Christmas–Reaching Stillpoint

by | Dec 26, 2011 | Spirit

This time of year is always special to me, because of childhood memories of beeswax candles and Moravian Advent stars, carols and choir rehearsals, putting up the tree, Moravian ginger spice cookies. Then there’s Solstice, the darkest night, the longest, when...

Short Story Sale

by | Dec 19, 2011 | Ancient Sites, Fantasy, Publishing, Spirit

I’m honored to have a story included in the anthology Ride the Moon from the new Canadian science fiction/fantasy press Tyche Books, Ltd. Just look at this list of great writers. My story is “White Moon,” based on the story of the Mayan Goddess...

Sun at Newgrange

by | Dec 19, 2011 | Info

Winter Solstice was celebrated in the British Isles in a very special way. Many of the great monuments were built to track the sun. Many of the mounds are oriented so that the sun enters their long entrance ways and illuminates their inner chamber on the solstice. The...

Aether Age Sale

by | Nov 22, 2011 | Aether Age

The Aether Age:  Helios eBook is on sale today at amazon for $0.99. My short story “Bringing the Waters” is in it, along with a lot of great fiction creating an alternative history of Egypt and Greece. Click here for the link.

Halloween, the Third Harvest

by | Oct 30, 2011 | Just Life, Paganism

Samhain is upon us. Halloween. All Hallows Eve. The beginning of the Celtic New Year. The day out of time in the Celtic calendar. The night when the veils are thinnest. The cross-quarter holiday between autumn equinox and winter solstice. The opposite of Beltane or...

What Science and Politics Have in Common

by | Oct 9, 2011 | Politics

In the mid twentieth century, Thomas S. Kuhn wrote his landmark The Structure of Scientific Revolutions. He talked about how science changes. Not in the neat and orderly way we might think it should. If something is proven, then everyone should accept the facts,...

Happy Fall Equinox

by | Sep 23, 2011 | Just Life, Spirit

Today is Mabon, the Fall Equinox. The day and night are equal. The sun rises due east and sets due west. This is the harvest of fruits. Lammas (August 1st) began the harvest season with harvesting grains. In Greece it was the time of the Eleusinian Mysteries, a major...