Pagan Musings From A Pagan Person

 Last week, our community lost a well-respected elder.  Don Wildgrube crossed over on the ninth of April. https://www.legacy.com/obituaries/name/donald-wildgrube-obituary?pid=206740580 If you are unfamiliar with his legacy within our community, I can briefly tell you he was well known for his work with the Church of All Worlds and on polyamory.  But there are others who can tell you about that.   http://www.aboutsexpodcast.com/e/polyamory-and-paganism-with-don-wildgrube/ For a lot of us, it's more personal, because we lost a friend. All hail the traveler.  Until we meet again....

 I had something else completely different in mind this morning when I started working on a blog, but this came across my sight, and I had to say something about it: https://www.newsweek.com/pastor-kicked-stage-strip-show-1890247 Yes, this is real.  Yes, this happened in my hometown.  This is the same church responsible for the toe-growing incident, here:  https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2023/03/23/church-leader-claims-prayer-regrew-toes/11527845002/    Last year, at this same conference, they had a tank roll out and crush cars.  You can read about that here:   https://www.msnbc.com/the-reidout/reidout-blog/hawley-stronger-mens-conference-rcna26899 And, oh yes, that's our state senator attending last year's event. *sigh* Stuff like this goes on quite a bit in our little town.  And it generally makes national news - which is embarrassing for most of us.  But I'm starting to suspect things like this happen on purpose, because any press is good press, right?  Could