September is Hunger Action Month
This month-long initiative is aimed at helping raise awareness of hunger in America – and it’s sponsored by Feeding America, the nation’s largest hunger-relief charity.
New Issue of Hammer & Stone Available
Time for my second issue of Hammer & Stone! I hope you enjoy it.
Apothecaries Corner – Licorce
Licorice is a flavorful herb that has been used in food and medicinal remedies for thousands of years. The licorice plant is a legume (related to beans and peas), native to southern Europe and parts of Asia. It is not related to Anise, Star Anise and Fennel, which are the source of superficially similar flavoring compounds.
Apothicaries Corner – Garlic
Other names: Allium sativum L; Poor Man’s Treacle; Rocambole, Stinky Rose; Ail; Allium; Ajo; Eschalot; Suan; The name is of Anglo-Saxon origin, being derived from gar (a spear) and lac (a plant), in reference to the shape of its leaves.
The leaves are long, narrow and flat like grass. The bulb (the most commonly eaten part) is of a compound nature, consisting of numerous bulblets, known technically as ‘cloves,’ grouped together between the membraneous scales and enclosed within a whitish skin, which holds them as in a sac.
Personal Visions Social
I have decided to open up once again a social network hosted by Ning.com. This part of the website is about your personal journey, what has been found, what has been understood and what still needs more exploration.
The Pagan Gentlemen – Redefining our Archetype
If you are a man like me and discovered your home in the realms of modern paganism during the last half of the 20th century you where faced with two distinct emotional impacts, a wonderful sense of belonging and a sense of not knowing who you now where. Paganism in most any of its forms [...]
Words and Sermon from HUUC
To Friends at Home To friends at home, the lone, the admired, the lost The gracious old, the lovely young, to May The fair, December the beloved, These from my blue horizon and green isles, These from this pinnacle of distances I, The unforgetful, dedicate. ~R.L.Stevenson Cosmic Mother Oh Goddess Mother You are the mystery [...]
Did you Vote?
When we think of sacred acts we normally think of praying, mediation, ritual, magic, dance, or any number of things that are clearly associated with religious practice. However, there are many other sacred things we do each day like simply pausing and slowly eating and enjoying our food or watching the sun set. I would [...]
Blog Action Day 2008 – Stopping Poverty
Child Poverty is: A child unable to pay the fees to attend school; an orphaned child whose parents have died of AIDS; a child sold into slavery; a child whose bones weaken from malnutrition; a child who must live in unsafe and unhealthy surroundings; a child who does not receive nurture, love and support. Not [...]
Mediation on Balance
As the Autumnal Equinox or the “first day” of fall approaches we all experience the brief moment in time when the time between day and night are balanced. For those of us in the North it is the time of the year where we look to the cold and in the south it is the [...]
