My No Hell Space

Michael Brown, pastor of the Universalist Unitarian Church in Peoria has launched a new blog My No Hell Space. In just a month he has written thoughtful posts on Christianity and Universal Health Care, Walter Cronkite and the Interfaith Alliance, and Bela Fleck and the documentary film called Throw Down Your Heart, which is currently [...]

Betting on the Rust Belt

This summer I have been following The Archdruid Report, a blog by John Michael Greer. Grand Archdruid of the Ancient Order of Druids in America (AODA) Greer has been blogging about the end of the Industrial Era and the coming of the Deindustrial Society. Greer is lucid when he talks about economics: Over the last [...]

Creating a Blogroll

August is half over–and this is only my second post for the month. And I haven’t done any real job hunting either. Tsk! I could make excuses about close encounters of the plumber kind and trying to downsize my life/prepare for a garage sale, but I”ll plead that I have been creating a satisfying blog [...]

Lammas 2009

This will go down as a memorable Lammas weekend. Lammas, the first of three harvest festivals celebrated July 31st, August 1st or 2nd, is one of my favorites because Lammas, for me, is Fair Season. It is a celebration of the best and the brightest. Lammas is the livestock shows, grand champion vegetables, prize-winning pies [...]