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Lifting Heavy and the Pursuit of Self-Love

Approximately two months ago, my therapist and I started addressing my difficulties with food, eating, and body image. I’ve written about my rocky relationship with body image and weight in past posts; it’s nothing new. At the end of last…

Angelica
August 25, 2020
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Everyday Life

An Update From the Lost Summer

It is Day 141 of lockdown. In truth, the world is not really locked down anymore. Some businesses are open now in the United States, though they shouldn’t be. I’m rock climbing again, but not as frequently as I did…

Angelica
August 4, 2020
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Everyday Life

Some Observations During Lockdown

It is Day 24 of lockdown due to the COVID-19 pandemic. It is a new experience for all of us, and we are all coping with it in our own ways. I joked early on that social distancing is pretty…

Angelica
April 8, 2020
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Religion

BYRGENHĀM II: The Mothers Revealed

Mōdraniht (Mothers’ Night) approaches. An Anglo-Saxon Heathen holiday, it focuses on venerating “the Mothers,” a grouping of deities who were worshiped throughout Celto-Romano-Germanic Europe as Matres or Matronae. (The Old English word for Them is Mōdru.) They were very localized…

Angelica
January 8, 2020
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Religion

BYRGENHĀM I: An Introduction

Nearly four years ago, I began exploring Heathenry. I had ended my practice of Kemetism two years prior and was, at the time, focusing on the death positive movement in the West. But I also felt adrift, unanchored by any…

Angelica
January 1, 2020
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Everyday Life

2019: Looking Back, Looking Ahead

2019 was a difficult year for me. I suffered from more stress than I can ever remember, even compared to the nonstop work pace I set for myself in 2018. For the first time in my life, I had to…

Angelica
December 31, 2019

Reviews

Favorite Books of 2019

Every year since 2016, I have participated in the Goodreads reading challenge. To participate, you set a goal to read a certain number of books per year, then log each book you read throughout the year for it to count…

Angelica
December 26, 2019
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Everyday Life

Combating Seasonal Depression

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…

Angelica
November 25, 2019
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Everyday Life

The Ascent

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…

Angelica
September 1, 2019
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Religion

A Heathen Midsummer Picnic

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…

Angelica
July 14, 2019