This post “praying in a riverbed” is a letter to my good friend that you are invited to read, like eavesdropping, but you’re wanted. Dear friend, I asked Ming to take me out to the desert. Today he took me out to Late Night Trail which is just outside of Las Vegas. There’s a riverbed right… Read More »
Gmorning. A friend asked about the translation of Ya Devi. I sang it in the video in yesterday’s post. This site has the words of Ya Devi translated. https://www.artofliving.org/navratri/ya-devi-sarva-bhutessu There’s a video with someone singing it to a different tune than the one we used at the ashram near Sacramento. Sounds cool too. amazing The… Read More »
A friend asked what it means that I’m a witch. Thanks for asking! I’ve described myself as a trikewitch, garden witch, pagan, pantheist Earth-worshiper, and goddess worshiper. All are true. I was pagan as a teenager and young adult, happy to find a religion that made sense to me. I’d been worshiping the moon for… Read More »
It was an intense couple of days. I got suicidal, the day before Mother’s Day. That happened last year too. I knew not being able to call and send a card, or visit my mom for Mother’s Day, would destroy me. It’s not like I was even thinking of her a lot–more that my body… Read More »
I did a presentation about the Trinity bomb for my community, the Las Vegas Catholic Worker. I talked about how the Trinity bomb affected my family and me. Spoiler alert: it wasn’t good for us. When I was getting ready to present, I recorded myself doing the presentation–almost 12 minutes. I posted it on soundcloud. … Read More »
Ming did some good photography–this place with its overflowing orange container is so beautiful, and the burnt out car. It’s been a process. Now the building has the no trespassing spraypainted on it, boarded up. I hear a story from this scene, and I feel lucky to respect and honor it: poverty, racism, capitalism, exploitation.… Read More »