Wheel of the Year
Lammas Ritual
“The First Fruits of Harvest” With Nathan Everett and Peggy Petersen Centering You and I and all of us blew about with the winds of summer, following the sun in different ways of freedom and play, finding rest in the cool stillness of shadows, and moving to the slow heatstruck rhythms which turned the long […]
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What is “white” and why do we still care?
I’ve recently been seeing this quote by Toni Morrison a lot lately, “In this country American means white. Everybody else has to hyphenate.” While it may be true today that people of color are predominantly hyphenated-Americans, it has not always been the case. Think about Italian-Americans, German-Americans, Irish-Americans and their respective periods of alienation and assimilation […]
Grading the world on our biggest problems
Reblogged from Global Public Square: By Stewart Patrick, Special to CNN Editor’s note: Stewart Patrick is senior fellow and director of the international institutions and global governance program at the Council on Foreign Relations. The views expressed are his own. As Mayor of New York, the late Edward Koch famously asked constituents, “How’m I doing?” […]
In the stream of life
I think that the single, most cherished compliment I have ever received was from my Mother. She once said to me, “Peggy, I do not always agree with your choices, but I do appreciate that you actually live your life, that you follow your heart and your beliefs.” That one statement is a really big […]
We are the ones we’ve been waiting for…
There is so much work to be done. Just take a look at my most recent posts on Facebook (and they even don’t cover everything that we’re facing, by a long shot). Choose one, for G’dd’ss sake, and take real action. Commit yourself to work that supports change in just one of these major, and […]
It’s super easy to love one another when we agree, when we find our points of view similar enough that we can at least find some commonality. When you don’t share my point of view, it’s infinitely more challenging. And, frankly, I welcome that. I enjoy the challenge of reaching across the divide. I truly do believe that […]
State of the World Address
Frankly, I’m feeling a great deal of distress and concern over the state of the planet and the mess “we” have made of it. I’m not entirely certain that we will act to clean it up, even though we can. I also suspect that “we” have all incarnated now just to be here for this […]
Dear Universe…
Dear Universe, G’d’ss, G’d, Creator, All That Is, I’ve got this “rule of three” thing, you see. Today, three completely unrelated people reached out to me in a way that I cannot ignore. They named me “teacher,” “mentor,” “elder.” These namings are in quotes because I’m not entirely certain what to do with them — […]
Stirring the pot
It seems that I’ve unintentionally stirred the pot, again, by my recent post. Please let me explain more fully my position. I’m not at all opposed to the “law of attraction,” per se. I believe that words have power and energy follows thought, absolutely. As a hypnotherapist, I’m well acquainted with the power of the […]
I’m done, that’s it for now.
Once in a while I become overly tired of the whole “law of attraction” “look on the bright side” “focus on what you want” kind of mindset. It feels both limiting and victimizing to me — and, frankly, it just sucks. Sometimes sh*t happens and sometimes “we” have no control over that. Sometimes circumstances are […]
Tales of a Reluctant Priestess
Tales of a Reluctant Priestess. Here’s the reality of my life in this recession. My SNAP (food stamp) funds were cut to $16 per month when I reported making $700 one month — and then cut to $zero. My rent is $200, my auto insurance is about $72 per month, my phone bill (my lifeline) […]
