Seasons – NaturalPagans

Incoming Storm

April 1, 2020 lupa Nature, Nature Writing, Seasons, The Green Wolf

The last few weeks I’ve felt like I was preparing for a storm. Here on the coast, we get winter storms that come in off the ocean with a salty chill; they whip raindrops and sleet through the air like birdshot. From October until May I keep a radar map open in my browser so … Continue reading Incoming Storm →

Green Tomatoes Are the Reason For the Season

November 21, 2019 lupa Environmentalism, Food, gardening, Nature, Nature Spirituality, Nature Writing, Plants, Seasons, Sustainability, The Green Wolf

Note: This was first published on No Unsacred Place around 2012-ish, which went defunct a few years ago (RIP–it was a good site). Then it was on Paths Through the Forests, but I split from Patheos a couple of years ago due to philosophical… Continue Reading

Green Tomatoes Are the Reason For the Season

November 21, 2019 lupa Environmentalism, Food, gardening, Nature, Nature Spirituality, Nature Writing, Plants, Seasons, Sustainability, The Green Wolf

Spirits in the Kitchen: Honoring the Remains of Our Food

January 10, 2019 lupa Activism, Animals, Anthropocentrism, Bioregion, Cosmology, Death, Environmentalism, Food, Fungi, gardening, Gratitude, Magic, Meaning, Naturalist Paganism, Nature, Nature Spirituality, Nature Writing, Paganism, Plants, Rituals, Science, Seasons, Sustainability, The Green Wolf, Way of the Scavenger

[Main photo: rice and cheese stuffed crimini mushrooms, roasted acorn squash and red onion, and sauteed vegetables and mushrooms] The older I get, the more important food has become to me. For the first quarter century of my life, I couldn’t have cared less… Continue Reading

Paganism, Food, and the Element of Terroir

January 2, 2018 lupa Activism, Environmentalism, Food, gardening, Naturalist Paganism, Nature Spirituality, Paganism, Plants, Science, Seasons, Sustainability, The Green Wolf

In case you didn’t know it, I am a minor-level foodie. I haven’t run around to every single pricey restaurant in Portland, but I am an unabashed locavore who loves to cook. And as an environmentalist I’m keenly aware of where my food comes… Continue Reading

“A secular spirituality from the seasons?”

June 30, 2017 Editor B Bart Everson, Bloomington, Events, Holy Daze, Indiana, Neo-Pagan, Seasons, Spinning in Place, Wheel of the Year

EVENT: Sunday, July 9, 2017, 4-6pm at The Venue, 114 S Grant, Bloomington, Indiana This summer, join me for a community discussion on the question, “Can we derive a secular spirituality from the seasons?” Held at The Venue in Bloomington, Indiana, the event will be moderated by longtime local journalist Mike Leonard. Light refreshments will …

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