A Heathen Naturalist
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I'm a heathen naturalist. Naturalist - a person who studies or is an expert in natural history, especially zoology or botany. Heathen - a person who worships the Germanic gods. Those are the definitions I'm using, anyway. I've loved nature as long as I can remember, and always knew I had to become some kind of biologist. Now I'm a polytheist and animist as well as a naturalist.
A Heathen Naturalist
1y ago
It’s been almost a year since I updated this blog! How’s everyone doing? The Spring 2022 semester is almost over, which means I’m going to have a bit more time on my hands during the summer, so maybe that means I’ll be able to get back to blogging some more. I’ve definitely got some ideas ..read more
A Heathen Naturalist
1y ago
Next week will be two weeks since I got my second dose of COVID-19 vaccine, so it’s almost safe for me to show my face in public again! This past year has been one of the hardest years of my life. Possibly THE hardest. My daughter was almost 6 months old in March of 2020 ..read more
A Heathen Naturalist
1y ago
Ostara is the goddess of hope for the future. She’s the goddess of the blooming flower, the sprouting seed, the hatching egg, and the newborn baby. She reminds us that it’s always darkest before the dawn, that every winter ends, and that for every death there is new life. Sometimes it doesn’t always seem that ..read more
A Heathen Naturalist
1y ago
What if Odin told the seeress to stop being such an alarmist? What if, when Fenris Wolf broke his chains, Odin ignored it? What if, when the Wolf started ravaging Jotunheim, Odin said, “Well, that’s really far away. He won’t make it to Asgard.” What if, when the Wolf made it to Vanaheim, and then ..read more
A Heathen Naturalist
1y ago
Well, that escalated quickly. But I guess that’s what viruses do. It went viral. I’ve been a bad Heathen lately. Taking care of a baby requires a lot of time and energy and attention. I’ve been neglecting the gods and haven’t even done anything for Ostara yet, though I usually give myself a window of ..read more
A Heathen Naturalist
1y ago
Today is Groundhog’s Day (and Imblog for you Celts!), which is when the natural world starts checking to see if it’s safe to emerge from winter sleep and come out for spring. But this past winter has been very strange. We usually have our first freeze around Thanksgiving, but this year it was on Halloween ..read more
A Heathen Naturalist
1y ago
Having a newborn baby is hard. Yes, I knew it would be. That’s what everyone told me, but it’s different to actually experience for myself. I suppose some people might like little babies, but I think I’ll be glad when she’s a little more self-sufficient. My husband has remarked on how amazing it is that ..read more
A Heathen Naturalist
1y ago
Now there have been two presidents impeached in my lifetime. Bill Clinton is kind of special to me, because he was the first president that I was old enough to pay attention to. I remember when he was impeached. Back then, the party configuration of the government was reversed, with Republicans, led by Newt Gingrich ..read more
A Heathen Naturalist
1y ago
My husband’s father was a civilian working for the Air Force, so when he was a kid the family moved around a lot. He spent a big chunk of his childhood in a village in England called Fritwell. He told me that he lived there long enough that when they moved back to the United ..read more
A Heathen Naturalist
1y ago
Whether to raise one’s children pagan or heathen is one of those topics that comes up periodically on pagan blogs. People get into heated arguments about whether it’s bad to “indoctrinate” one’s children this way, instead of “letting them find their own path.” I tried to stay out of those conversations since I didn’t have ..read more