In the “What Does Fox Do” segment we get to see that Fox sometimes just drops the ball. I was supremely unprepared for this episode and felt like I had been caught a bit flat-footed when the segment came around so I simply fell back on Podcast listening as a thing I do. Lame, right, but it made a great segue into,,,,,

“Podcast of the Week” which is “New World Witchery”. In the episode I discuss they did a great examination of various aspects of the Trickster God ideology. It was this episode that inspired me to post that story about Fox and Coyote on FaceBook. They do a great job on this show and I do indeed reccommend it.

Belatine is rapidly approaching and with it the start of camping season (we do all year-round here but ,,,) Arrowind and Foxfire will be presenters at the Mountain Mysteries Manifestations Beltaine campout and we are quite looking forward to that. You should pull yourself up, if you are so inclined, and get yourself some of that outdoors Pagan campout experience if you can. There’s nothing quite like it. I hope that this show finds everybody well and enjoying themselves and the world around them.

Blessed Be

Foxfire

In the segment, ‘What Does Fox Do?”, he talks about medtiation and how he ties in his relationship to the music in his life as a tool to expand consiousness. We also discuss briefly the topic of stereomancy. Guess you’ll just have to listen to find out what that is.

In an unprecedented ‘Podcast of the Week’, we not only do a fresh, young show, but we do the second episode basically back to back with the last ‘Podcast of the Week’, Digging Nordic Roots. Where last episode we featured their first show, this episode we feature the second. If you can’t tell, we hear at PPOTE are really excited about Digging Nordic Roots. Check it out, you might be as well.

We’re so very happy to see that so many listeners have stayed with us despite our long break and our current only semi-reliable schedule. So we hope you’re sticking together as the community that we all know and love, and like we said in the show, showing a little compassion with each other, at we least we HOPE so.

Blessed Be,

Arrowind

In “Arrowind’s, As Of Yet Unnamed Segment” She reads from Macbeth and treats us to her take on the witches in the cave scene. Fox loves that bit as well and it does kind of break the seriousness of the rest of the show a bit. Won’t someone write and help name Arrowind’s segment? Someone?

This episode has Fox actually talking about something he doesn’t do in the “What Does Fox Do” segment. He talks a little further about a few of his perceptions regarding technology, computers, their magical components, and the respect he has for those for which such things, as that durn computer machine, come naturally.

The “Podcast of the Week” is “Digging Nordic Roots” with it’s hosts Kari Tauring and Jane Hansen (cool how I worked their names into the show notes when I forgot them during the show). They did such a great job on their inaugural episode that Fox couldn’t help talking about them. I usually don’t do such a newly released show as it drives me a little nuts when I feature a show during “POTW” and they either disappear or change radically shortly after I’ve done so. I do hope that this won’t be the case with this show as I am looking forward to many more episodes.

Well thanks to leap year and it’s extra day in February we have fulfilled our promise of getting out two episodes this month to make up for missing January. Fox has been having some issues with the scar tissue (not really noticeable) around his lips drying out this winter and because of that he might occasionally sound a little slurry and drunk. I mean I had had a few but it really wasn’t like that. I just having to relearn how to speak around some new experiences. I’ll take it over cancer any day. The weather around here has been it’s usual wonky February self and so there’s been a sniffle or two but nothing too bad. Hope everything is well for you and that the bad weather and illness’ that go along with it have skipped your house.

Blessed Be

Fox

In “What Would Fox Do?” He shares the joy of our Imbolc fire and some of his ideas therein. Fox truly believes that the simple making and “of being responsible” towards this entity is a wondeful bit of sacred magic that is sometimes taken for granted, even by himself.

The “Podcast of the Week” is a bit off the Pagan reservation and into Fox’s semi-covert love affair with zombie apocalyptic fiction. A great radio Dude, Alfredo Torres, doe “Torres vs Zombies” It’s a goldmine for zombie fans and just intertaining, informative (yes I said it), and funny. We get to talk about our trip to Arrowinds first Sci-Fi convention and how I found this show. Good times.

Yeah we missed January, like we said in the show “unprepared” We hope everybody is riding out the cold season with a measure of personal warmth.

Blessed Be

Foxfire

 In this Yule episode We are blessed to have Arrowind’s Brother Evaldi with us to talk about some of our ideas invloved in defending our faith. It all started out in an inspiring email from our listener Christine about defending our positions on Santa Claus. I should point out that our show is unscriptted (sometimes to Arrowinds chagrin) and as usual this episode quickly took on a life and form of it’s own moving beyond the boundries of the idea of defending a belief in Santa Claus to ideas gathered around simply defending our faith. We talk about some ideas of faith and what it might be and represent. And we talk about whether or not we even need or desire to make a defense of faith. It’s the Yule season and Santa swings in and out of the conversation but really wasn’t what I expected when we sat down to begin recording.

In “What Does Fox Do?” He talks about a Santa connected manifestation He refers to as ”The Northern Shaman” and how that person and his energies are related Yule and Santa. This is just a small glimpse into one of the deeper levels of Fox’s connection to the Santa as I don’t think he could explain it all during one show or even a series of them. Hmmmmm an idea there

 In Arrowinds “As of Yet Unamed Segmnet” This week named “ARROW HITS THE MARK” by her brother Evaldi, she reads from Dorothy Morrison’s book YULE a Celebration of Light and Warmth. The poam is about the yle log and we talk about a few of ideas on the subject.

 The “Podcast of the Week” is a return to an old favorite “The Ipod Witch” with it’s host Brook. Simple and down homey I just love this show and it never ceases to bring me back down to earth on days when I might be otherwise inclinded. We just love Brook around here at the PPOTE household and Fox thinks you will as well.

  Now that the Christmas rush is over, Yule Solstice has passed and there’s little left but the celebrations of the turning of the Gregorian calendar I wonder what this next year will bring for us all. Are we going to reach a wonderous paradigm shift in human conscieneness or will zombies over run the planet?!? Just kidding. With all 2012 stuff in the air I couldn’t help it. I hope everbodies year is filled to the brim with all the love, light and laughter, they can handle.

Blessed Be

Foxfire

In Arrowind’s “As of yet Unnamed Segment” She talks a bit about the four powers, an excellent collection of metaspiritual suggestions for the pusuit of the betterment of being.

“What Does Fox Do?” focuses on how he uses the power of words with consideration to rythmn, rhyme, meter, and content to create extrenal and internal magical spaces. He talks about ritual, prayer, and even how the careful consideration of the words we use to define how we think in an everyday mundane way also defines who and what we are on several levels.

The “Podcast of the Week” this episode is “Pagan Chaos Magic” With it’s host Kia Dragon. Kia is a friend of the show and someone for whom we hold a special place in our hearts (esecially Fox as there is that whole fatherhood thing going) Kia has been absent from the podioverse for a while and it was great to hear him back again. The show’s experientiality is something that Fox thinks is wonderful and not only one of the reasons he listens to the show but one of the reasons he thinks you should give it a try as well.

In the housecleaning segement (you know at the end of the show where we give out all that boring contact information stuff) Fox had a bit of a “light-bulb” moment and has put out the challenge to our listens to come up with a name for Arrowind’s “As of Yet Unnamed Segment”. Drop us a line and let us know if you have any ideas. We would love to hear them.

The speeding up of what is one of the busiest seasons of the year around the PPOTE household seems to have reduced the show schedule to a one a month kind of thing. There are also issues in the background and we have been contemplating where to go with the show. We are going to stay with the same format but have begun to reconsider hosters, exposures, and a variety of other ideas including, perhaps, a book based on the things we’ve discussed at length with you listeners. We’ll keep everyone informed as we wouldn’t want to leave anybody behind as we begin to explore new ground.

Yule is just around the corner and with it usually comes that show dedicated to the season and the inevitable mention of the “Jolly One” himself. The family coven is begining to change and reframe some of ideas of Santa as we move the kids from the vaguely commercial belief to a more Shamanistic approach. I don’t think Santa is hanging around car dealerships selling cars, more likely hanging around our hearts giving love and generosity. I hope Yule isn’t spoiled for anyone by the commercial mainstreamism of the day and that we remember to let the new light into our hearts and souls this season and have the love and generosity to spread it around to everyone around us.

Blessed Be Foxfire

In this episode’s edition of ‘What Does Fox Do?’ he talks about his relationship to his books. Research is very important to Fox because, as he describes, some types of information are just not readily available to him from a mental standpoint.

In Arrowind’s ‘As of Yet Unnamed Segment’, she reads from The Crone’s Book of Words by Valerie Worth. The selection is the spell ‘To Free a House from Haunting’. She points out the importance of incorporating rhythm and rhyme as a way of focusing and increasing the power of spellwork.

The Podcast of the Week this episode is ‘The Shaman’s Brew’ with its host Marcus Leader. Marcus is former student of Carlos Castaneda and as such is full of fascinating information. He is also a friend of PPOTE and a much respected supporter. Currently you can listen to selected back episodes of PPOTE on his show, as he prepares for a new chapter in ‘The Shaman’s Brew’.

In the end of the show, Foxfire and Arrowind dedicate it to our friend Chamberwolf. It’s a bit of an emotional moment for us since he was a dear friend who has now passed beyond the veil.

There has been an odd bit of energy floating about the air in our group of friends. It seems to be suppressing everyone’s spirit this year. Perhaps it is just a reflection of the energies about us as they turn inward and become darker. We do so hope that you are having a Happy Halloween and a Blessed Samhain wherever you are and however you may perceive and celebrate the season.

Blessed Be,

Foxfire and Arrowind

In Arrowind’s still as of yet unnamed segment, she reads a passage from a book by Z. Budapest, The Grandmother of Time. It focuses on the aspect of the Goddess as the Muse, bringing inspiration at the changing of the season.

In What Does Fox Do?, he discusses his work with charms, amulets, and talismans. Fox describes several of these that are very special to him, and how he incorporates them into his metaspiritual practice.

The Podcast of the Week for this episode is The Spiral Dance with Hawthorne. This is a great seasonally oriented show with wonderful music and a plethora of fascinating, insightful, and helpful information to pagans. Hawthorne produces his show weekly and we have no idea how he does it while managing to maintain a caliber that never fails to impress.

The show continues to struggle with varying technical issues and because of this over the next couple of months we will be taking a serious look at how we plan to continue to move forward. We may be archiving episodes and recording past episodes to disc with idea of in some way marketing them. But never fear, we are on a roll and we plan to continue. We hope that you can find your roll and keep the good things in your life going forward in the best ways possible.

Blessed Be

Foxfire and Arrowind

Fox continues the discussion in his segment, “What Does Fox Do” by describing some of his personal methods for generating and controlling emotional states as a part of his metaspiritual and metaphysical practices. This is good stuff, folks, and is perhaps something we should all think about.

In Arrowind’s segment, yet to be named, she reads a selection from The Prophet which speaks directly to the issue of emotions and balance.

The Podcast of the Week this episode is “The Magick Jukebox” with its host David Banach. All the wonderful information out there in the podcast world aside, sometimes you just want to listen to some music, just some music. “The Magick Jukebox” provides this. Fox is loving this podcast and if you just need a musical break, he thinks you will love it too.

It’s been a heck of a month around here, with the arrival of Earth, Wind and Fire, the re-starting of homeschooling, and preparations for attending an upcoming pagan festival, but we here at the PPOTE household are thankful that things aren’t any more chaotic than they are. The Northeast has been hammered repeatedly by one record-setting disaster after another it seems. The rain doesn’t seem to stop and more than one person that we know has been directly affected by the floods. We hope for the best for everybody, and hope that everyone will remember that as Pagans, despite perhaps our differences in views, we are still a community. Hopefully everyone in the community is there for everyone else to lean on in times of trouble if it is needed. Here’s a quote from one of Fox’s favorite movies, The Crow: “It can’t rain all the time.” I certainly hope that this is true in more ways than one.

Blessed Be, Foxfire and Arrowind

This week in “What Does Fox Do?”, Fox temporarily loses his mind and responds with the mentality of a five year old. “I like color, mmmK. I like red. mmmK Color is good, you should get some.” There, now I’ve summed up the WDFD segment and you can skip it if you like and if you haven’t figured it out, it is about Fox’s association with color magic.

The Podcast of the Week for this episode is The Pagan Homesteader with its host Rhianna Stone. In this show Rhianna discusses many topics involved in attempting to leave the Grid, a topic that strikes to the hearts of many pagans, including Fox. In her most recent episode, she reads a selection from the publication Foxfire about the lives of a simpler time. Wow, I really loved that.

This episode Fox is surprised by the unveiling of Arrowind’s poetic talents. She is published you know, and she reads to us one of her own compositions, a poem entitled “Odin’s Sonnet”.

The show is a little late this week due to the distractions of Hurricane Irene. We rode the storm out very well here, despite the local media’s attempt to make it seem as if Armageddon had commenced. It became a bit of a local joke that Irene was not that big a deal where we live, and we were stunned to see just how devastating it became in the Northeast. We do hope that our listeners in those areas were able to ride it out well, and if not, we pray for the best for them. As pagans, I like to think that our connection to the natural world around us makes us more aware and prepared for events such as this. I wish it could be so for everyone.

Blessed Be, Foxfire

Podcast of the week is Another Pagan Podcast with its hosts Scott, Dawn and Teresa, focusing on their recent episode dealing with pets, familiars and spirit guides. Of course Fox has opinions about these things (Fire Sign) as he does about everything else. This is a fantastic podcast from an experiential level with great factual information mixed in. We highly recommend it.

In the segment “What Does Fox Do?” Fox talks about his life-long innate ability to talk with the animals, perhaps a little Dr. Dolittleish, but sometimes it just feels that way. We talk about how an ability to communicate with animals sometimes leads to a broader understanding of the world around us.

Well, we seem to be getting back on track, with three episodes in a row now. We hope that everybody is enjoying this. Once again, in the vein of faking it until you make it, or at least just having the persistence to keep going, we have found ourselves really enjoying doing the show again. It really feels good to be back. Stand back for a moment and take a look around yourself and see if there is anything that you are not doing that you want to be doing, and remember the joy that it brought you when you were doing it. Perhaps that will give you the impetus to move forward in something that is special to you as well.

Blessed Be,

Arrowind

In this episodes “What Does Fox Do” segment Fox describes some of the healing exercises he reintergrated into his life to deal with his current medical issues. He discusses where these ideas came from and how he has applied them lately. We also touch briefly on Arrowinds application of Reiki upon Fox’s problems and some of the interesting results.

This show also sees the return of “Podcast of the Week” although Fox has decided to feature specific episodes of show rather than whole shows at large. I hope that this will lead even more people into a broader array of Pagan podcasts by pointing out what Fox thinks are exemplary ideas and topics presented by other podcasters. This week The PotW is “The Infinite and the Beyond” with host Chris Orapello. In the episode he talks about some of Fox’s favorite subjects; Conspiracy Theories and those Occult Nazi’s. Chris does his usual fantastic job and my hats off to him for another well thought out and captivating episode.

We are still struggling with some issues from our hoster so there may be some oddities about the physical face of the show until these are solved. Hang tight with us and we’ll be doing our best to sort them out. For now just keep this idea in mind which I passed to a dear friend the other day; Tomorrow will come, it will be what it will be, brace yourself with love ,,,

Blessed Be

Fox

Directly after Christmas Fox will be having surgery to see if the cancer on his lip can be removed. As such there will probably not be a new years show. Seems weird as the New Years Shout out show has become a tradition. We’ll do something, I’m sure as soon as I feel up to talking through a show but we’ll have to see how long it takes to heal.

I’d just like to express our thanks to our listeners for tuning in this year. There have been some wonderfully inspiring e-mails. With out you folk there would only be Arrowind and I talking to ourselves and that would just be kind of odd. I spent a very cold night around a flaming cauldron for the Solstice vigil this year and the morning ritual was so wonderful. I hope everybody has as much joy as they can stand no matter how you express this holiday season. So with that I shall wish everyone a

Blessed Yule, Merry Chrstmas, Happy Hanukkah, A wonderful Solstice, all the blessings of the season and a Happy Turning of the Gregorian Calendar (New Years)

Blessed Be

Foxfire

We’ve decided to replace “Podcast of the Week” with a new segment called “What Does Fox Do?”. In this episode Fox describes how he uses his ability to see the world in different ways to reveal signs and make some decisions based on currents he percieves in the natural world around him. Hope everyone enjoys this. Let me know how you all feel about it.

Last month was a handful, what with the dual diagnosis of diabetes and cancer. It has stalled the show once again and is the main reason why we’re late. Hopefully we will get back on track. Coming up with topics and recording the show haven’t been as hard as finding the time to edit it lately. Homeschooling just keeps me hopping. Busy, busy, busy I guess.

It’s that very special season again and I fervently hope that in this season of joy, hope and love we can spare a bit for everyone around us. The Yuletide can be a dark, introversion or a time of bright sharing. We’re the best spiritual community in the world (imho) and I think our love can be a beacon of exemplary behavior for everyone. Live with those around you as you would want them to live with you. Perhaps thats a niave hope. But I believe in it !

Blessed Be

Foxfire

There’s no Podcast of the week this episode and because of his new listening habits Fox is considering dropping the segment all together. Never fear I’ve been thinking of replacing it with a segment that focus’ more on my actual practice. A sort of “What does Fox do?” Kind of thing. Let me know what you all think of this idea. There are some hesitations around opening up in this manner but I tend to be a fairly open guy.

Arrowind ha sbeen busy at work and the homeschooling enviroment has been keeping Fox on his toes so we’ve missed several chances to camp out among friends. Despite that spirits are high as we ease into one of our favorite times of year, namely Samhain. I totally hope that everybody enjoys themselves. If we don’t manage to get a show out before the holiday here’s some advice to go on,,,,,,, Don’t take any wooden candy, Don’t rude to the wanderers in the night (one never does know does one) and don’t do anything I wouldn’t do ,,,,, hmmm ,,,,,

Blessed Be

Fox

 In this show Fox and Arrowind kick off a conversation loosely based around their ideas about Animism by talking about a few of the spiritual connections between them and their pets. We talk about pets as familiars and then move on to discussions about the spirit we see in many things. We are all made of the same “star stuff” and if we respect the spirit in even the inanimate things in our lives I just tend to think things run smoother all around. If we respect that which is around us it also seems to make it easier to love and respect ourselves. I think.

 There is no Podcast of the Week this week as we used the time to remember the late, great Issac Bonewitts. Issac was more than just a mentor, he was a figurehead. I think he will always be remembered in much the same way that many of the other founders of alternative spirituality have been. I certainly will bear his teachings and good humor through my life and will always be grateful. Thank You Issac, May your journey be all that you ever wanted.

Fox has been kind of isolated lately and has been feeling the pressures of being a stay at home Dad and homeschool educator. I haven’t been out much or seen many friends. It just goes that way sometimes. But I remember that they are indeed there as I, even in my weird state of mind, am there for them. The cold winter months are approaching. Lets keep each other warm in the embraces of our friendships and our community can be a beacon in the dark world of just how wonderful a community of friends can be.

Blessed Be

Foxfire

 The Podcast of the Week is Pagan Chaos Magic with Kia Dragon. On catching up with my podcast listening I was reminded why I love this show so much.  Check it out you might to.

 The Summer is sweltering, life is tearing along, and, as usual, it’s a race to keep the show to some kind of schedule. We’re doing the best we can considering all the background noise. We here at the show got a tremendous offer from the host of The Shamans Brew (a great show by the way) and I totally looked at it as, perhaps, a shoulder to lean on. Thank you so Marcus. If we can all be there for each other to lean on ,,,,, well, how great would we be then as a community. Take care and be there.

Blessed Be

Foxfire

Last episode Kveldrida kindly spoofed our show during Podcast of the Week and in this show Arrowind returns the favor. There is, as you will learn, actually no real Pagan Spirituality Tomorrow show, but it was fun anyways. On the next episode I promise to return to a much more serious Podcast of the Week.

It’s been a dizzyingly busy time recently, what with helping our friends move, trying to make decisions about life, dealing with work, and all the twists and turns life has been throwing at us lately. Technical issues have been confounding the editting of the show and schedules are tossing and turning. With that said I am ever thankful for the shoulders of my friends who are there when I need them. Likewise I try to be there when I can. This appeared out of the blue in my head recently and I posted it to my Facebook page ” When in doubt give, give until it hurts, give until it feels better, give until you are empty, then give some more.” Easier to say than to live by but if we can do our best for each other what wonderful world it would be. Take care of each other everyone.

Blessed Be

Foxfire

As spoof (and on our own show no less) Kveldrida does our show as podcast of the week. It may have seemed a bit selfserving but was too funny to cut out. So the Podcast of the Week is “Pagan Parents on the Edge” With Little Weasel and Fluffybunny. 

I’m so glad we have been able to help out our friends in the jam that they found themselves in and I am once again reminded of the importance of being there for each other. When Oni called up and asked for help there was no stalling, no hesitation, as The Prophet says, “Your best is for your friends.” Be there and have no doubts about it and what friends and what a community we can be.

Blessed Be

Foxfire

 The podcasts of the week are two, “A Pagan Flavored Popcicle” and “A Pagan Podcast”. These are both great shows “PFP” is very experiential, which Fox loves in a podcast and the latter, “APP” is informational in a very eclectic sense. These are the first two podcasts that Fox has really quickly consumed in his renewed quest to catch back up on his podcast listening. Check them out as they are definitely worth the time.

As stated in the show we are having hoster issues and fervently hope that they will not end up adversely affecting the show. But the warning is out there now and we are hoping for the best outcomes possible. Lets keep our fingers crossed.

 We didn’t get much feedback from the last show and as this was a bit of a different format I’m hoping that everyone enjoyed it. We’d like to do it again but will wait to see if the are any more positive responses. Let us know what you thought. Also if you get us on i-Tunes drop us a review. We’ll thank you and think well of you forever. i-Tunes has changed it’s set up yet again and we’d very much like to not get lost in the shuffle, your reveiws have a way of keeping that from happening. Thanks in advance.

 I spent several blisteringly hot and sweaty days hepling a friend move and was once again reminded of the importance of being there for our friends and community. Lets all be there for each other. Remember “No matter where you’re at, there you are.” I love that quote and think it is one of those accidently deeper than originaly imagined things. Everyone take care.

Blessed  Be

Foxfire

Thank you all for the e-mails and welcome backs. It’s been wonderful to be back and hear from so many of you. I think things are back on track now and once we get some server issues worked out we should be cruising good.

As usual I’ve heard, lately, from friends with a few problems in their lives. If nothing else I do my best to provide a sympathetic ear and a shoulder to lean on. If we could all be there for each other to lean on no one would ever be able to knock us down. Lean and be there to be leaned on. Everone take care and stay tuned for more.

Blessed Be

Foxfire

The podcast of the week is “Standing stone and Garden Gate” With Dr. Brendan Myers. Fox goes a little fanboy on this one but if you’ll check it out you’ll see why. Definitely a must listen.

Thank you for all the great correspondence from the last two episodes. It is the mutual, open examination of ideas, whether they match up or not, that make the Pagan community so wonderful. Please keep writting and I’ll do my very best to keep up with everybody. If I somehow have not responded to an e-mail of yours please write back and tell me so. I get a little lost in the world at times and lose track of my place in it and even, sometimes, my connections to others. If you get us at i-Tunes, please write us a review. It is those reviews that I think are responsible for many listeners checking us out. It seems, somewhat, to make up for our technical inability to get listed on some of the other podcatcher directory sites.

Once again life has been a bit of a struggle here but the show is helping us out. I hope that it is helping you out and as a group we can be there to help out others around us. Take care of yourselves.

Blessed Be

Foxfire

 Again, as with the last show, a heartfelt thank you to everyone who wrote and looked out for us during our absince. Thank you. We are feeling remotivated and with a upcoming trip to a festival (yes it’s a whole family thing this time) we expect to be feeling more and more inspired. So here’s to a more timely occurence of episodes. Hope everyone enjoys this back to back release of shows.

 We seemed to have dropped entirely off the pages at i-Tunes. I guess that’s what happens when you don’t put a show out for three months. If you get us at i-Tunes and have the time, drop us a review and/or a comment as I think that that’s one of the main page placement methodologies they use. Make it a good one and we’ll thank you all greatly.

As usual we’re all going through something and could all use a hand from each other. Lets all keep our friends, family, and others in our thoughts and we should all make it ,,,,, with each others love that is.

Blessed Be

Foxfire

 This episode was actually recorded in February just after the Olympics but time, as they say, has a way of getting away from us. The many twists and turns in life have been taking their toll but we are working to get on top of things. The next show, which will be out in the next couple of days will spell things out a little more completely.

I want to say a special thank you to all of you who have writen and asked how we were doing and the show of concern therein. Thank you! We are alright and life may now be settling down enough to get things back on an even keel. Honestly we had forgotten just how much we love doing the show and it was a bit of a struggle to get restarted, that may reflect in the show. Hopefully we didn’t sound quite as clunky as I fear.

 There are so many good things out there and focusing on them while remaining aware of the other potentials is good for all of us. Everybody take care and be there for everybody else and we should get by.

Blessed Be

Foxfire

 The show was recorded New Years eve, late, and with a larger than usual inclusion of adult beverages. As such there are a few sloppy moments such as when Fox forgets the name of Talma Stormphoenix’s Show which really is “The Stormphoenix Perspective” Sorry Talma. We were having a bit of fun so , hey, what can I say 

 There is also just a huge list of  shows that should have made the shout out list and if we’ve forgot yours drop us a line and let us know.

The new year has begun and I for one am determined to make it the best one yet in many aspects of my life. I hope everyone can do the same. I’ll probably be pushing the power of positive thinking a lot this year. Lets hope so, at least, since I can be a rather curmudgundly type of person at times (and that’s being generous).

Everyone take care of everyone else and a belated shout out to Ananda and Uthur, we still miss you guys (but our aim is getting better lol)

Blessed Be

Foxfire

On a different note I wanted to Thank again everyone who has taken the time to write this year. The correspondence that I’ve managed to keep up with (and the stuff i’ve only had time to read) has been some of the best we’ve ever had. The new reviews at i-Tunes have been astounding and quite humbling as well. Thank you all so much. Keep them coming and we’ll do our best to live up to the high praise and expectations. Thank you, Thank you, Thank you!!!!

You might have also noticed during the show that Foxfire has been having a few stress issues this season. Along with those have come the usual dropped balls and miscues. If I’ve accidentally dropped a correspondence or stepped on a toe or two? Please forgive me. Stay in touch and I’ll do the best (as weak as that may sometimes be) I can to keep up. You guys are great!

No podcast of the week this week as I just haven’t had any time to listen. Ugh,  it’s just that simple. I am sooooo behind. Do this though. Just randomly download one of the shows you’ve never heard of before. Make it someone who’s just started out and barely has any shows out, you know maybe just 1-2 episodes, and give them a chance. Drop them a line if you liked it and let’s all encourage a great voice from the varieties of the Pagan community here on the net.

Finally, it’s the season ……… for so many things. Let’s all look out for each other and keep Yule as positive as we can. Remember Santa’s always watching and even if you don’t believe, you’ll still have to look at yourself in the mirror eventualy. Take care everybody, of yourselves and each other,

Merry Yule and a Blessed, Happy Season to Everyone.

Blessed Be

Foxfire

  Also on this episode, since we were in the groove, we read parts of an e-mail sent to us by Fire Lyte of the “Inciting a Riot” blog and podcast. The e-mail asked specific questions about our parenting styles as they relate directly to our Paganism. We’ve been wanting to do this for some time now but as some of you know it’s been one thing after another here at the PPOTE household lately.

  Just my talking about Fire Lyte’s blog and podcast, “Inciting a Riot” is as close as we get to a podcast of the week segment this week as it was reeaaalllyyyyy late by the time we got near the end of the show. But don’t let that throw you. Fire Lyte’s show is fantastic and has become one of my must listen to shows. Give it a shot he’ll definitely make you think.

  We’re sorry it’s taken so long to get this episode out. We’re struggling to get back to the old schedule of once every two weeks. We’ll just have to see what happens. Because of all the chaos and discontinuity around here I’ve dropped a few balls and if your correspondence is one of them please write me back. Something has been up with the computer and it’s giving me fits and starts about being on line. I think its fixed at this point but I’m unsure of what has been affected in the meantime.

  Every one take care of yourselves and keep an eye out for each other. I was reminded in the fate of a neighbor during the storm that even if there’s not a thing that you can do sometimes just being there makes all the difference

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  The Podcast of the Week is “Nubia Godess Rising” with it’s wonderful host Imahku. We got to meet her at the festival as well and she was just a wellspring of positive vibes and knowledge. The show has a primarily Egyptian and Santerian type of bent but even if these are not your paths the knowledge here is amazing. Check it out, you’ll probably learn something that you didn’t know and Imahku’s deep sense of the wise is outstanding.

  Despite how things have gone recently I’m beginning to get back on top of things. My correspondenes seem to be all caught up so if I still owe you a letter please write and remind me as some details may have gotten lost in the shuffle. I apologize. We’re still working on making the shows schedule more stable but it’s not there yet and it will be a while longer until we’re back to the every two week show. We have plenty to talk about, it’s just finding the time.

  Thanks again for all the emails and support. Thanks to everyone for the reviews at i-Tunes, we so love those. And finally just thanks for spending time with us. Every one take care and look out for each other. We can each of us be a “shoulder to cry on” to someone out there if need be.

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 As so of you who are closer to or a part of the PPOTE family already know, Foxfire has lost his job. We are still a bit out of sorts over this and it’s absolutely amazing how ideas and emotions have been rip roaring around in our heads since it happened. As a conscienquence(sp) we are not entirely sure how this will effect the show. It is quite likely that the erratic schedule of the past Summer will become even more unpredictable. We are not however making any plans to stop producing and I want make sure that is clear to everyone. We love you all and are too thankful for your time in listening to just drop out on you. We just got back from a lovely little festival where we got to meet Gavin and Yvonne Frost and Imahku (of the podshow “Nubia Godess Rising”) and are just brimming over with new topic ideas for the show. So if it seems as if we’ve been overly long between episodes, well, hey, drop us a line as we’re still srtuggling with several things due to recent events and might could use a friendly reminder.

 No podcast of the week this week as I’m waayyy!!!! behind on listening to all my favorite shows. I’m also behind on my correspondence and probably owe several of you letters. I so apologize. I’m working on new ways to arrange my life and I’ll get on top of things as soon as possible.

As always, though, look out for yourselves and take care of each other.

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Arrowind and Foxfire wrap up the topic of magical tools in this the second part of last episode. We cover a few more tools and then decide we had better stop before it became a three part show. Being unused to going on so long and recording as we generally do, late at nite, you may be able to tell that we getting a little tired near the end. Trust me it’s definitely not a lack of enthusiam.

 The Podcast of the Week this time is “The i-Pod Witch” with it’s totally charming hostess Brook. Brook brings a down home sense of style and feel of genuine love of her spirituality to her show. She gives gemstone information and reviews books and other podcasts. She also rambles along about her life in a way that is very sincere and her “rambles” may be the most addictive part of her show. Check her out she is so worth the listening time.

As we did on the show I’d also like to say here that we miss our friends Ananda and Uthur. Take care of yourselves you two. We love you!

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Take care and we’ll see part2 soon!

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The Podcast of the Week this week is “Get Out of the Broom Closet” with the host Drake Atlas. I’m really enjoying this show as Drake seems to be willing to cover some topics that others won’t touch. His show on Satanism was excellent. Check it out it’s pretty good!

I know that we’ve been really erratic with show’s schedule this Summer. The only excuses I can make are the facts that we’re are still dealing with Arrowind’s schedule and trying to spend some extra quality time with the kids during the Summer break. Hopefully we’ll be back on top of it soon and I’d like to have a new show out this weekend. We have several new ideas in the pocket and I’d also like to get another interview with friends type of show going as well.

As usual take care of yourselves and let all look out for each other.

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 As a side note our microphone seems to be dying. I’ve tried to edit up some of the audio problems but some are still apperent. Sorry folks. We’re looking into a new mic in the near future. If audio quality suffers some in the mean time please forgive us. We’ll get on top of it as soon as possible.

Thanks to everyone for listening, for the comments and e-mails, and the new reviews and ratings at i-Tunes. They are so very much appreciated. It does feel pretty good and keeps us both motivated to know that this show is being well recieved. Thank you all again. Drop us a line, a comment to Myspace, and/or a review at i-Tunes. It would make our day.

Once again take care and look out for each other.

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The podcast of the week this week is The College Witch with it’s host Dan. It’s also a bit of a response to one of the e-mails he read on his show. Check it out it’s got some good stuff.

I hope everyone is doing well. The economy has hit a few of our friends, Kia Dragon of Pagan Chaos Magic and Sparrow of The Wigglian Way, just to name a couple. Hold these folks, along with all the others hit by the vissitudes of the wierd economical problems we’ve all been slogging through, in your thoughts. In short keep a lookout for each other.

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 I wanted to quickly apologize for the lack of contact and the lateness of the shows recently. We’re in this whole home improvement stage and between that, the bank, the job, the economy, and a number of other minor but annoying issues (computer stuff among others) we’ve just been swamped. Hopefully we’re coming back around. Thanks for hanging with us and I wanted to say thanks to Kate for the support.

There’s no Podcast of the Week or Living Out Loud segement but we plan to get back to formatt next show. We also got our hoster issues sorted out and that should get things back on track as well.

Thanks for  listening and stay in touch.

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I just wanted to say thanks again to everyone who’s been listening to the show. You folks are wonderful. Thanks for the i-Tunes reviews, drop us a good one if you haven’t already, we’d really appreciate it. Stay in touch any way you can, we appreciate that too.

Take care of yourselves and look out for each other.

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 Arrowind has been wanting to do a show on Pagan values for a while now and here it is. They talk about Her’s and Foxfire’s own personal interpretations of Pagan values and how those mix with personal values. We talk some about the kids and how we’re trying to hand down our values and give them the means to make their own value judgements. We tried to do this before but it ended up being a show about morals and ethics and just wasn’t really where we wanted to go with the topic. It’s in the background but hasn’t been editted yet so I’m not sure what wil become of it. We’ve got some upcoming descisions about our hosting account to make before we decide what to do about it.

 I want to thank everyone who’s downloaded the show and I hope you’re all enjoying it. A special thanks goes out to the anonimous(sp) person who left the very first show rating on the Podbean site. We were so excited to see that. Also thank you to everyone who has added reveiws to the i-tunes page. It really means alot!

Speaking of i-Tunes, I really am hoping to hear from anyone else who’s noticed the weirdness going on there. It just seems discriminatory in a religious/spiritual way and I’m trying to figure out how hard to push this issue.

I hope Spring has sprung for everyone and that everyone is there for everyone else. You know, a hand to lend, a shoulder to cry on, and so on and so on. Take care of yourselves.

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No podcast of the week this week. We’ll get back to it on the next episode. Stay tuned for the forthcoming comprhensive listing of past podcasts of the week.

Spring is finally making it’s presence felt in these parts. I hope everyone is starting to get some of it themselves. Enjoy yourselves and take care of each other!

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 In this episode Arrowind and Foxfire take a bit of a ramble through several things including our most recent Oestara celebration and our feelings on the personal connection between it and the Easters of the past. We talk some about our view on how some things are going to hell in a handbasket and how both corporations and the media have a hand in it. They fess’ up about the rough road the raw diet has been and their struggles with that .  Oh and possibly some other stuff.

 Our podcast of the week this week is THE MAGICAL EARTH. A podcast that Fox quite enjoys featuring Cliff, Susan, Jancithe (did that get spelled right?) and Alex (I’m so sorry I forgot during the show, I’ve tried to set it right by getting it right for the shownotes). You can find them at    Themagicalearth.blogspot.com        Drop them a line and say Hi.

Also at the end of the show, after receiving an e-mail that seemed a bit……………… snarky?!? (honestly I just wasn’t really sure of how to take it and felt a bit hurt somehow by the flavor of it) Fox waxes on again about some of the reasons and feelings behind what the show is about and why we’re doing it. Tolerance, acceptance, and love.

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Drop us a line if you can. Trust me I know how it is. Everyone is just busier than all get out. Work’s rough, the house needs tons of attention,,,,,,, ect. ect. I know.  Well we do what we can.  Drop us a review at i-Tunes if you get us there and have the time. We’d truly appreciate it.  And please, pass us along to a friend or two or three. Help us build up the PPOTE community and feel free to comment to the Myspace page. Like I said “I know it’s been really rough out there.” Please everybody take care of yourselves and if you’ve got it in you, lend a friend a hand.

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 Where is everybody? We haven’t gotten much in the way of e-mails lately and would love some contact. Drop us a review at i-Tunes or Podcast Pickle so that we can climb the heights.       We love you all and love hearing from you. Take care and have a good week.

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You can contact us at paganparentsote@aol.com or paganparentsote@gmail.com and you can find us at pPodbean and Myspace. If yo’ve found us at i-Tunes drop us a nice review. We’d really appreciate it. Hopefuly the plague is gone and we’re back on schedule. Everyone take care.

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We’re so glad to see so many new listeners and are appreciative of each and every one of you. If you like what you hear give us a nice review at i-Tunes and pass us along to some of your friends. Word of mouth seems to be the way we are going to get around.

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We’re also looking for e-mails to include in the Yule listener e-mail show.

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