I don't repost other blogs very often, but this one really struck me as something you lovely folks would probably find valuable. Reading...

The holiday season is a rough time of year for many people. A lot of us have to navigate family conflicts, religious baggage, work...

I spend a lot of my time writing and editing. Those are activities that require a fair amount of concentration. I have my own home office...

That's not a facepalm that the young woman is doing (it's an ecstatic posture) but it's the closest I could find in Minoan art. Being the...

I don't often start book reviews this way, but here goes: You should read this book. Yes, you, whoever you are, because it's a sure bet...

The Internet has changed our lives in many ways. I love how we can connect with people of like mind from around the world, share ideas,...

I recently had the interesting experience of someone being upset by some artwork I chose for my Facebook profile picture. The art in...

I freely admit to being a child of the 1970s. I totally bought into all the back-to-nature, love-the-earth, give-a-hoot-don't-pollute...

My daughter is taking a sociology course that requires her to put in some volunteer time at a local nonprofit organization. She chose...

I’ve been doing astrology in one form or another for years. I first learned to draw a chart with pencil, paper, a printed ephemeris, and...

These are trying times. The economy has been horrible for a while now. My British friends are struggling between fear and hope after the...

When people find out I'm a writer, they tend to tell me I'm lucky. "Oh, you get to stay home all day doing what you love!" "Wow, I wish I...

I’ve always done creative stuff like drawing and writing and playing musical instruments, as far back as I can remember. By the time I...

This isn't something most people think about very often, but archaeological forgeries can be a problem when we're trying to reconstruct...

More vampires! Actually, the same ones I've reviewed before here and here. New Order is the last book in the Night Runner trilogy, a...

We all want success, sure, but at what cost? In difficult economic times, people tend to value short-term profit over long-term benefits....

I wrote my first novel during slow times at a deathly boring office job. It was awful - the novel, that is. I never published it or even...

This is going to be a bit of a rant, so hold onto your hats. If you're wondering about the title, I mean exactly what I'm saying here....

Today on the Minoan Path blog I'm adventuring into utopian territory. To be more specific, I'm focusing on the fact that the Minoans of...

Magical ethics is a chronically hot topic in the Pagan community, and the ethics of doing healing spellwork is high up on the list. Is it...