TWH speaks to transgender and nonbinary Witches about their reactions to the recently released "Declaration of the Traditional Gardnerian Wica," which has been described by many in the Wiccan community as transphobic. Continue reading Trans and nonbinary Witches respond to “Traditional Gardnerian Wica” declaration at The Wild Hunt.

Climate change continues to decimate lands held sacred by Indigenous peoples for generations

        HONEST TO JESUSThe Zen minister considers the religion of Jesus & A Christianity that can be James Ishmael Ford “I love the pure, peaceable, and impartial Christianity of Christ; I therefore hate the corrupt, slaveholding, women-whipping, cradle-plundering, partial, and hypocritical Christianity of this land. Indeed, I can see no reason, but […]

Usually considered Charles Bulfinch's masterpiece the Massachusetts State House on the crest of Beacon Hill in Boston looked like this in 1827 shortly after its completion.  It still dominates the old city, its dome now shining with gold gilt. Not only was he the first American born professional architect, but he was also the most important until the dawn of modernism and the technological revolutions of the late 19th and early 20th Centuries.  He set the tonefor both religious and public buildings and left his direct stamp on two great cities. Charles Bulfinch was born in Boston on August 8, 1763.  His father Thomas was one of the city’s leading physicians and the family was prominent in social circles.  He grew up and came of age...

There is a real world out there. The Hindu concept Maya suggests that what we see is an illusion, but that's not to deny the reality of what we see, hear or touch but rather, our interpretation of it. Punch the door and your fist will hurt. Pet the cat and it will purr.  Throw the stick and the dog will chase it. The door was real. your fist is real, the pain is real, the cat is real and the sound that the cat makes is also real. The stick was real and if you're lucky the dog will bring it back. The illusion refers to our making unreal distinctions between things that deny the complex yet simple relationships between things, drawing and redrawing those lines that keep us apart and separate from each other... lines that prevent us from s...

BBC News has an article today on how Gen Z is an activist generation. The article has the usual platitudes, like Gen Z activists are different because they’re digital natives — um, we’ve heard the same thing about the Millennials. And Gen Z activists are different because they feel like there’s not much hope for … Continue reading "Gen Z activism"

The robins are trying once again–for the third time–to raise young in a nest on our back porch. The two previous times either the eggs never hatched, or the young died very soon after. I hesitate to even post this, for fear they will fail again–but, this time, both the father and mother are staying […]

This summer, children joined us at the beginning of each service for a Story for All Ages. As we look ahead to our Back to School Blessing on Sunday, August 14, we're pleased to share a list of the stories Shannon has delighted us with each week. The post Stories for All Ages appeared first on BeyondBelief.

Back-to-school season won’t be the same this year. Right-wing lawmakers continue to attempt, and in some unfortunate cases succeed, to pass legislation forcing educators to lie to students about the role of racism, sexism, heterosexism, and oppression throughout US history. Yes, the pearl clutchers are on the umpteenth leg of their Critical Race Theory Mass Hysteria Tour, even though it’s been pointed out that CRT is taught at undergraduate and graduate levels, not in K-12 curricula. Which brings us to an important point.

In this week's Pagan Community Notes, the Oglala Lakota Nation Tribal Council votes to exclude a Christian missionary, repatriation of cultural art, and more announcements and news. Continue reading Pagan Community Notes: Week of August 8, 2022 at The Wild Hunt.

Indigenous wisdom drives a campaign for the preservation of culture and community in Louisiana.

Last week we went into Barcelona and went on a Spanish Civil War walking tour organized by Nick Lloyd and Catherine Howley. It’s been reviewed in the Guardian and other places. In many ways, it has been the best thing we’ve done in Spain: by turns educational, provocative, and emotional. The tour took place almost […]

An anti-Free Soil cartoon shows party leaders as warlocks brewing up a poison pot. The history of third party movements in this country is strewn with failure, futility, and frustration.   Yet often they set the stage for great change to come.   That was certainly true of the first important third party, the Free Soilers born on August 9, 1848 at an outdoor convention in Buffalo , New York ’ s Court House Park. The party arose from the bitter debateabout the status of territories recently obtained by conquest in the Mexican War.   Southern zealots wanted the whole territory including parts of Texas , New Mexico (including the future Arizona), California, and parts of the future states of Colorado , Utah, and Nevada open to slavery w...

Canoe & Kayaking Events! Join Randy Jennings and Director of Lifespan RE Robin Ahearn for some evening canoeing and kayaking at 6 pm on August 9,16, and 23! These evening paddles are open to all members of the congregation. Our August 9 trip will take place at Kiwanis ... read more . The post Religious Education News appeared first on Unitarian Universalist Society of Schenectady.

We will celebrate the new church year on Sunday Sep. 18. Stay tuned for details on what that celebration will look like. In the meantime, collect a small water sample from a place you visit this summer that brings you sustenance or symbolizes something important ... read more . The post Annual In-gathering Service: Water Communion September 18th appeared first on Unitarian Universalist Society of Schenectady.

New research challenges previous held consensus on the Philistines, their origin, and the structure and establishment of their culture in the Levant. Continue reading New insights into Philistine religion and their enigmatic culture at The Wild Hunt.

From George Takei's graphic memoir They Called Us Enemy. On August 10, 1988, more than 45 years after the start of internment, the United States government authorized reparations payments to Japanese-Americans detainedduring World War II. President Ronald Reagan signing the bill apologizing for World War II internment of Japanese-Americans and authorizing largely symbolic reparations. Ten weeks after the December 1941 Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, President Franklin D . Roosevelt signed Executive Order 9066, ordering 120,000 people of Japanese descent—including 75,000 American citizens—into internment camps. The announced purpose was to protect the West Coast from sabotage and collusion with the enemy, but the perceived threat was...

Last weekend, Sadé and I went wine tasting at a vineyard called Mas Comtal in Penedes. I have been to a couple of different wine tastings before. When I was in Spain about 9 years ago when I visited to a big corporate cava producer. It was fairly unimpressive. It felt like a commercial venture–wine […]

Over the past few weeks I’ve seen a fair number of witches, occultists, Druids, and others say something along the lines of “I’m not Pagan.” I respect their choices and I understand their point, but I think there’s still value in the term.

“Liberty is not liberty when it functions at the expense of equity.” Liberty is not liberty when it functions at the expense of equity.  This is the basic premise of my research. My field is ethics with a specific focus on how religion and equity interact with individuals and society.  Considering the volatility of our […]

Join us for a casually spiritual afternoon of food, fun, and friends! Please Bring Your Own Picnic, chairs, blankets — whatever makes for your fun outdoor gathering. No BBQing available. Come enjoy our beautiful courtyard and grounds, courtesy of Dot Russell’s generous gift of summer landscape care, with additional furnishings courtesy of the Taynton family! After   [ … ] The post Sunday, August 14 ~ Bring Your Own Picnic ~ 11:30 a.m. appeared first on Unitarian Church of Marlborough and Hudson.

Honduran immigrant shares his powerful story of finding support in his asylum journey.

Cherokee people seek restoration of the name, Kuwahi, for the Clingman's Dome. Continue reading Cherokee seek to reclaim Kuwahi as name of Clingmans Dome at The Wild Hunt.

Chicago radical printers Salsedo Press adapted this French graphic by Eric Drooker from Éditions Libertalia for the first Women's March in January 2017.  It fits the current moment just as well. Those who want to own and control women’s bodies smugly thought they had completely triumphed when the Supreme Court, infected by nominees of a criminal President, tossed decades of “firmly established precedent” to drive a stake into the heart of Roe v Wade and abortion rights.   Red States fell all over themselves to put already enacted draconian limitations in place or to enact new, often bizarre means to coercionand punishment. But they were wrong.   In a little more than a month, women and their allies have risen up and spoken out ...

Populism is a political ontology, in which political being is centered on the question of collective identity. It is also a political theology embedded within constitutional democracy.

Jeff Milchen The January 6 Committee is doing its job admirably. Now we must make sure its work results in action.

This Saturday, August 13, 2022 from 2-3 PM I'll be at the Fayetteville Public Library for a talk, display of boxes and readings  from my new book "The Wisdom of Our Hands." The Fayetteville Public Library is located at 401 W. Mountain St. Fayetteville, 72701 On Wednesday evening, August 17, I'll begin a series of demonstrations with the Central Indiana Woodworkers in the Indianapolis area. You will find more information on their website. https://ciww.org  I have been organizing tools and materials for a series of demonstrations. My talk on Wednesday evening August 17 will be open to the public and be held in the Carpenter's Local 301 Meeting Hall 3530 S. Rural St, Indianapolis, IN 46237 Coffee and Cookies at 6:30. Meeting and presenta...

We release the Hounds to round up some recent archeological finds from Türkiye, Egypt, and Germany! Continue reading Release the Hounds: Archeology edition – August 2022 at The Wild Hunt.

Peace is not the absence of war,it is the absence of the rumors of war and the panic for war and the preparations for war. Peace is not the absence of war,it is the absence of the threats of war and the rumors of war and the preparations for war. There’ll be no freedom without … Continue reading "Going to have to work for peace"

Three recent books provide new insights into the nineteenth century Transcendentalist movement. The Transcendentalists and Their World by Robert A. Gross (New York: Farrar, Strauss and Giroux, 2021). Robert Gross is perhaps best known for his brilliant use of social history techniques in his 1976 book, The Minutemen and Their World. Social history was a … Continue reading "Three books on Transcendentalism"

Prayer for School Staff, Week of August 15, 2022 Beloved, strengthen, protect, and support all those who work at schools. Bless those who drive buses, are crossing guards, and who greet parents dropping children off, greeting each child and helping them to school safely, saying “here you are welcome, here...

                                                  Soldier Monks from Mt. Heie burned rival temples in 1536 by the Western calendar.   My trusty Wikipedia historical calendar, the secret weapon of a blog that most frequently offers almanac style history posts, informs me that, Buddhist monks from Kyoto , Japan ’ s Enryaku -ji   Temple in what is known as the Tenbun Hokke Disturbance burned the temples of rivals. The event is traditionally ascribed to this date in 1536.     Now I know next to nothing about either Buddhist history or medieval Japan, but that grabbed my attention.   After all, isn’t Buddhism supposed to be about peace and harmony?   At least that’s what my friends who spend their tim...

      “For our part, we regard her as neither the mouthpiece of hidden seers, nor as a mere vulgar adventuress; we think that she has achieved a title to permanent remembrance as one of the most accomplished, ingenious, and interesting imposters in history.” Report by Richard Hodgson for the  Society for Psychical Research. […]

As I settle into the house I find myself living most of my life in that space, surrounded by my allies. Hermes near the door, gathering small bright things like a magpie. Athena by the window, firm and steady and unexpected, watching with her grey eyes. The Good Neighbors at the threshold, honey in their cups and hawthorne close to hand. Continue reading Column: On Masks at The Wild Hunt.

Please join us on Saturday (13 August 2022) at 10:30 AM for our weekly meditation group with Larry Androes. This is a sitting Buddhist meditation including a brief introduction to mindfulness meditation, 20 minutes of sitting, and followed by a weekly teaching. The group is free and open to all. For more information, contact Larry … Continue reading "Meditation with Larry Androes (13 August 2022)"

Please join us on Saturday (13 August 2022) from 10:00 AM to 2:00 PM for our monthly building and grounds work day. Nearly all of the work maintaining our physical space is done by our members and friends who show up each month and do what needs to be done. There are tasks for all … Continue reading "Building and Grounds Work Day (13 August 2022)"

The united right in Charlottesville five years ago included Neo-Nazis, Klansmen, groups from the so-called Alt-Right, and militia members, some of them armed--the same groups that were the spear point of the January 6, 2021 assault on the Capitol and who are now calling for civil war because their Godfather is being "persecuted" for crimes he most certainly committed. The fifth anniversary of the White Riot known as the Unite the Right Rally in Charlottesville, Virginia came and went on Thursday August 11 with remarkably little fanfare.   Strange because violent rampage was the introduction of an empowered white nationalist movement openly hoping to become a sparkto a new civil war.   Many of the players at the January 6, 2021 attempte...

    Florence Nightingale died on this day, the 13th of August in 1910. She was born on the 12th of May, 1820, into a wealthy English Unitarian family, in Florence and was named for the city of her birth. Florence was raised among the Unitarian intellectual elites, counting among her life long friends James […]

TWH weekend editor Eric O. Scott considers the good and the disappointing aspects of the Inflation Reduction Act of 2022 (IRA) Continue reading Editorial: The Inflation Reduction Act passed, and I wish I were happier about that at The Wild Hunt.

Please join us next Tuesday (16 August 2022) at 12 noon for our weekly Zoom lunch. Bring your lunch and meet up with your All Souls friends, have lunch, and just catch up.

Summer religious education is more art and activity-based. All children and youth are with us in the 11:00 AM service for the first 20 minutes or so and then are dismissed to their activities. On Sunday (14 August 2022), Maggie Molisee will be back to work on the mural with the group.

Please join us on Sunday (14 August 2022) at 9:00 AM for our adult religious education class via Zoom. Recent news events have seen repetition of the mistaken notion that the United States is “a Christian nation.” We will take a look at the troubling rise of Christian Nationalism in American politics and examine some … Continue reading "Online Adult Religious Education — 14 August 2022"

Please join us this Sunday (14 August  2022) at 11:00 AM for “Body and Spirit, United as One” by Rev. Barbara Jarrell. We will be meeting in the sanctuary for this worship service.  Please join us in person at All Souls Unitarian Universalist Church, 9449 Ellerbe Road, Shreveport LA  71106 if you are able to do … Continue reading "All-Ages Worship (14 August 2022)"

A color enhanced central section of the Native American buffalo hide paintings showing the last stand of the Spanish.  Historians call it a remarkably accurate depiction. Long ago and far away two empires and their native allies clashed in the middle of nowhere and things were never quite the same again although the story of what happened was nearly lost.   Sounds like the opening lines of some sword and sorcery novel or the voice-over narration of a new video game.   But it really happened along the banksof a river in what is now Nebraska.   The year was 1720.   This is what happened. In Santa Fe Governor Valverde of Nuevo México heard that Apaches of his province who often ranged far north and east along the western slope of the ...

Yesterday I had a pleasant book signing and talk at the Fayetteville Public Library, and as is usually the case when speaking to the public, there were things afterwards that I wish I had said, but did not. I was very pleased that a few old friends showed up, and new ones as well. There is a difference in the market place between fiction and non-fiction. Fiction can change lives, but most often does not. We read fiction, not to get closer to reality, but to escape from it or to gain insight into it by seeing things from a different point of view— that of the fictional characters in the book. We often read non-fiction to gain a better understanding of things, but I think you will find it true that a better understanding does not always ...

What kind of place is a Unitarian Universalist church? What does it mean to call one's self a Unitarian Universalist?

        THE GOD OF DIRTA Reflection on the Spirituality of Mary Oliver James Ishmael Ford I. Something came up out of the dark. It wasn’t anything I had ever seen before. It wasn’t an animal or a flower, unless it was both. Something came up out of the water, a head the […]

Sometimes fog will obscure a view and you hope it will burn away. Other times you feel it as a blessing, cooling you off as you climb uphill on a trail with little shade. I don’t have a lot of wisdom, but I do know that most blessings are mixed, and that even in tragic […]

The Getty Museum in Los Angeles will be returning illegally excavated artwork and other treasures to Italy, among them one of the museum's most prized pieces. Continue reading Getty Museum will return Orpheus and the Sirens to Italy at The Wild Hunt.

The future of Haiti must be decided by the people of Haiti.

If you’ve ever referred to the “Axial Age,” Jack Tsonis, lecturer at the Graduate REsearch School, Western Sydney Univ., suggests you might want to stop. “Axial Age” is a term coined by Karl Jaspers to describe a time about two and a half millennia ago when several key religio-philosophic texts emerged: the Dao de Jing, … Continue reading "Don’t call it the “Axial Age,” please"

Joshua Pederson, professor at Boston University, makes a good point in today’s Boston Globe. Several years ago, Pederson began all his classes by having students introduce themselves by saying their names and pronouns. But, Pederson says, at the end of that first class: “As my students began filing out of the classroom, one lagged behind, … Continue reading "Mandatory pronouns"

      In the Eastern Christian churches today, the 15th of August, is marked as the Dormition of the Theotokos. In the Roman calendar today is called the feast of the Assumption of Mary. In the Anglican calendar this day is traditionally marked as the “falling asleep of the blessed virgin Mary,” although there […]

                                   The clipping that jarred a memory. It didn’t take much to jar the memory.   Stored long ago and jammed tightly in the closet of a dusty recess of my mind, it fell to the floor and rolled to my feet when shaken by a mild tremor.   I picked it, popped the twine, and peeled back the layers of yellowed newsprint that had wrapped it.   There it was.   60 some odd years old and only somewhat dinged and nicked, a small part snapped off here and there, but whole and hefty in my hands. What shook it loose was of photo posted on a Facebook page for nostalgic old denizens of Cheyenne, Wyoming, the place where I grew up.   It was a .jpeg of a newspaper clipping with the grainy image of a...

THE EVOLUTION OF SPIRITUAL EXPERIENCE Rev. Kit Ketcham, PUUF, Aug. 14, 2022             As a junior high school teacher and counselor for 25 years in suburban Denver, I had plenty of stressful moments, hilarious moments, frustrating moments, confused moments, moments when I knew I would have to take some disciplinary action toward a kid or a parent, moments when I simply cried out at the pain in a child’s life.             Many of these moments in that career were kinda humdrum, just doing my job moments.  But others of those moments still linger in my memory:             That time when 9 th  grader Gail came into the main office when I was there, looked at me, said “my boyfriend just committed ...

This summer, we've explored our Peace Practices through our monthly themes. Enjoy this selection of services from the summer, as we look forward to Homecoming Sunday on September 11. The post Reflecting on the Summer of Peace appeared first on BeyondBelief.

In this week's Pagan Community Notes: Rushdie attacked, Woman allegedly starts fire using "Wiccan spell book", Nemi Italy celebrates Nemoralia, the supermoon, and more news. Continue reading Pagan Community Notes: Week of August 15, 2022 at The Wild Hunt.

Gatekeeping the divine is not just a Christian problem. But you need no one’s permission to approach the Gods, or to approach any God. What happens after that is between you and Them and no one else.

      Thomas Edward Lawrence was born today, the 16th of August, in 1888, in Wales. The family situation was, well, complicate. He read, as they say, history at Jesus College, Oxford. Taking his degree he received a scholarship to travel to the Middle East. he quickly learned Arabic and worked as an archeologist […]

A review of my first day at the Edinburgh Fringe.

I leave by air on Wednesday to spend 3 days with the Central Indiana Woodworkers teaching short classes. I begin with an evening session with their monthly meeting. Coffee and Cookies begin at 6:30 PM August 17 with presentation and club meeting to follow. The program is described as follows:  "Author and unique boxmaker Doug Stowe will be our guest presenter for the Wednesday, August 17, 2022 monthly meeting at the Carpenters Union 301 Hall, 3530 S Rural St., Indianapolis, IN, starting at 7:00 PM. The topic of hs presentation will be the Personal Satisfaction of Working with our Hands. Based on his most recent book, The Wisdom of our Hands, he will share his life-long journey of finding meaning and satisfaction in the woodworking craft...

                                                         Chang and Eng as young men on exhibition in Asia. On August 16, 1829 two young immigrant brothers arrived in Boston.   Nothing much unusual in that, except that instead of being Europeans they were from the Kingdom of Siam.   And, by the way, they were co-joined twins, linked at the sternum by a sliver of cartilage and a bit of liver, although each man had a completeand fully functioning organ.   They came to America, like so many other immigrants, to seek their fortune.   They did better than most.   Their story says a lot about 19th Century America, class, and race. Chang and Eng were born to a village fisherman and his wife, both of Chinese...

Climate change is a complex problem. There are no easy answers and often more questions. Holding complexity is part of the work we must do to realize a healthy and resilient future where all can thrive. The Inflation Reduction Act puts forth the most ambitious climate action to ever pass US Congress. With significant investments in clean energy, transportation, and environmental justice, the IRA is projected to reduce emissions 40% by 2030. It’s historic. It’s exciting. It’s getting us closer to our climate goals. YES! This legislation will have wide scale and lasting impacts for generations to come. Sadly, those impacts are not all positive or just. The Inflation Reduction Act is an example of the ways advocates and legislators ne...

Research into Norse occupation and influence in Ireland highlights the creation of the major cities and how Irish medieval manuscripts reflected the shifts in culture. Continue reading Irish Medieval manuscripts and Viking settlements at The Wild Hunt.

By Catherine Ceniza Choy | Since 2020, Asian Americans in the United States have experienced dual existential crises: anti-Asian violence and COVID-19. According to Stop AAPI Hate, nearly 11,500 hate incidents were reported to its organization between March 19, 2020 and March 31, 2022. While the uptick in this violence has been connected to present-day coronavirus-related racism and xenophobia, anti-Asian violence and the association of Asian bodies with disease are not new.

Religious Education classes will resume Sunday, 9/25! Please register your child(ren) by clicking HERE . Below is a list of this year’s awesome Religious Education (RE) offerings…</p> OWL!  (Our Whole Lives sexuality education): Sexuality education programs change lives. Honest, accurate information about sexuality changes lives. It ... read more . The post Religious Education News – Aug. 16th appeared first on Unitarian Universalist Society of Schenectady.

Our Co-ministers, the Rev. Lynn Gardner and the Rev. Wendy Bartel are on study leave. As the UUA describes it, “In recognition that Ministers need extended time away from the stresses and demands of daily congregational life to deepen their calling and develop their skills, ... read more . The post Co-Ministers’ Colloquy – Aug. 16th appeared first on Unitarian Universalist Society of Schenectady.

I first came to Woody Guthrie (1912-1967) by way of Bob Dylan (1941-). Regarding Guthrie’s influence on him, Dylan said, “You could listen to his songs and actually learn how to live” (Seymour, 21).  The two singer-songwriters only met once. In 1961, when Dylan was 19 years old, he visited Guthrie in the hospital. Guthrie […]

The reviews from our second day at the Fringe.

                                               Mae West as we remember her best--blonde and brazen. She was a tiny lady, barely five foot tall.  It was more than her trademark Gay 90’s plumed hats that made her seem much bigger.  It was a bold, brassy, and irreverent persona that challenged everything puritanical America valued in submissive, virtuous, sexless, and dependent womanhood.  It took decades, but by the time she died the culture had caught up with her .  Yet the feminists of those later days were hardly grateful.  They could only see a woman who marketed herself as a sex object.  Those feminists had more in common with the Puritans than they would ever like to admit. Mary Jane West was born ...

Summer convening brings together Pacific Island partners to discuss climate change.

The last time I went to Israel, the world was evidently ending. It was near to the end of 1999, and people were feeling frantic about the arrival of Y2K and start of the second millennium in the common era. … Continue reading →

The issues of plagiarism continue to impact authors and publishers alike and are compounded by so many books being available in digital format. Continue reading “Stealing from others:” The continuing plagiarism of Pagan books at The Wild Hunt.

Sharon Dittmar Any time someone enters online or in-person congregational space, there are several opportunities for multiple connection points from which a long-term relationship can continue and grow. Continue reading "Make “A Warm Welcome” Part of your “New Normal”"

I don’t take advice. I listen and I evaluate, and if something makes sense to me and for me, I’ll try it. If it doesn’t I ignore it – and I ignore a lot. This is the worst advice I’ve received over the course of my life.

  This popular and widely circulated 19th Century print purports to depict the christening of Virginia Dare.  Wrong on several counts.  She may have been christened, but there was no clergyman or deacon among the colonists.  And no structure in the struggling colony was was grand and spacious as this timbered Tudor home.  Colonists were living in huts and hovels.  On August 18, 1587 Virginia Dare was born on Roanoke Island , one of the Outer Bank Islands off the coastof what is now North Carolina in a fledglingcolony underwritten by adventurer Sir Walter Raleigh.  Her mother Eleanor was one of 17 women who had made the hazardous Atlantic crossing and was the daughter of the man assigned by Raleigh to establish the colony, John Whi...

Yesterday morning, I was sitting next to the pond, writing in my journal. After I’d been there, and quiet for a long time, this chipmunk approached the other side of the pond, climbed down the rocks and took long drinks of water. After a couple minutes, it quickly climbed back up the rocks and ran […]

I'm in Indianapolis this week with the Central Indiana Woodworkers https://ciww.org We had great attendance last night for my presentation. It is an amazing group, very dedicated to education and service to the communities and kids in the Indianapolis area.  Among their various activities is making thousands of toys for holiday distribution to kids. At the Indianapolis State Fair this week, they've sold thousands of dollars worth of toys and had hundreds of kids making and decorating tops. Today and tomorrow I'll be teaching box making techniques. Make, fix and create...

 I have recently discovered that since I changed my email address, all the comments you've made over the past many months, even years, have not been forwarded on to me for moderation.  I have now changed my settings and you should be able to send a comment on any of the recent posts, so that I can approve them and post them on the blog. Thanks to those of you who have read the blog faithfully and have even tried to leave a comment---if I have time soon, I will attempt to tackle the backlog and approve the pending comments. Sincerely, Ms. Kitty

By Ricky Tucker | On July 29, 2022, our lordt and save-her, Beyoncé, released “Renaissance,” her long-awaited seventh studio album that, coming off its lead single, “Break My Soul,” promised to be redemptive to all of us who, in the past few years, have felt cast aside, if not full-on antagonized, by the powers that be, including that relentless microscopic militia known as covid. That jerk . . . Anyhow, Beyoncé delivered. Us.

A recent case regarding an improperly handled burial on private property in Wales highlights the laws governing such burials and procedures required. Continue reading Pagan-style burial causes legal problems in Wales at The Wild Hunt.

Prayer for Teachers Beloved, grant courage and heart to all who teach this season, to enter classrooms, to meet new and returning students, to imagine and develop lessons, and to invite others to greater learning, knowledge, and wisdom. Bless those who are educators, drawing out the skills and strengths of...

The Battle of Blue Lick as depicted in a display by the Kentucky National Guard, the descendant of the routed Militia. School children in those quaint days when they were supposed to memorize important events and dates in history, could tell you with certainty that the American Revolution was won on October 19, 1781 when Lord Charles Cornwallis surrendered his army to George Washington ’s Continentals and a large French force.   Certainly, with the main British Army in the bag as prisoners of war , it effectively put an end to most fighting in the settled eastern coastal regions.   General Washington took the Continental Army into camp at Newport .   By tacit gentlemen’s agreement garrisons leftisolated were allowed to remain un-m...

Sunday, August 21, 10:30 a.m. sUUmmer Sunday Spirit Circle   “I am resilient I trust the movement I negate the chaos Uplift the negative I’ll show up at the table Again and again and again I’ll close my mouth and learn to listen “These times are poignant The winds have shifted It’s all we can do To   [ … ] The post Sunday, August 21 ~ Spirit Circle ~ 10:30 a.m. appeared first on Unitarian Church of Marlborough and Hudson.

The UUA Board of Trustees will soon be appointing members to a five to seven person Bylaws Renewal Team. This team will lead the work in reimagining and rewriting the UUA Bylaws. Continue reading "UUA Board Calls for Volunteers for Bylaws Renewal Team"

Viendo hacia atrás, aunque de niño me encantaban las historias de los dioses griegos, aunque mi madre me contaba sobre los mitos egipcios, aunque en mi adolescencia me incliné por los celtas, encontré mi lugar entre la Llorona, el Silbón, los Momoyes, Juan Hilario, el Hachador Perdido, María Lionza, La Sayona, y muchos más. Continue reading Columna: “Los años no pasan en vano” – Cuatro años mirando hacia atrás at The Wild Hunt.

Looking back, although as a child I loved the stories of the Greek gods, although my mother told me about the Egyptian myths, although in my adolescence I leaned towards the Celts, I found my place among La Llorona, El Silbón, Los Momoyes, Juan Hilario, El Hachador Perdido, María Lionza, La Sayona, and many more. Continue reading Column: Four Years Looking Back at The Wild Hunt.

Science fiction author and Scottish nationalist Charles Stross opines: “I’m going to suggest that American automobile culture is fundamentally toxic and aggressively hegemonizing and evangelical towards other cultures, and needs to be heavily regulated and rolled back.” Not to belabor the point, but while electric cars may help us address climate change, they still emit … Continue reading "Electric cars are not the solution to the world’s problems"

Please join us on Saturday (20 August 2022) at 10:30 AM for our weekly meditation group with Larry Androes. This is a sitting Buddhist meditation including a brief introduction to mindfulness meditation, 20 minutes of sitting, and followed by a weekly teaching. The group is free and open to all. For more information, contact Larry … Continue reading "Meditation with Larry Androes (20 August 2022)"

      Fortune favors the bold. Great line, that. Comes from the Latin, where it was a sturdy proverb. Possibly distilled from a line from the Pre-Socratic philosopher Democritus. It has a couple of variations, but with the same meaning. The line appears in Virgil’s Aeneid and Terence’s Phormio. Ovid gives it a twist […]

  Fort Laramie a few years before the Grattan Massacre painted by Alfred Jacob Miller. Note —Yesterday we saw how badly foolish grandstanding resulted in the disastrous last battle of the American Revolution at Blue Licks.   Today we see the same fatal arrogance produce comparable results sparking the First Sioux War and decades of warfare and tragedy culminating if the Massacre at Wounded Knee in 1890. John Lawrence Grattan was less than two months out of West Point and was rumoredto have made the acquaintance of a razoron one or two occasions .   He had newly arrived at Fort Laramie on the Oregon and Mormon Trails to join the small detachment of the 6th Infantry Regiment which had been posted there to protect the emigrant wagon tr...