My first blog is up on the Hartford FAVS site. http://hartfordfavs.com/faith/doctrine-and-practice/tis-the-season It’s basically me ruminating on holiday traditions in 500 words, and my opinion on the idea that any tradition belongs to any one group (…)
Tumbled Dreams: December 01 – December 07, 2012
What are “Tumbled Dreams”? These are the posts I made to my tumblr during the week because I felt they did not warrant a separate post on this blog. However, these “interstitials” often explain some of the backstory to the larger dream posts. For those readers that only read Three Different Ways, they may help explain some of the characters and sudden changes in plot and direction.
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Tumbled Dreams: November 24 – November 30, 2012
What are “Tumbled Dreams”? These are the posts I made to my tumblr during the week because I felt they did not warrant a separate post on this blog. However, these “interstitials” often explain some of the backstory to the larger dream posts. For those readers that only read Three Different Ways, they may help explain some of the characters and sudden changes in plot and direction.
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Dealing With Deities
Author: Raven Kaldera
Published: 2012
Publisher: Asphodel Press
ISBN: 9781938197024
Synopsis: Polytheism―the worship of multiple Gods(…)
Living life as myself
“Given a choice between my life and yours, I will choose mine. Every time. Without hesitation. “ This is the time of greed, commercialism, right? Well not to hear those who spout off about the origins of said holiday season. One side will be the(…)
Pregnancy and Birth in Norse Tradition
As with my earlier post in August on Irish pregnancy traditions there is not a lot of information to be found on traditional pregnancy(…)
Family and Religion: May These Worlds Never Meet
Disclaimer: This post is about my own personal experience with people of other religions and my own point of view on why I am not part of those religions. This entry is not an attack on your particular religion,(…)
The Story of my Odin Staff, or Why it’s Okay to Ask the Gods to Help
One of the physical object that I would describe as my most precious possession is an ash staff hand-carved with images relating to Odin. The staff was made by the amazing Paul Borda, of
Children’s Yule Songs, Parodies of Traditional Songs
This first one is a children’s version of a parody I did several years ago….
The 12 Days of Yule-tide for Children
On the twelfth day of yule-tide, my family gave to me
twelve holiday movies (…)
A Mouth Full
“I will not surrender! I did not surrender to those dogs in Germany, and I will not surrender to whatever demon you are! I am a good Christian man, fully baptized and sealed from your unholy powers! I may be dead, but I am not yours!”
Those watching fell silent as Nathan made his verbal stand. After he spoke, there was only the sound of the ever burning fires. Then all was crushed by the weight of the multitude of rolling laughter. Raven and Boneburner alike were shaking their heads and running out of breath. I wasn’t surprised to hear Nathan’s rebuttal of his arrival.
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