Tiny House Living

Reflections and advice based on years of thrift and simple living in a tiny house on wheels.

Poetry

Fantastic and earthy, playful and melancholy poems on such topics as love, nakedness, disillusionment, hidden creatures, and breakfast.

Geekdom

Thoughts on—and free resources for—fantasy, science fiction, worldbuilding, tabletop role-playing, and game design.

Homesteading

Gardening, cooking, and sustainable living on the land in Northern Michigan.

Placebo Magick

Spiritual, religious, magickal, and mystical practice for rational folk! Subscribe to the Placebo Magick Podcast using your favorite podcatcher or our RSS feed.

The Realm of Habdur

A re-imagining of human culture! At the intersection of fantasy worldbuilding, social action, spiritual practice, and homesteading awaits the vast ten acre realm of Habdur.

Recent Posts

Podcast from Friday, December 7, 2018:

Placebo Magick Podcast E04: Protection and Purification

circle of protection

Today we explore this question: Since all magick is just the placebo effect, why is it necessary or useful to call on protective and purifying powers "outside" our selves? Or, in terms of the Hero's Journey, why must the hero meet the Goddess before atoning with the Father? The Spell …

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Podcast from Friday, November 30, 2018:

Placebo Magick Podcast E03: Magick Items

hand-drawn app icons

Understanding and improving your sentimental, i.e. magickal, relationships with stuff! The Spell of the Week is a ritual to reclaim sovereignty over your smartphone.

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Patreon-supported poem from Thursday, November 29, 2018:

All God Is

puddles in tire tracks
Through depression
Parker Palmer learned
that God might not be a god
after all
but a wordless creature
way back in the woods,
deep in the base of his animal brain
wanting to live
after all, and
if that's all God is—

And it would make sense
that in a …
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Podcast from Friday, November 23, 2018:

Placebo Magick Podcast E02: Suspending Disbelief

Magic Hourglass

Why, when, and how to suspend disbelief! The Spell of the Week is using self-hypnosis to set intentions for the following day.

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Patreon-supported poem from Monday, November 19, 2018:

Dealings with the Shadowlord

Glimpse of a mythic self
Witches whisper of partnering
closely, carefully, dangerously
in the dark
with certain gods
or goddesses
fickle or willful, playful or demanding,
surging with power.
I found the scat of a large animal
full of claws and fur
of the animals it devoured
on the trail I walk daily
between the …
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