I have returned from my travels, along with some lovely new pieces for my altar from SJ Chilton! They are made of a nice, lightweight plaster, and feel wonderfully smooth and cool in the hand.
First, Angbroda and children:
Next, Saga:
And, last but not least, the Norns:
From this article in the San Francisco Chronicle:
“It’s a week before Election Day, and most Californians couldn’t care less. Watch out: When few people vote, crazy stuff can happen.
That’s because California is on track to have its lowest primary turnout in the state’s history — 29%, projects political analyst Paul Mitchell — in part because more than 4 in 10 voters are not enthusiastic about voting for president or Congress, according to a Public Policy Institute of California survey.” “Due for a windfall are Republicans, whose influence could be far greater than their 24% share of California’s electorate. So far, Republican voters have turned in 32% of the ballots, according to Political Data, Mitchell’s analytics firm that monitors turnout across the state.
Meanwhile, young voters — who are driving the national conversation about U.S. policy in the Middle East through street protest — are forfeiting their political voice at home. While there are roughly equal numbers of voters older than 65 and younger than 35 in California, so far 57% of the ballots turned in have been from seniors and only 2% from younger voters.”
It’s not just California.
You don’t have to be enthusiastic about the candidate you vote for, but you must vote against the candidate you oppose.
Not voting is not a statement of dissatisfaction with the system; it says you are wiling to accept whatever other people decide, even if it’s bad for you.
The Seidhjallr Team of Hrafnar Kindred presents a ritual of Oracular Seidh on Sunday, February 25, 2024.
Hrafnar is a Troth-associated Kindred.
Would you know more prior to attending? Check out “The Hrafnar Seidh Ritual” at https://seidh.org/articles/seidh/
Disclosure: I am a member of the Seidhjallr Team, and will be the Cyber Warder for the event.
It will be a hybrid event: *in person at the Berkeley Fellowship of Unitarian Universalists (BFUU) at 1924 Cedar Street, Berkeley, CA. *via Zoom for those unable to attend in person.
Doors and the Zoom meeting will open at 5:00 PM PST for set up, and the pre-ritual information talk will begin at 5:15.
DM me for the Zoom link.
There is no set fee, but for those who can, we will pass the hat to help defray the cost of the hall.
Lighthouse at Night
—Alfonsina Storni
Translated from Spanish by Jim Normington
The sky is a black sphere
and the sea is a black disc.
On the coast the lighthouse unfolds
its fan of light.
Who is it looking for endlessly in the night
as it turns endlessly?
If it looks into my heart
it will find a dying heart.
Look at the black rock
where my heart is nailed.
A raven tears at it without stopping
but it no longer bleeds.
Doing some research on Rachel Pollack, I found this article, “Don’t Call Me Mister You Fucking Beast”, a piece written by the Transvestite, Transsexual and Drag Queen group of the GLF at some point in 1972. It was transcribed to hypertext from Come Together – The Years of Liberation 1970-1973 by Autumn. According to Morgan Page, the authors include Rachel Pollack and Roz Kaveney. The site notes: “No copyright claimed on any of the transcriptions uploaded here. Please enclose transcription credits and remarks where possible. This is a community effort. IP is bullshit.”
Before you get upset about the language in the article, remember this was written in 1972, with the vocabulary available at the time.
What leapt out at me:
“Certainly one thing becomes more and more clear as we come together; pass or not pass, we can’t let anybody tell us what we are. One sister said that after six months of psychiatric treatment she discovered that no one knew her like herself. We can’t let anybody tell us we’re men, when we know we’re women. As Holly Woodlawn once said in New York, ‘Don’t call me mister, you fucking beast!'”
I can hear Rachel reading these words out loud, proudly, calmly, and fiercely.
Thank you, Rachel, for inspiring people everywhere to be their authentic and best selves.
