At the beginning of the year, I resolved to make 2019 my “year of self-care”. As someone who is constantly moving, working, and producing, I wanted to learn how to value rest, to cherish my free time, and to slow down. I wanted to learn how to take better care of myself both physically and […]
I have written before about my struggles with exercise and body weight. Unfortunately, I must report that my love affair with weightlifting did not last; I lifted for three months and then quit. My reasons for quitting are complicated and layered: I started feeling lonely going to the gym by myself all the time, I […]
This past Saturday, I invited a couple of local Heathens and our guests to celebrate the Midsummer holiday and enjoy a picnic. We picked Font Hill Wetlands Park as our location, a small park with a gazebo in the middle of one of the ponds. I had never been there before but trusted the recommendation. […]
This past May, I had the unique pleasure of guest starring on a podcast for the first time. I feature on Episode 21 of Around Grandfather Fire, a podcast by James Stovall and Sarenth Odinsson that covers “topics from Shamanism to Psychology, and from Science to Popular Culture.” I know Sarenth from the online Heathen […]
I haven’t written a blog post in a while, though I had every intention of writing more this year. Inspired by the prolific Gersande, I want to change that, starting with a recap of the past five months, because a lot did happen. To start, this past winter was miserable. As someone who suffers from […]
In modern astrology, there exists the concept of a Saturn Return, which is the point in time when Saturn returns to the same position in the sky that it occupied when a person was born. This process takes roughly 29.5 years, which means that most people have two Saturn Returns, and some have as many […]
Back in April, I suffered mental burnout that almost resulted in a breakdown at work. To recover, I purchased a copy of Assassin’s Creed: Origins and played it all evening. Three months and 47 hours later, I’m glad I did. Not only are the plot, characters, and gameplay enjoyable, but the game has reached into me […]
“Where the glacier meets the sky, the land ceases to be earthly, and the earth becomes one with the heavens; no sorrows live there anymore, and therefore joy is not necessary; beauty alone reigns there, beyond all demands.” –Halldór Laxness, World Light, 1937-40 SUNDAY– Keflavík In the cramped airplane, I lean into Dan for a […]
Since the first week of January this year, I have spent most of my days writing. For the unaware, my friend Brooke and I are collaborating on our first comic book project. It’s a personal project and unpaid, and we plan to release it online for free once we’re finished. In this collaboration, she is […]
I cannot remember the exact moment I learned about Dungeons & Dragons. I do remember knowing about it by the time I was in middle school, because I recall playing the game one afternoon with my sibling Kai. It didn’t matter that I didn’t know all of the rules; I was winging it, but we were […]