http://www.haloscan.com/ Latest comments for yearnings. Syndicated by HaloScan http://www.haloscan.com/ http://www.haloscan.com/halolink.gif http://www.haloscan.com/ 88 31 Commenting Powered by HaloScan.com http://www.haloscan.com/comments/yearnings/E20091014143626/?src=hsr#233341 Thu, 15 Oct 2009 05:03:19 +0000 http://www.haloscan.com/comments/yearnings/E20091014143626/?src=hsrs#233341 http://www.haloscan.com/comments/yearnings/E20091014143626/?src=hsrs#233341 I didn't have a chance to look at the book's description before I bought it a couple weeks back. I just got around to opening it. Long story, and I am sure the person who sold it to me meant well, but I am not impressed. I probably won't take their advice again either. Oh well, live and learn. http://www.haloscan.com/comments/yearnings/E20091014143626/?src=hsr#233339 Thu, 15 Oct 2009 01:50:51 +0000 http://www.haloscan.com/comments/yearnings/E20091014143626/?src=hsrs#233339 http://www.haloscan.com/comments/yearnings/E20091014143626/?src=hsrs#233339 So I looked up her bio on her other book, and it says she's a 4th generation Oregonian. If you use that bit of info in line with what she's saying about her family history here, it presents another solid reason why her claims are irrelevant to what she's writing. The whole "linked by geography" thing is eye-rollingly bad. As my husband, a native Marylander, said, he's linked by geography to the Na http://www.haloscan.com/comments/yearnings/E20051214060051/?src=hsr#233317 Sun, 11 Oct 2009 09:29:12 +0000 http://www.haloscan.com/comments/yearnings/E20051214060051/?src=hsrs#233317 http://www.haloscan.com/comments/yearnings/E20051214060051/?src=hsrs#233317 Good points all. (I love it when someone takes the time to read old posts!) I think I wrote this post because some of the folks I was running into were the "weekend Pagan" types, the kind who claim ancient lineage and all the benefits without making more than the token effort to assume responsibility. http://www.haloscan.com/comments/yearnings/E20071225124642/?src=hsr#233316 Sun, 11 Oct 2009 09:19:47 +0000 http://www.haloscan.com/comments/yearnings/E20071225124642/?src=hsrs#233316 http://www.haloscan.com/comments/yearnings/E20071225124642/?src=hsrs#233316 Maybe I'm dreaming, but I would still like to have "the" definitive Pagan movie. I almost wish they would call it something else if they are going to change the story that much. http://www.haloscan.com/comments/yearnings/E20051214060051/?src=hsr#233304 Fri, 09 Oct 2009 16:28:51 +0000 http://www.haloscan.com/comments/yearnings/E20051214060051/?src=hsrs#233304 http://www.haloscan.com/comments/yearnings/E20051214060051/?src=hsrs#233304 Juliaki, the title "Pope" comes from Pontifex Maximus, a Roman title for the head of a priesthood, and the Pope's literal title in Latin. It was a purely Roman ideal, and not a Jewish or early Christian title. As far as initiation or ordination goes, why is it needed for Pagans at all? I'm not Wiccan, but I am Pagan. My beliefs are not linked to a "traditional" line. My deities may not have th http://www.haloscan.com/comments/yearnings/E20071225124642/?src=hsr#233303 Fri, 09 Oct 2009 13:38:23 +0000 http://www.haloscan.com/comments/yearnings/E20071225124642/?src=hsrs#233303 http://www.haloscan.com/comments/yearnings/E20071225124642/?src=hsrs#233303 The only movie based on Beowulf that I liked was the 13th Warrior. And that was actually based on a book, based on Beowulf. Really roundabout, but got the overall theme right in my opinion. I did not see this version, even for Angelina, I knew it was going to be bad. http://www.haloscan.com/comments/yearnings/E20090921122829/?src=hsr#233224 Wed, 23 Sep 2009 10:12:50 +0000 http://www.haloscan.com/comments/yearnings/E20090921122829/?src=hsrs#233224 http://www.haloscan.com/comments/yearnings/E20090921122829/?src=hsrs#233224 *shrugs* Here in the high desert where I sit typing this, the hottest part of the day isn't midday, it's around two or three in the afternoon, and in the summer, sometimes four, Midnight isn't the coolest part of the night, that's usually around three. Like I said, these labels work for me. http://www.haloscan.com/comments/yearnings/E20090921122829/?src=hsr#233222 Tue, 22 Sep 2009 14:48:50 +0000 http://www.haloscan.com/comments/yearnings/E20090921122829/?src=hsrs#233222 http://www.haloscan.com/comments/yearnings/E20090921122829/?src=hsrs#233222 Locally where I'm at, the coldest weather with the most snow and ice we get isn't in December (when it is iffy whether we'll even have had snowfall), but in late January or early February, hence "midwinter" would fall around Candlemas. Likewise, the hottest day of the year ends up in the dog days of summer in late July/early August (around Lammas), not in June. The ideas of the solstices being mid http://www.haloscan.com/comments/yearnings/E20090921122829/?src=hsr#233221 Tue, 22 Sep 2009 12:51:40 +0000 http://www.haloscan.com/comments/yearnings/E20090921122829/?src=hsrs#233221 http://www.haloscan.com/comments/yearnings/E20090921122829/?src=hsrs#233221 You're certainly plugged into your environment. I don't go by the leaves changing, that won't happen for a bit yet. I go by the terms Midsummer and Midwinter, other names for the solstices. If Midwinter is the winter solstice, then winter has to begin between the equinox and the solstice. Which just happens to be one time when the gates of the world swing wide anyway. I'll admit it's an a... http://www.haloscan.com/comments/yearnings/E20090921122829/?src=hsr#233220 Tue, 22 Sep 2009 10:56:31 +0000 http://www.haloscan.com/comments/yearnings/E20090921122829/?src=hsrs#233220 http://www.haloscan.com/comments/yearnings/E20090921122829/?src=hsrs#233220 At least here, Alban Elfed is very much the beginning of autumn. Although we've had a couple freak days of cool-ish and there's a couple trees showing a smidge of color, it has only been in the last couple days that fall seems to be gearing up 'round here.