I'm back from Florida and the Samhain Florida Pagan Gathering. It was great! The weather was perfect and the people were wonderful. The music group, Coyote Run, really rocked the place. It turns out that one of the members had been to a lecture I gave (on Linda Falorio and Fred Fowler's Shadow Tarot) many years ago when I lived in Minnesota. Singer Kellianna was a down-to-earth delight with a powerful voice. Thanks to everyone who made FPG possible. I hope they'll bring me back sooner than nine years. The people at FPG put me up in a large and airy bunk room (the site is a 4H club campground). The land was grassy, gentle hills, with a large lake on one side. Every so often an alligator

Tomorrow morning I head off to Florida for the Florida Pagan Gathering. So for the rest of this week I'll probably be incommunicado. If I can, I'll blog while I'm out there as I'll be taking "Ganesha" (the name of my computer). If you're in the area (Altoona in central Florida), come join the fun and say "Hello!" to me. This link will take you to the FPG website. The workshops I'm giving there are: Experience Your Past Lives You may have read about past lives. You may have even taken workshops on past lives. But have you ever actually experienced a past life? In this workshop you’ll discover what past lives are and have the opportunity to actually experience one or more with the aid

"Don't be evil" is the "informal corporate motto" of Google, the company that started with a computer search engine that has become ubiquitous and has now extended into numerous other areas. As mottos go, it's a good one. Unfortunately, it may not be as accurate as they'd like. A former employee, James Bara, is suing them for religious (and sexual) discrimination. Bara is a Wiccan. In the suit, Bara claims his manager made "inappropriate" comments about his religion. Bara alleges that his manager held a meeting with him that the manager called a "Witch trial." After "receiving four promotions, pay raises, and positive managerial reviews in his almost three-year tenure with Google,

Here is the solution to the crossword puzzle published last week. So how did you do? Were you able to fill in the entire puzzle? Would you like to see more crossword puzzles like this? Let us know!