“Let Loose the Kraken!” is a catchy memorable command shouted by Zeus in the 1981 fantasy film called The Clash of the Titans and hearkens back to the time of Homer’s Odyssey and the travails of Odysseus. It conjures up images of grey tentacled beasts from the depths of the…
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Meet Peregrine: Notes from the Trail
Meet Peregrine: Notes from the Trail By +Brian Ernest Brown, CWC Meet Peregrine a 2017 Giant Escape City, my new bike. Named after St. Peregrine the Martyr who refused to worship the emperor. (Today’s Trump) Named after St. Peregrine of Auxerre due to his Champagne color. Named after the Peregrine Falcon…
The Garden Before Grace
The Garden Before Grace By +Brian Ernest Brown, CWC Twenty-seven years ago, on a Summer Solstice long ago, I completed my third-degree initiation within the Wiccan tradition and took vows that felt, at the time, both solemn and eternal. It was a night of deep symbolism and sacred friendship, celebrated…
The Work of St. Martin’s Lent: The Blessing of the Kindling
I awoke to a cold, drizzly, blue, mist-soaked morning here on Bear Mountain, and immediately two thoughts rose up in me. First, we have entered what I’ve long called the “blue time of the year”, not only in terms of how the season settles on the spirit, but in the…
