Archive for September, 2006
Sunday, September 10th, 2006
What I Hear
In a thread on Ex-Witch, the conversation turned to sitting outside and listening to the divine. The thread started out as my venting my frustrations in a vein similar to my article below.
I was asked what I hear. I was surprised, I think, because I never had been asked that and never tried to put [...]
1 Comment » - Posted in Druidry, Magic, Philosophy by Fiacharrey
Thursday, September 7th, 2006
Slow Down
Life’s modern hectic pace is not something out of our control. We should slow down. Savor the moment. That is the aims of The Slow Movement. It’s proponents believe the most important things in life should not be rushed.Slow Down Now, a website of the Slow Movement, has this motto: multitasking is a moral [...]
1 Comment » - Posted in Philosophy, Self Improvement, Sustainable Living by Fiacharrey
Tuesday, September 5th, 2006
The Story of Spanish Moss
Spanish moss hangs from nearly every tree where I live. In researching various primitive technologies, it cured to me that Spanish moss must have a bunch of uses. It does. I knew about its use as furniture stuffing, but just how good a stuffing it is really surprised me.
I found this nifty article: The Story [...]
No Comments » - Posted in Druidry, Environment, Sustainable Living by Fiacharrey
Monday, September 4th, 2006
Stuck on ExWitch
I wandered off from that famous on-line ministry, ExWitch, some months ago when Pagan and Christian Moot withdrew their support of it. ExWitch does have its entertainment value, but it gets boring after a while. Even as much of a glutton for punishment I might be, banging your head against a brick wall gets tiring.
For [...]
No Comments » - Posted in Personal by Fiacharrey
Saturday, September 2nd, 2006
A Link Between Religion and Obesity
A recent study shows a significant relationship between being a member of certain Christian denominations and being obese. The “fattest” Christian denominations are Baptists, Pentecostals and Catholics.
“The study tracked about 2,800 religious Americans of various denominations for eight years.” Sociology professor Kenneth E. Ferraro, a leader of the research, was surprised by the results.
“We usually [...]