Warrior Girl Unearthed Perry Firekeeper-Birch was ready for her Summer of Slack but instead, after a fender bender that was entirely not her fault, she’s stuck working to pay back her Auntie Daunis for repairs to the Jeep. Thankfully she has the other outcasts of the summer program, […]| Leah's Books
Look at any old photograph of people from a hundred years ago and one of the most striking things about it is how well dressed everyone was. Even men out laboring in the fields or fishing in rivers, their sleeves rolled up and foreheads slick with sweat, often wore button ups, sometimes even with a| Intellectual Takeout
Kristian Bailey is a farmer, and he also considers himself a land steward and teacher. At Orais Hand Farm, located across the road from the Mississippi River, he is trying to move away from the ide…| A Peace of My Mind
In Heathenry, ancestor work is important. Or at least this is what I’m told. I have researched my ancestors, I can trace my maternal relatives back several generations, I’ve looked into genealogy and can tell you that I’m a mix … Continue reading →| Odin Devoted
Burned by the cataclysmic bushfires of 2019, a national park called the Barrington Tops exploded in rare veined doubletail orchids.| Good News Network
By April Walker ...amidst new waves of political chaos and cruelty, I’m back again—this time with an invitation to build community in a new way, namely to make peers and colleagues of our ancestors. The post Imagine raising money for a nonprofit organization while power-obsessed white men wreak havoc on liberty and justice for sport. appeared first on CCF.| CCF
Writer McKenna Scherer is a proud Wisconsinite. Sure, that love is tied to cheese and Spotted Cow. But at the root of that love is her family. Scherer shared a story, “The Largest Gathering of Norwegians in Northwestern Wisconsin, Probably: Gierefest,” at a live storytelling event hosted by Wisconsin Public Radio’s “Wisconsin Life” and the Chippewa Valley Writers Guild. It was held on Nov. 14, 2024 in Eau Claire at The Lakely.| Wisconsin Life
Experience Spring Water as nature intended – pure, vibrant, and full of natural vitality for optimal health and hydration.| Find A Spring
(Content warning: death, grief)| Glasse Witch Cottage
One perspective common to most of the belief systems that fall under the umbrella term of Paganism is a desire to connect more fully with the natural world. There’s a recognition among most Pagans that Western culture, as a whole, has slipped too far from the cycle of the seasons and the interconnected web of existence. Indeed, treating the natural world as a resource to be exploited and viewing the lives of our non-human neighbors as meaningless and expendable has resulted in a world in tu...| Glasse Witch Cottage
A few years ago, when my father was still alive and the world was still sane, I wrote a blog post about my dad’s sukkah. I had no idea then that only two short years later my father would die suddenly, and that his sukkah will never be rebuilt. The old pieces of cloth that… Read More »“The Worldly Patriarch” Quilt| ANY Texture
The summer before she passed away I helped my mother tidy up my late father’s study. By then, he was gone for about two and a half years, but my mom hasn’t been able to touch the mess he left behind. I loved my dad’s home office. He spent much of his time there, working… Read More »“The Builder of Jerusalem” Art Quilt| ANY Texture
My mom left me a few assignments before she passed away. One resulted in a quilt series I made to honor the life of my grandfather, her dad. The second was an artwork about her grandmother, who was very influential in her life. My Great Grandmother Sarah Kopel My mom’s maternal grandmother, Sara Kopel nee… Read More »The “Grieving Matriarch” Quilt| ANY Texture
This is the fifth of six posts seeking to describe what it means to practice co-intelligence. (You can read the first post here, the second here, the third here, and the fourth here.) In this post I share ten qualities of co-intelligence. How do they seem to you? How would it feel to be part of activities that take such things seriously? – Tom (PS: This is what the Co-Intelligence Institute is all about – and what your support would help us contribute to in the world.)| Random Communications from an Evolutionary Edge