Paganistan: Notes from the Secret Commonwealth

In Which One Midwest Man-in-Black Confers, Converses & Otherwise Hob-Nobs with his Fellow Hob-Men (& -Women) Concerning the Sundry Ways of the Famed but Ill-Starred Tribe of Witches.

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Nutshell

“So, what's your coven like?”

Seeing the expression on my face—a group that's been around for 35 years takes a deal of telling—she laughs and adds, “In the nutshell.”

I think.

“Well, we don't really have a Book of Shadows,” I begin.

“You don't?” she says, surprised.

“No.” I pause. “But we do have a songbook.” Another pause. “And a cookbook.”

And that's us, really.

In the nutshell.

 

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Poet, scholar and storyteller Steven Posch was raised in the hardwood forests of western Pennsylvania by white-tailed deer. (That's the story, anyway.) He emigrated to Paganistan in 1979 and by sheer dint of personality has become one of Lake Country's foremost men-in-black. He is current keeper of the Minnesota Ooser.

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  • Sarah Avery
    Sarah Avery Sunday, 01 February 2015

    You've got a knack for titles. I can tell by the subject lines in my email which posts are yours. Hardly ever guess wrong. Yours are the posts I always click through for.

  • Steven Posch
    Steven Posch Monday, 02 February 2015

    Aw, shucks. (Looks bashful, shuffles feet.) Thanks, Sarah.

    Funny, I'm still looking for a title for my book of poetry: those words that would make me take the book off the shelf in a store, but not quite there yet. Night Countries? Long Man of Baraboo (and other Poems)? Horn Book?

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