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.
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.
Comments
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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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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.