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Budget for True Pagan Warrior
- list of WfP posts
Done
- list of WfP posts
- Spirit made me buy it: sometimes we buy an item because it calls to us or we are moved by spirit, but it could be the spirit of money that's doing the moving
- Pagan Blog Project ideas
- Real money magic
- Real money magic: compounding
- Real money magic: coin flips Rick has a friend that flips a coin for decisions, and might disagree with the choice but flipping the coin makes it feel real. Duncan says that you know what you want your choice to be as soon as it's in the air.
- Real money magic: coins honor our heroes
- Real money magic: changing the world we don't all have enough money just to throw arouind, and thrift is important, but spending for good may cost money or convenience. How we change the world in how we do not spend is also important.
- resacralizing profanity
- Suicide is not a solitary choice
- Emotions are not thoughts
- Poseidon is Santa
- Elements and money (for money book promotion)
- Discordian tales
- the prodigal hot dog
Done
- the prodigal hot dog
- in the beginning
Done
- in the beginning
- Signs are infuriating: we cannot directly communicate with animals or gods, after all
- Choosing my religion: Gaiapeds
- tale of the spongy moth caterpillar and the oak
- mirror spell for accepting privilege
- thickened water on death: thickened water is often what we last drink, presaging the moment of peak worship of Hades—not a menial role, as suggested by Garland (58)
- Hospitality: emotions are visitors and should be treated with respect, but not expected to move in
- Goodnight, Muninn and other tales
- Wild Hunt retrospective to be posted in 2028 for the 10-year anniversary
Patheos Pagan
Workshops
- CTCW 2025: Rising tides, troubled waters
Not done
- CTCW 2025: Quaker worship for pagans
Done
- LlewellynCon 2025: Unchaining your money familiar
- LlewellynCon 2025: If you thought justice was blind, let's talk about money (Ploutos and animism)
- LlewellynCon 2025: Real money magic (category)
- Neurodivergent paganism discussion group
Panthea
- Heroes and ancestors ritual to offer as programming in 2021
- Quaker worship for pagans
Done
- fart ritual
Done
- Panthea workshop proposals 2023
- Greater Goosenalia
- Panthea workshop proposals 2024
- Ancestor rituals 2025 opening-fire-main-close
CoSE work
- ministry report 2024
Done
- bylaws proposal 2024
Not done
Quakers
Spark
New Paltz monthly meeting
- QD: worshiping with eyes open or shut
- Lois Pomeroy
- Vivi Hlavsa
- John Rosett
- QD: greeting silently or aloud
- QD: silence vs stillness
- QD: minutes vs movement of spirit such as locating the collection box
- How to archive minutes
- QD: wall or online calendar
- NPMM minutes 20250518
Done
- QD: do we worship or meditate?
- QD: prophet or pest?
- Robb Magee
- QD: simplicity vs other testimonies
- QD: season vs spirit when it comes to preparing to worship over business
- QD: discipline vs discussion: why should we only speak once to a business issue, or during worship generally?
- QD: prepared vs spontaneous ministry
- QD: silence vs popcorn
- Ingrid Hughes
- NPMM minutes 20250615
Done
Ministry
- Stone Mountain (see Quaker intro for Pagans and Quaker worship for pagans)
- dumb supper
- minute of travel
Budget for TPW
- Merchandise ideas
- Sojourner Truth
- Thrifty Pagan workshop
- One Nation, Under Gods
- A Familiar's Book of Shadows
- Thrifty Pagan workbook
- Sword of Santa
- Sacred journalism as ministry, includes capitalization and the order of the occult hand or Grammatis Personae which could actually be a novel about sacred linguistic constructs
- Yoni change purse spells
- Heroes and ancestors ritual
- sourdough starter, a story about the spirit of sourdough that is vitalized during this pandemic like the avatar of a city
- rambling thoughts
- depression journal
- Peanut Quarterly style guide
- Dear Sheila
- Dear Beren
Done
- Ward finances 2024
Not done
- Robb writing
Done
- Ward finances 2025
- Jade swimming lessons
Partly done
- Robb memoir
Done
- Ward holiday letter 2025 maybe make it a horror novel; definitely include weight loss and autism
- Poems for my children
- Dear Robin lay out meanings of tattooed sigils
substack
- Pick one: affordable home ownership or building wealth through real estate, because these may be contradictory
- inflation is never transitory
- minimum payments are terrible
- cryptocurrency: we can't make money out of nothing after all
- celebrating bad news "take it from Poppy" and other economic miscreants; there is a way to profit in any economy but there's classless ways to do it
- stock percentages
- shareholder resolutions
- Dirty Money ideas
medium
- The
- words mean things and have power and that power can be misused such as "literally"
- in praise of standard language
Done
- title case
Done
- journalistic integrity and opinions are not mutually exclusive
- in praise of pronouns
- avoid unnecessary words, say the sages Strunk and White
- punctuation doesn't need to be spoken because it's pronounced (quote unquote, parenthetically, dot dot dot, question mark for uptalk)
- category:words journalists should avoid including countless (make a template what it means how it's used why journalists shouldn't)
- in praise of the schwa including Feb. 28 as "schwa appreciation day"
- "I spoke with my colleague" is not journalism
- On dialing back how journalists use gender
Done
- report stock percentages, not point changes
- polling is not news
- in praise of consistent word pairings Everything from needs to
Both as well as 11:30ish https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/wsj-whats-news/id152016440?i=1000644690791; 9:18 https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/wsj-whats-news/id152016440?i=1000646677546; see note "The more..."
- Climate change is relevant: It's weird how climate change is rarely mentioned in stories about cutting gas taxes or pandemic management or any other related problem
- Capitalizing brand names: who's obligated to do it?
- "I'll see you on the radio"
- Wow: the disingenuous surprise of reporters interviewing other reporters (see note: wow)
- a point where
budget for Hudson Valley One
and
- looking ahead NP 2026 consider Teresa Thompson
- ADA and shoveling sidewalks
- ADA and sandwich signs
32
- due Aug. 17: NP VB 20250813
Done
33
- due Aug. 24: NP TB 20250821
Done
34
- due Aug. 31: NP VB 20250827
Done
36
- due Sept. 7: New Paltz Loop cancellation
Done
- due Sept. 7: NP TB 20250904
Done
- due Sept. 7: Sheriff action on Plattekill 20250905
37
- due Sept 12: 9/11 memorial 2025
- due Sept 14: NP VB 20250910
THC
Budget for Llewellyn Worldwide
- grammar magic book compile various grammar pages and give it a cauldron title and a book ideas category
wedding prospects
- wedding of Megan McGovern and Tavin 9/20/25
- wedding of Haley Sabol and Charlie 10/2/25
- wedding of Anna Van Ness 10/4/25
- wedding of Brian and Janet 10/11/25
- wedding of Ashley Gaston and Chris Buzeta 10/12/25
- wedding of Caitlin Buonome and Dennis
Not done