Happy Turkey Day!
I am taking time off from this blog these next few days to spend some time with my family. Feasting tomorrow and camping on Friday night. So I will check in with you all on Monday. Hope your Thanksgiving is good and filled with good family and friends. Hail the Gods and Thanksgivings! For great tips on building a Stronger and More Spiritual Pagan Family be sure to head over and order my book. And be sure to download my ebook on Including Children in Ritual.

Thanksgiving Recipes -- part 2
A few hours before I sat down to write this post, me and my youngest daughter prepared the turkey for cooking on Thanksgiving. This involved finishing thawing the turkey and washing it thoroughly. I then rub the turkey down with butter and then olive oil. Followed with kosher salt and poultry seasoning. Now the turkey is in two plastic bags sitting in the fridge. Tomorrow I am planning on boiling the turkey necks for broth and making the cornbread for the stuffing. But today I am going to share with you my recipe for macaroni and cheese. You will need: 1 lb colby jack cheese 1/2 lb mozzarella 1/2 lb sharp cheddar

Thanksgiving Recipes -- part 1
With Thanksgiving a mere three days away. I figured I would share some recipes and tips that I use for this holiday. But today won't be all of them, so stay tuned for tomorrow when I will put up some more. I pulled my turkey out of the freezer this weekend so that it is thawed by tomorrow. The reason for this is that I rub the turkey down with butter and olive oil and a combination of spices (typically kosher salt and poultry seasoning) on the Tuesday before Thanksgiving. The result, come Turkey day? One of the moistest turkeys that I have ever tasted. Although I don't stuff my turkey,

Question For You All, Should Pagans be Concerned about Secular Holidays?
In my personal experience the more holidays one has the better they feel. I personally like to cook and so any excuse I have to cook good food (and eat it also) I sieze it with both hands. But for me this doesn't apply to the holidays of other religions. There are other reasons to celebrate as many holidays as possible. Some of these are family and friends, networking and a chance to recenter. All of these can be as equally important. So as we come up to Thanksgiving take some time for yourself, don't let the over-commercilization of our society drag you down and make you depressed. It isn't the gifts that should count but rather the thought and the power of family.

Express Yourselves
Next in my series on spending time with your family this Holiday Season, is to talk to your partner. And not just any kind of talking, but rather the deep conversations that some of us had in the start of our relationships. What I mean is to look at the future and the present. Make goals and examine any problems that you may have. Think, when was the last time that you did anything like that? The point of this is to get to know your partner, all over again. So many of us spend time in the start of our relationships getting to know each other, because they are so new to us. Yet as our relationships