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 [...]
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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 »
But Hello Anyway…
Posted in Archives #1 Deafness and Accessibility, Archives #3 A Deaf Pagan Shares, Creating Accessibility, Deaf/Hearing Relations, Deaf/Pagan Relations, Deafness, Empowerment, Equal Communication Access, Spirituality, Uncategorized, Universal Issues on Saturday May 17 2008 | 10 Comments »
Not too long ago, I published a post here at the Crossroads entitled “Too Deaf? Too Pagan? Too Firewalking?” This post was written as a response to a comment which was left on yet another one of my posts here on this blog… a comment which I found to be rather interesting. This reader was [...]
Too Deaf? Too Pagan? Too Firewalking?
Posted in Archives #1 Deafness and Accessibility, Archives #2 On Being Deaf and Pagan, Archives #3 A Deaf Pagan Shares, Creating Accessibility, Deaf/Hearing Relations, Deaf/Pagan Relations, Deafness, Empowerment, Equal Communication Access, Ethics, Paganism, Sign Language, Spirituality, Uncategorized, Universal Issues on Sunday May 11 2008 | 22 Comments »
I woke up this morning and checked my email, only to discover that I had a new comment to an old post – one that I wrote over a year ago, shortly after I first started Deaf Pagan Crossroads. It’s a response to my post titled “On Being Deaf…and Pagan” – a post I wrote [...]
Jeff Daniels – His Views on His Role in “Sweet Nothing In My Ear”
Posted in Archives #1 Deafness and Accessibility, Cinema, Creating Accessibility, Deaf/Hearing Relations, Deafness, Equal Communication Access, Interpreting, Sign Language, Uncategorized on Monday April 21 2008 | 17 Comments »
For those interested in watching a captioned video in which Jeff Daniels talks about learning sign language for his role, check out this link: http://www.hallmark.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/article|10001|10051|/HallmarkSite/HallmarkHallOfFame/HHOF_SCENES I was curious to learn more about what Jeff Daniels thought about his role in “Sweet Nothing In My Ear,” in which he played the part of Dan, the hearing [...]
Deaf-Friendly, Pagan-Friendly Spiritual Conference in Baltimore
Posted in Archives #2 On Being Deaf and Pagan, Creating Accessibility, Deaf/Pagan Relations, Deafness, Divination, Equal Communication Access, Healing, Herbs, Interpreting, Irish/Celtic, Magick, Paganism, Ritual, Sign Language, Spirituality, Uncategorized, witchcraft, Women's Spirituality on Sunday February 24 2008 | 4 Comments »
I’ve gotten a number of comments and emails from individuals in the DC/MD/VA area wanting to know about Deaf-Friendly Pagan events in the area. Here’s one you might want to check out… It’s the Ecumenicon Conference, an annual spiritual event that focuses on exploring various spiritual paths, including Paganism. This conference is sponsored by the [...]
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Ocean is the creator & manager of this blog. Born deaf into an all-hearing family, she was raised oral and attended hearing schools. Ocean began learning sign language at the ripe old age of 16, and after meeting a Deaf man began her own journey through Deafhood. She graduated from Gallaudet College (now University), and has held positions both within & outside of the field of Deaf Services.
Ocean has been a practicing Pagan for 30 years, and considers herself "an eclectic witch," with a primary focus on Celtic Spirituality, but an interest in many different areas. A skilled tarot reader, she once donated her services to help raise funds for a Domestic Violence agency. She has also done workshops on aromatherapy, herbalism, & Paganism for the Deaf Community.
As a passionate advocate, Ocean often speaks out on the need for greater access for Deaf people (Pagan or otherwise) - interpreters, captioned videos, CART, etc...and works to build bridges between the Deaf & Hearing communities.
She lives not far from her hometown on the banks of the Ohio River with her two cats, Karma & Gandalf.
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