Blessed Beltaine!

Happy, healthy, Blessed Beltaine everyone!

I share with you this wonderful day, the lyrics to my favorite cross-religions song. It works for all of ‘em!

‘Tis a gift to be simple, tis a gift to be free
‘Tis a gift to come down where we ought to be
And when we find we’re in the place just right
We’ll be in the valley of love and delight

Dance, Dance, wherever you may be.
I am the Lord of the Dance, said he.
And I’ll lead you all, wherever you may be,
And I’ll lead you all, in the dance said he.

When true simplicity is gained,
To bow and to bend, we shan’t be ashamed.
To turn, turn, will be our delight
‘Til by turning, turning, we come ’round right

Dance, Dance, wherever you may be.
I am the Lord of the Dance, said he.
And I’ll lead you all, wherever you may be,
And I’ll lead you all, in the dance said he.

Dance, Dance, wherever you may be.
I am the Lord of the Dance, said he.
And I’ll lead you all, wherever you may be,
And I’ll lead you all, in the dance said he.
~Lord of the Dance

Come, we mustn’t keep the Wicker Man waiting….

Pentacle Approved!

A note from Jill Medicine Heart

Re-posted with permission from Jill….

Today is a day of celebration in Pagan History! A day that no one will ever forget. Certainly not me.

I want to personally thank everyone who have been supportive of Bear and I during his illness and his still hopeful recovery– I want to thank everyone for putting up with me and forwarding all this info about the Pentacle Quest as well. I want to thank everyone for your time and patience that you may have put into the Quest yourself and on the behalf of other veterans.

As a litigant in this case this became very personal and very secretive. <-Grin-> Approximately about 3 weeks ago I was added and that is when the VA decided to settle it’s case against Circle Sanctuary. There were two there mitigating circumstance that were added to the fold– but for the VA to know that they had a pagan veteran who now resides in one of their facility’s I believe put the icing on the cake. Also, things moved sooo quickly there was no time to inform anyone about the new developements.

Never again can the VA discriminate other veteran’s of other faiths– we have paved the way for them– other faiths cannot be declared as second class faiths!

Right now the press releases have been hiting the news media left and right and things are bit crazy with all the emails I am getting over this Quest.

I love you all! I thank you again for your continued love and support for the last 20 months– you have been wonderful. May each and every one of you be blessed for all that you do!

Much love, hugs, kisses–

Jill Medicine Heart Combs

Another one gone…

Canadian’s Hail Callwood’s Legacy

June Callwood, Canadian journalist, humanitarian and social activist, died early Saturday after a long fight with cancer. She was 82.

Although this lady didn’t achieve the kind of status for her work as Vonnegut did for his, she more than surpassed the average person’s compassion and insight. I used to love watching her on tv and reading her work when I could get my hands on it.

Canada will miss this lady…we’re the worse for her passing.