Archive for February, 2010

Patrick McCollum’s Fight for Your Religious Rights

Sunday, February 21st, 2010

Patrick McCollum’s legal challenge against the State of California may sound like it just concerns the religious freedom of prisoners, but make no mistake: the outcome of his case will affect every one of us, and determine whether our Constitutional right to freedom of religion is conditional or absolute. There have been several great articles written [...]

2010 New Year’s Dream Resolutions

Tuesday, February 16th, 2010

Yes, it’s time once again to post my New Year’s Dream Resolutions. Actually it is well past time to post them, and my handwritten notes from reading through last year’s dreams have been sitting on my desk for over a month, waiting for me to write them up. The one waking-life resolution I made for [...]

PantheaCon Calling

Wednesday, February 10th, 2010

The ramp-up to this year’s huge PantheaCon event has been remarkably mellow for me. I have been working hard on it for days now, but blessedly without the usual high-pitched whine of anxiety in the background. I attribute it partly to the unheard-of luxury of having a partner who has my back and is happy to [...]

A New Poem for Brigid

Monday, February 1st, 2010

This poem may not be finished—I have spent the evening taking it apart and putting it back together, and still have some tinkering to do around the edges. But what fun to have a new poem to share for Brigid! And to be writing poetry again. The stress of the past few years must be easing [...]