Are we bloggers going to do another poetry fest in honor of St. Brigid? Her day is less than a week away, and I’ve had an old poem rattling around in my brain lately, so I figure I’ll beat the crowds and post it a few days early.
Back in the late 1980s when San Francisco Reclaiming’s Spiral Dance ritual was still held at the Women’s Building, the evening began with a chilling a capella performance by Susan Falkenrath. The room was dark and we were all seated on the floor facing the middle of the room. Susan walked into the center of [...]
I have heard from several friends in other states and countries since the tiger mauling at the San Francisco Zoo happened last December, killing one young man and injuring two others. Aside from inquiring whether the victims were anyone I knew, there was a decided strain of “what the hell is wrong with you people?” in my friends’ voices.
Determined to start out this year on a lighter note than last year, I have decided to implement a new feature here at Blog o’ Gnosis. It’s my version of New Year’s Resolutions, which I mostly think are a bad idea but occasionally make anyway.
For instance, on New Year’s morning it came to me that I should swear less, as a magical act to take better care with the words that come out of my mouth. By lunch time, though, I had abandoned the whole idea. It would be too much of a set-up for disappointment, as most virtuous decisions are, when the moment of inspiration wears off and there you are, stuck on the road behind a really bad driver again. If you’re going to swear anyway, why add insult to injury by cursing yourself for it?
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