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The first “gig” went very well, and dare I say, extremely well. Anaan and I want to thank everybody who has been so supportive with this new venture, especially Beltana, Firesong, Loreleiskye, Lucretiasheart, Nursemae, Tollers, Virginia Fell, Daisy and everyone in her bardic circle, Suz and all our covenmates in Thalia Clan, as well as many others ( Read more... )

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Dear fellow Skinny White Chick fans,

After a hiatus which was too long, I am resurrecting Cern's Pagan Songbook Online. You will now find a number of S.J. Tucker songs with lyrics and chords listed at this new address:
http://www.cernowain.com/pagansongbook/swc/sooj.html
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I didn't know that Jonathon Coulter Jonathan Coulton actually did a video of his wonderful and fun zombie song "RE: Brains" until Anaan found it and forwarded it to me. The video is a little corney and amateurish, but it looks like he and the Dragoncon folks had some fun making it. Here is one of my favorite songs to sing and play. Enjoy!  bb, Cern ( Read more... )

In order to determine whether the compassionate release of convicted Libyan terrorist and prostate cancer victim al Megrahi was just, it seems appropriate look back briefly at what happened just before-- and then on-- that fateful long Winter Solstice night some 20 years ago ( Read more... )

It's been a while since I've posted to the LJ, but I'm back after a short hiatus.  Sorry about the silence. Please don't take it personally. Life just gets in the way of LJ sometimes.

The big news is I've been preparing for my first Pagan concert at Ozark Avalon's 2009 Harvest Homecoming Festival over an Labor Day weekend in mid-Missouri.  Yes, I'm ( Read more... )

This is the first commentary I've read on the passing of MJ that really has some meat to it, and I feel the need to pass it on. The blog I've copied and pasted below comes from Kathryn Lofton, who is an assistant professor of American studies and religious studies at Yale University. She used to teach at IU in Bloomington, IN (2006-2008).

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I’m so excited. In just a few days I’ll be entering the gates into PSG, that is, Pagan Spirit Gathering (note: click on the orange tabs on the website to explore the info.) PSG is one of the largest and longest running Pagan festivals in the United States, begun in 1980 by Selena Fox’s Circle Sanctuary community near Madison, WI. PSG is a week ( Read more... )

I can't believe I beat Virginia Fell to posting this story.

Newt Gingrich, who appears to be the spokesperson of the Republican Party-- at least on the Sunday Morning political shows these days, declared to a Virginia church congregation on Friday, June 5, 2009:

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