I just finished "Chasing the Rainbow" by Tish Owen. What a great book! It was written for those crazy enough to want to organize festivals but I think it should be on the reading list of everyone that wants to attend a festival too. It is well-written in a converstional tone with a lot of really funny comments. Best of all, it offers great insight into what the festival coordinators and staff members go through to put on an event. As a former festival coordinator and someone that attends A LOT of festivals each year, I really appreciate Tish's wisdom in every area, particularly the advice for pagan parents. I've been to some fantastic festivals, some ok festivals, and some that I wish I could wipe from my memory. This book should be required reading for everyone involved in putting on an event!
Gwinevere Rain's wonderful Copper Moon e-zine has moved to an interactive blog site where readers can comment on individual articles, subscribe through e-mail or in a RSS reader! Gwinevere says that, while they used to be a quarterly publication, now they will update *much* more frequently, with a goal of at least one new article or book review up each week!
Below, I have included her new description of this fantastic resource for young Pagans. Please check them out and submit something for publication if you're between 13-26!
Copper Moon (www.copper-moon.com) is an online blog magazine for Wiccan/Pagan practitioners in their teens and early twenties. Our features include eye-opening author interviews, articles, book reviews and more! This interactive site enables readers to comment on individual articles, subscribe through e-mail or in a RSS reader! Our aim is to have at least one new article or book review up each week. Since 2002 we have been providing a venue for young practitioners to express their opinions and have their writing showcased. If you are 13 to 26 we'd love to read your submission. Thanks for considering Copper Moon, one of the leading publications for young adult Wiccan/Pagans on the web.
Yup, as of Saturday, we are on the road again ... this time with my husband in tow YAY We are off to a wooded, lakeside spot in a cabin for a few days of MUCH needed R&R, then a stop at Sellars house, and then to work again - and here is our tour schedule for that short trip
August 10 - book signing with me and M.R. Sellars from 3-7 pm at Enchanted Gifts in the Great Mall of the Great Plains, Olathe, KS (913-397-7491)
August 11 - Kansas City Pagan Pride Day with me, M.R. Sellars, and Mike Nichols, Macken Park, North Kansas City, MO
Hope to see some of you there! Come say Hi from a Covenspace Friend!!!
Last week, one of my publishers emailed me asking for some info for something called "Contemporary Authors". Turns out that this is a major reference for librarians and researchers, published since 1962. I received a letter from them a couple of days ago saying that members of their staff requested that I be included. Pretty cool, huh?
We all have them, we just don't like to admit it most of the time. And we all have the power to get rid of bad habits, destructive patterns, and behavior that does not serve our highest good. There are many ways to eliminate them but sometimes, it's best to start simply. With that in mind, I thought you might enjoy this. It is quite simple and yet it works for me, even if only to get things moving.
Cook with an onion today to release bad habits. Before beginning, breathe the energy of Earth and Sky into the knife. As you cut the onion, say to yourself, "Here I see into my core and accept myself for all that I am, and I release that which no longer serves me". If there are specific habits you want to eliminate, visualize them as you cut the onion.
Energize the pan as you did the knife. As you cook the onion say, "Heat of fire, heat of life, transform these habits before my sight". Visualize your bad habits transforming and see the patterns you prefer filling the onion and other food. Give thanks for the blessings of change and release as you eat.
This was first published in Llewellyn's 2003 Spell-A-Day Almanac
