In this blog, I look at meditation through a broad historical and spiritual lens: Greek philosophy, Hermetic thought, inner listening, and why these skills matter for modern occultists. #PaganSky #WitchSky #meditation

sky full of stars in the stream snow covered stones #haiku #micropoetry #snow

the snowblower finally starts blue sky #haiku #micropoetry #snowblower

gibbous moon tall snow banks alongside the salted road #haiku #micropoetry #snow

hazy dusk the old dog barks at herself #haiku #micropoetry #dog

cold cheeks the moon chasing Orion #haiku #micropoetry #Orion

wind in the treetops the train whistle traverses the valley #haiku #micropoetry #whistle

cold clouds subway seats full of cell phones #haiku #micropoetry #subway

suit worn once for a funeral wool moths #haiku #micropoetry #moths

Friends, we gather to honor the dearly departed icons of the early web. 🖥️⚰️ Though they have vanished from our screens, their spirit endures both in our memory & in the Wayback Machine, preserved across 1 trillion pages of web history. Pay your respects ⤵️ archive.org/details/in-m... #Wayback1T

the noise where two streams join ... inner silence #haiku #micropoetry #silence

clouds reveal a waxing october moon - home from the hospital #haiku #micropoetry #hospital

cutting all the cabbage and kale november freeze #haiku #micropoetry #freeze

Another way you can support this trip is by buying the pdf of *Games for an Ordinary Life* a poetic art zine of short, sweet and dangerous minimalist games. watermosaic.itch.io/games-for-an...

one chewed fingernail ... another #haiku #micropoetry #fingernails

Successful nonviolent movements for change require more than street protests. A human rights expert outlines 10 effective actions citizens can take buff.ly/kpfD4ke

a seagull hovers just above the beach -- off season #haiku #micropoetry #seagull

summer's end saying thank you to each chicken #haiku #micropoetry #chicken

summer's end the sound of a cricket in the kitchen #haiku #micropoetry #cricket

summer's end counting the inches that didn’t fall #haiku #micropoetry #rain

road noise two hours driving to silence #haiku #micropoetry #driving

puppy chases the cat into the barn old dog rests #haiku #micropoetry #dog

growing out my hair to be a keepsake for you autumn wild flowers --Amari Ōki 遺髪となる髪をのばさむ草の花　大木あまり 遺髪: ihatsu, a lock of hair that is kept in memory of the deceased (she literally writes "letting my hair grow to become ihatsu") #haiku #gendaihaiku #translation

the goldenrod ignores the old barbed wire #haiku #micropoetry #goldenrid

hill town traffic waits ... for the snapper #haiku #micropoetry #snapper

Who do you trust to teach witchcraft? My latest blog explores: 🧭 The myth of the self-taught witch 🔥 Lineage, responsibility, and consent 💰 Witchcraft as a business model #WitchSky

This is an amazing thread. Gave me insight into topics I know, and topics I did not, and more things I want to research.

strips of blue emerge between clouds fading thunder #haiku #micropoetry #thunder

small town bar new band but the same couple starts the dance #haiku #micropoetry #dance

party prep mowing the tufts of grass the goats didn't like #haiku #micropoetry #goats

A great short animated film about raising sheep and wool. ( Also, www.youtube.com/watch?v=2P7E... )

New AP dropped where I play a D&D version of myself as a witch from the Worlds Beyond Number Witch class by @nightlingbug.bsky.social in the prologue for a Bluesky-based game launching next week in which we *accidentally* curse ourselves. I'm gonna need your help to undo the curse! Check it out!

cousins gather over lobsters again mosquitos #haiku #micropoetry #lobsters

pulling grass around daffodils looking for work #haiku #micropoetry #work

cloudy May night the black cat sits on the reading lamp #haiku #micropoetry #cat

This Pride Month, we are shouting loud and clear: THESE COLORS DON’T RUN. Our visibility has never mattered more, and neither has our strength. And as HRC’s @brandonwolf.bsky.social says, NO president can push us back into the closet. (🎥: @msnbc.com)

white apple blossoms flank the road -- briefly #haiku #micropoetry #blossoms

April rain the fresh smell of skunk #haiku #micropoetry #skunk

first green grass the wind pierces my spring coat #haiku #micropoetry

spring field the pop underfoot of missed cranberries #haiku #micropoetry #cranberries

bits of black plastic last year's plant trays #haiku #micropoetry #plastic #spring

forsythia -- vase of branches and buds forcing spring #haiku #micropoetry Published in Frogpond, Sp/Su 2009, this was my first one published beyond the HSA's members anthologies. For those that don't know about it, this is a great haiku organization: www.hsa-haiku.org

I've been thinking of Silent Running, a science fiction movie from the 1970s. When I originally watched it I paid attention to the space travel and care for the environment. Now it's theme of resistance to a government gone haywire strikes me. It is worth watching. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Silent_...

cluster of birches lean more than last year broken fence #haiku #micropoetry

frigid morning the empty space in the hay barn #haiku #micropoetry #goats

A great sermon by @glassewitch.bsky.social that has given me some things to question even about the "good dragons" in our culture. (The text or 7 minute Youtube link on her page.)

sunlight on ice covered snow bird song #haiku #micropoetry #maybespring

🧵: If this is your first or tenth time seeing this and you're still wondering what Games for an Ordinary Life is, this thread is for you. It's a collection of tiny games, each based around an interesting idea. I'm going to share everything I've posted about Games for an Ordinary Life so far.