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Solo acoustic cover - "Mercy Street"

I've been playing guitar for a few months now, as well as singing more regularly after literally years of not doing so much at all, but I haven't recorded myself that much, nor have I done a ton of...

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The Turner Diaries: wrapup/six months later (preview)

Unlocked for general people, a clip from my much longer ramble on my final thoughts, half a year after the fact, on 2023-02-25 03:25:54 +0000 UTC View Post

A reading: "The Library of Babel"

Hello, lovely supportive people. 

For Christmas this year I got myself a new microphone, in part in advance of the eventual audiobook of The Hands of Maggie Fate but also just b...

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MANOS: 2 Hands 2 Fate - prologue

(As I said on Twitter, this is a Serious Horror Novelization of the very bad film MANOS: The Hands of Fate. It is ongoing and should be considered a rough draft. Updates (probably) will be...

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everything is changing

First two episodes drop May 3rd. Patreon supporters get the first three episodes May 1st.

(Music: "Messier 45" by Stellardrone)

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Soon.

Now that this is unlocked, a few points of information. 

Yes, this is really happening for real this time. This is not a standalone preview; this is a clip from the beginning of episode ...

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"Tlön, Uqbar, Orbis Tertius" - a reading

Because I haven’t done one of these in a while, and because this is a writer who’s been on my mind a lot of late, here is a reading of Jorge Luis Borges’s stunning short story “Tlön, Uqbar...

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On the messy nuances of "belief"

Join me (and distant children, and cicadas, and a plane) in the patio Writing Grotto for a ramble on how I've been thinking about what it means to me to believe something and why in my opinion we o...

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The Turner Diaries, chapter 23: the storm is upon us

[image credit: ANDREW CABALLERO-REYNOLDS/AFP]

(A note because this is going up unlocked:...

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The ocean is on fire

(I wrote this in about 45 minutes, read it through once, and I have no idea where to post it so I’m p...

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Light of the Shore

As part of my ritual practice this Midsummer—my first Alban Hefin, or Light of the Shore in ...

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Zach Bush, (Con)spirituality, and the Grift of Fear

In which I talk in somewhat rambling terms about spirituality, reality denial, and the fear of death, inspired by some excellent commentary on an interview with wellness influencer and conspiritual...

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practice resurrection

Spring Beauty (Claytonia virginica) from my walk today

As soon as the generals ...

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If there ever is a Sunday

Of the three days that culminate this week, I think Holy Saturday is commonly glossed over. After all, it’s the day when not much happens; it has none of the acute drama of Good Friday and we are...

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for God so loved the world

(The cross I made of holly wood that hangs above our door)

A Crucified God is the dr...

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Fiction: This Anger’s Deeper Than Sleep

Turner Tuesday is getting postponed to next week; I have a couple of pressing deadlines in the next couple of days that are making the prospect of wading into that literary hellscape nearly unbeara...

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It is a sprout, well budded-out

Today is Alban Eiler, the spring equinox, and I found myself thinking over and over of resurrection, wh...

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A Prayer for Which No Words Exist - part three

[image by 2021-03-06 03:51:00 +0000 UTC View Post

A Prayer for Which No Words Exist - part two

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The Turner Diaries: unexpected hiatus (darn)

Unexpected and hopefully not long. Basically what’s happened is that I lost access to the edition of the book I was working from, which was hosted on archive.org. Apparently they  took it do...

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Imbolc: welcome Spirit, welcome Brigid

I wanted to write a little something for Imbolc the way I have for the other festival days, but I’m f...

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The Druid’s Prayer: a closer look

(Taken by me on a trip to southeastern Poland. Filters, obviously.)

I want to talk for a second a...

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On Christmas: it’s all good


And the Word became flesh and dwelt among us. — John 1:14
God lo...

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still in the darkness

Tonight I’ll keep a fire burning until dawn.

Which actually requires a lot of wood, an...

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The Fourth Sunday of Advent: all shall be well

There’s always something uncomfortably presumptuous in writing about pain.

I mean, I think ther...

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A Pagan holiday tree blessing

Those Pagans who choose to bring a live tree—mine is specifically a Christmas tree but this works for...

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The Third Sunday of Advent: therefore do not worry

do you think there is anywhere, in any language,
a word billowing enough
for the pleasur...

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The Second Sunday of Advent: a little child holds sway

Deep within the still center of my being may I find peace.
Silently within the quiet of...

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The First Sunday of Advent: preparing the way


I made my own Advent wreath this year. 

It’s actually not the first time I’ve done t...

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A Prayer for Which No Words Exist - part one

[image by Pulkit Kamal]

When I finished writing this in the fall of 2019 I had no idea w...

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