I Love My Grove

Have I mentioned that recently? I. Fucking. Love. My. Grove. Friday we started brainstorming for opening and closing rituals at East Coast Gather. There was mind-mapping, spitballing, chocolate tasting, silliness, synchronistic moose, and the burn of Awen across our tongues and minds. Saturday the work continued (though I wasn’t there). Hammering of details, wordsmithing, logistics, […]

MAGUS: Mid-Atlantic OBOD Gathering

I’ve been attending the OBOD East Coast Gathering since its inception 7 years ago and now there’s going to be yet another OBOD camp gracing the eastern seaboard: the Mid-Atlantic Gathering of the United States, or MAGUS for short. Please note, this has to be one of the best names EVER for a Druid event. […]

New Incarnation of Altars

Thank you again for joining us for a brand new episode of “This Old Altar,” with your host, Bob Vila! Er wait, that’s not quite right…let’s try this again: When I moved into my neighbor’s house last year, it was probably one of the best decisions I could have made during the divorce process. I loved living with B. and […]

Announcing Druid Magazine

One of the most fun things I’ve done this spring is to work on the inaugural issue of Druid Magazine as an editor for the Magical Crafting column. A lot of very talented folks have put a ton of heart and soul into this project, and anyone with an interest in Druidry should check it […]

Ovate Field Notes: Vol. 3

One of the most useful skills I’ve acquired in the Ovate grade, is that of making my own journals. I never considered myself a particularly consistent journaler, but now looking over my work not only during this grade, but in the Bardic grade, and even back to college and high school, I’ve written a fair amount. […]