. We got…
As part of my spiritual practices, I spend time every day connecting with the Kindreds. Depending on what’s going on and the time of year, my methods change slightly. During the winter – the rainy months – I tend to do devotionals all indoors. I have altars set up in my bedroom and in my…
For those who are not familiar, I regularly make offerings to deity in my devotional practice, and Odin is one of the gods that I work with. In a recent online chat, I brought up the idea of offering tobacco to Odin. No one else in the chat did the same, and I got a…
One of the interesting things that happen when you’re studying Theology and your partner is willing to have some pretty in-depth conversations on the topic, is that you have these conversations in bed. The other morning, one such conversation happened. The topic of the week for my class is theodicy. Merriam-Webster online defines “theodicy” as…
A little over a week ago, I went to a Buddhist temple for one of their Temple Life tours. The tour was great, and subject for another post. As part of the tour registration, I was required to put down my religion. That made me think … how do I define my religion? Depending on the…
It’s been a little over a month since I started the effort to be creative for 30 days, and I did it! Even with a trip in the middle (go socks) there was creation every day. Now I find that I really enjoy the creativity and I’m actively looking for different ways to add creativity…
It’s been really interesting as I try to form habits of practice. I seem to have a lot of difficulty doing so, and quickly fall out of habit once my schedule changes. I travel often enough for work that this is an issue. Recently, I’ve been doing the 30 Day Creativity Challenge from Little Girl…
I identify as an extrovert. I’m not a very strong extrovert, but I’m definately more extroverted than not. Still … there are times when I don’t feel very extroverted. For years I thought that maybe I was really an intervert who was good at playing an extrovert. And then I realized that I’m not really,…