Earlier this year I wrote a post here at the Crossroads about “year words”…words which set the theme for what your year is going to be, what your focus will be. I chose the word “roots.” To me it felt like the proper word, since I was beginning a journey in 2011 to explore my [...]
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Putting Down Roots
Posted in Archives #3 A Deaf Pagan Shares, Beasts and Animals, Deaf/Hearing Relations, Deaf/Pagan Relations, Eco-Psychology, Empowerment, Nature, Paganism, Spirituality, Universal Issues, Women on Thursday September 29 2011 | Leave a Comment »
A Hat For Mom
Posted in Archives #3 A Deaf Pagan Shares, Art & Literature, Beasts and Animals, Humor, Nature, Photography, Universal Issues, Video Posts, Women on Tuesday May 3 2011 | 2 Comments »
It’s hat time here in Louisville. That’s right, folks…right now millinery shops all around town are doing a brisk business selling chapeaux by the hundreds. Everywhere you look, ladies are carrying hat boxes out of stores. There’s a two-worded explanation for the recent craze in bonnets and berets… Derby Week. Louisville is of course internationally [...]
Racing for Mom
Posted in Archives #3 A Deaf Pagan Shares, Beasts and Animals, Deaf/Hearing Relations, Empowerment, Healing, Music, Universal Issues, Women on Tuesday April 26 2011 | 2 Comments »
Some of you may recall the story of my “Derby Grandpa” – Gus Wolzenski, who introduced me to the fine art of playing the ponies. Grandpa died of cancer on Derby Day…May 7th, 1994. Earlier that day he and I had our final conversation…about the Kentucky Derby and the fact that a horse named Go [...]
Ostara – Bunnies & Eggs, Rebirth & Rejoice
Posted in Archives #4 Pagan Thoughts and Writings, Art & Literature, Beasts and Animals, Cinema, Creating Accessibility, Deaf/Pagan Relations, Equal Communication Access, Irish/Celtic, Magick, Nature, Paganism, Photography, Ritual, Sabbats, Spirituality, witchcraft, Women's Spirituality on Sunday March 20 2011 | 5 Comments »
This post contains a video which explains the Sabbat of Ostara. The video is accessible for deaf and hard of hearing readers. Scroll down to find the video, and enjoy! As a Deaf Pagan, I am always seeking new ways to teach the Deaf Community about Earth-Based Spirituality – what we believe and what we [...]
A Favorite Poem For Today
Posted in Art & Literature, Beasts and Animals, Healing, Nature, Paganism, Spirituality, Universal Issues, Women's Spirituality on Thursday February 18 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Whose woods these are I think I know. His house is in the village though; He will not see me stopping here To watch his woods fill up with snow. My little horse must think it queer To stop without a farmhouse near Between the woods and frozen lake The darkest evening of the year. [...]
November’s Full Moon – Migration of the Ancient Bird Goddess
Posted in Archives #4 Pagan Thoughts and Writings, Astrology, Beasts and Animals, Divination, Nature, Paganism, witchcraft, Women's Spirituality on Sunday November 1 2009 | Leave a Comment »
November, 2009 The Taurian Moon Lights the Migration of the Ancient Bird Goddess The November full moon on Monday, November 2nd is in the earthy, fixed sign of Taurus. Taurus, the second sign of the zodiac, is represented by a bull and ruled by Venus in her earthy, fecund aspect. Stories of the Goddess of [...]
Healing On A Shell Mound – part one “San Bruno Mountain”
Posted in Archives #3 A Deaf Pagan Shares, Archives #4 Pagan Thoughts and Writings, Beasts and Animals, Creating Accessibility, Deaf/Pagan Relations, Earth Day, Eco-Psychology, Nature, Paganism, Photography, Spirituality, Universal Issues, Women's Spirituality on Saturday July 18 2009 | 2 Comments »
Those of you who visit here at the Crossroads regularly may recall reading my series on “Healing By the Bay” – in which I describe my experiences while trekking down to Kirby Cove with my friend and ecopsychologist, Ginny Anderson. Kirby Cove is one of seven Sacred Sites around the Bay Area which Ginny describes [...]
Meeting With the Stag
Posted in Archives #3 A Deaf Pagan Shares, Beasts and Animals, Irish/Celtic, Magick, Nature, Paganism, Spirituality, witchcraft on Wednesday December 17 2008 | 11 Comments »
The other day, when I was leaving my apartment to head to work, I came face-to-face with one of the Mother’s creatures… and that chance meeting has been in my thoughts ever since. The creature was a young buck – a white-tailed deer with a small rack of antlers. He was walking across the yard [...]
The Yule Series
Posted in Archives #4 Pagan Thoughts and Writings, Art & Literature, Beasts and Animals, Divination, Food, Herbs, Irish/Celtic, Magick, Nature, Paganism, Ritual, Sabbats, Spirituality, The Yule Series, witchcraft, Women's Spirituality on Monday December 8 2008 | 1 Comment »
My readers who have been following the Crossroads for awhile might recall that last year, to celebrate the Winter Solstice, I did a month’s worth of posts entitled “The Yule Series” in which I shared information about various aspects of the season’s holiday celebrations – such topics as the meaning of solstice, the return of [...]
The Lessons of the Bear
Posted in Archives #3 A Deaf Pagan Shares, Archives #4 Pagan Thoughts and Writings, Beasts and Animals, Deaf/Pagan Relations, Deafness, Nature, Paganism, Spirituality on Monday July 21 2008 | 5 Comments »
We can use the lessons of the bear to learn how to look at ourselves and what is happening in our lives. And in doing so, the bear can become our teacher, our friend, and our companion. Every animal is a gateway to the world of the human spirit. How we think about these animals [...]
Life, Cappucino, Love, and Penny Lane
Posted in Archives #3 A Deaf Pagan Shares, Archives #4 Pagan Thoughts and Writings, Beasts and Animals, Empowerment, Food, Humor, Nature, Photography, Poetry/Prose, Spirituality, Uncategorized, Universal Issues, Women on Saturday June 14 2008 | 9 Comments »
I look forward to Tuesdays and Thursdays. Those are the days when I drop my client off at her day program and then head a few blocks over to Penny Lane for a large Cafe Mocha. Penny Lane is a funky, bohemian-style independently owned coffee shop located in the Haynies Corner Art District in the [...]
Winning Jockey Has Deaf Son
Posted in Archives #1 Deafness and Accessibility, Beasts and Animals, Deaf/Hearing Relations, Deafness, Equal Communication Access, Sign Language on Friday June 6 2008 | 7 Comments »
This Saturday, many eyes will be focused on the Belmont Stakes in New York, as Big Brown, a strapping bay three-year-old colt, attempts to become the first to win the Triple Crown in thirty years and thus go down in horse racing history. Big Brown will be piloted by jockey Kent Desormeaux, who rode the [...]
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