Lynne Cantwell
@lynnecantwell.bsky.social
Progressive. Pagan. Former broadcast journalist, now legal proofreader for the NM legislature. Also wrote some novels. Knitter, weaver, Star Wars/Star Trek/MCU fan. Owned by a ginger cat. That'll do for now, I guess.
New at hearth/myth: The administration in DC still sucks, but Turkey Day is Thursday, and I have a fancy new stove to try out. Here's hoping I don't burn anything...
Happy Thanksgiving!
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Happy Thanksgiving!
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Anticipating an experimental Thanksgiving.
Thanksgiving is this week here in the US, and so we're all busy planning menus, pre-cooking parts of the feast, and inviting family, friends...
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November 24, 2025 at 3:49 AM
New at hearth/myth: The administration in DC still sucks, but Turkey Day is Thursday, and I have a fancy new stove to try out. Here's hoping I don't burn anything...
Happy Thanksgiving!
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Happy Thanksgiving!
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New at hearth/myth: I think our society is out of balance, and an examination of our foundational assumptions is in order. www.hearth-myth.com/2025/11/work...
Working toward a world in balance.
So here's the topic I skipped over last week. Might be a little stream-of-consciousness, since I've run across a couple of other points this...
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November 17, 2025 at 3:44 AM
New at hearth/myth: I think our society is out of balance, and an examination of our foundational assumptions is in order. www.hearth-myth.com/2025/11/work...
New at hearth/myth: Due to cost-cutting at the USPS, it recently took six weeks for a letter to me to get from Boston to Santa Fe. Six weeks! Pony Express would have been faster! www.hearth-myth.com/2025/11/mail...
Mail delays in the hinterlands.
I have two topics to choose from for today's post. I'm in the mood for the less serious one. You're welcome. Might do the other one next wee...
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November 10, 2025 at 3:43 AM
New at hearth/myth: Due to cost-cutting at the USPS, it recently took six weeks for a letter to me to get from Boston to Santa Fe. Six weeks! Pony Express would have been faster! www.hearth-myth.com/2025/11/mail...
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incredible photo that's definitely worth at least 1,000 words from Andrew Harnik of Getty
November 6, 2025 at 6:10 PM
incredible photo that's definitely worth at least 1,000 words from Andrew Harnik of Getty
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November 4, 2025 at 1:37 PM
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Hi, I’m God.
Jesus and I agree that starving the poor so you can build yourself golden bathrooms and golden ballrooms is evil. Anyone who does that shall burn for eternity. Thank you for your attention to this matter.
Thanks,
God
Jesus and I agree that starving the poor so you can build yourself golden bathrooms and golden ballrooms is evil. Anyone who does that shall burn for eternity. Thank you for your attention to this matter.
Thanks,
God
November 4, 2025 at 10:09 PM
Hi, I’m God.
Jesus and I agree that starving the poor so you can build yourself golden bathrooms and golden ballrooms is evil. Anyone who does that shall burn for eternity. Thank you for your attention to this matter.
Thanks,
God
Jesus and I agree that starving the poor so you can build yourself golden bathrooms and golden ballrooms is evil. Anyone who does that shall burn for eternity. Thank you for your attention to this matter.
Thanks,
God
New at hearth/myth: Upon being presented with "opportunities", what do you do? Now add a couple of decades and see if your answer changes. That's what I'm whining about in this post. www.hearth-myth.com/2025/11/plot...
Plot twist? At my age?
Meme stolen from Facebook One of the things they don't tell you about life after retirement is that stuff keeps changing. And if you didn'...
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November 3, 2025 at 3:43 AM
New at hearth/myth: Upon being presented with "opportunities", what do you do? Now add a couple of decades and see if your answer changes. That's what I'm whining about in this post. www.hearth-myth.com/2025/11/plot...
New at hearth/myth: Things were more tense than this in 1790s Abiquiu, NM, when a Franciscan priest was convinced that witches and sorcerors had taken over the town. Happy Halloween! www.hearth-myth.com/2025/10/hist...
Historically witchy New Mexico.
Samhain, the Pagan New Year (for some Pagans, at least) -- aka Halloween -- is coming up at the end of this week. And like clockwork, intrep...
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October 27, 2025 at 3:08 AM
New at hearth/myth: Things were more tense than this in 1790s Abiquiu, NM, when a Franciscan priest was convinced that witches and sorcerors had taken over the town. Happy Halloween! www.hearth-myth.com/2025/10/hist...
New at hearth/myth: I'm thrilled to hear how many people showed up for the #nokings rallies yesterday. Here's why I didn't go to one myself. www.hearth-myth.com/2025/10/why-...
Why I stayed home from the No Kings rallies again.
Congrats to the millions of Americans who turned out yesterday for No Kings rallies across America. I saw one estimate (but have not confirm...
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October 20, 2025 at 2:18 AM
New at hearth/myth: I'm thrilled to hear how many people showed up for the #nokings rallies yesterday. Here's why I didn't go to one myself. www.hearth-myth.com/2025/10/why-...
New at hearth/myth: An example of how complicated Native American history is, even within a single state. Happy Indigenous Peoples' Day. www.hearth-myth.com/2025/10/indi...
Indigenous Peoples' Day.
So this weekend, I did a thing I have never done, even though I've lived in Santa Fe for five years and vacationed here for much longer: I c...
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October 13, 2025 at 8:06 PM
New at hearth/myth: An example of how complicated Native American history is, even within a single state. Happy Indigenous Peoples' Day. www.hearth-myth.com/2025/10/indi...
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Enjoy Your Evening
Santa Fe National Forest….❤️❤️
Santa Fe National Forest….❤️❤️
October 10, 2025 at 3:06 AM
Enjoy Your Evening
Santa Fe National Forest….❤️❤️
Santa Fe National Forest….❤️❤️
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October 10, 2025 at 10:17 AM
New at hearth/myth: Fall scenery and #yarnporn from the El Rancho de las Golondrinas Harvest Festival this weekend. Go on, you know you wanna click: www.hearth-myth.com/2025/10/i-wa...
I was dyeing today.
As in dyeing yarn. Don't get any weird ideas. This weekend was the annual Harvest Festival at El Rancho de las Golondrinas , and I volunteer...
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October 6, 2025 at 2:09 AM
New at hearth/myth: Fall scenery and #yarnporn from the El Rancho de las Golondrinas Harvest Festival this weekend. Go on, you know you wanna click: www.hearth-myth.com/2025/10/i-wa...
New at hearth/myth: If you see a generic "Native American prayer" or what-have-you on social media, it's probably not Native American at all -- just like you'll never see a totem pole next to a tipi in an authentic Native village. www.hearth-myth.com/2025/09/pan-...
Pan-Native-American spirituality is not a thing.
I could do another post about the ongoing horror show that is the Trump administration this week. But I'm inclined instead to write about so...
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September 29, 2025 at 2:12 AM
New at hearth/myth: If you see a generic "Native American prayer" or what-have-you on social media, it's probably not Native American at all -- just like you'll never see a totem pole next to a tipi in an authentic Native village. www.hearth-myth.com/2025/09/pan-...
New at hearth/myth: Tomorrow is the fall equinox, but it's hard to find balance this year -- and maybe for years to come. www.hearth-myth.com/2025/09/auth...
Authoritarianism is here.
Yurumi | Deposit Photos Tomorrow is Mabon, the autumnal equinox. It's supposed to be a day of balance, when the light and the darkness are e...
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September 22, 2025 at 3:20 AM
New at hearth/myth: Tomorrow is the fall equinox, but it's hard to find balance this year -- and maybe for years to come. www.hearth-myth.com/2025/09/auth...
New at hearth/myth: A post that might rile up some atheists of my acquaintance. www.hearth-myth.com/2025/09/why-...
Why I'm Pagan.
Warning: This post is not comprehensive. A better title would probably be something like, "Why I gave up on Christianity." Anyway, here we ...
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September 15, 2025 at 2:39 AM
New at hearth/myth: A post that might rile up some atheists of my acquaintance. www.hearth-myth.com/2025/09/why-...
My problem with this phrasing is that Walkinshaw is taking Gerry Connolly's seat. Connolly was a Democrat. He died just 4 months ago. So this isn't really gaining a D seat - it's keeping a D seat. Right?
GREAT NEWS! Democrats add one more vote in Congress after the Virginia special election. 💙💙
Democrats add 1 more vote in Congress after Virginia special election
Fairfax County Supervisor James Walkinshaw was widely expected to succeed his former boss, longtime Democratic Rep. Gerry Connolly.
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September 10, 2025 at 5:21 PM
My problem with this phrasing is that Walkinshaw is taking Gerry Connolly's seat. Connolly was a Democrat. He died just 4 months ago. So this isn't really gaining a D seat - it's keeping a D seat. Right?
Every damn time.
September 10, 2025 at 5:15 PM
Every damn time.
New at hearth/myth: The bathroom remodel is done (for now)! More photos here: www.hearth-myth.com/2025/09/the-...
The bathroom is done, huzzah!
I had something else in the queue for tonight's post, but I'm putting it off until next week for this BREAKING NEWS: As of this afternoon, t...
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September 8, 2025 at 2:47 AM
New at hearth/myth: The bathroom remodel is done (for now)! More photos here: www.hearth-myth.com/2025/09/the-...
Huh.
September 1, 2025 at 2:45 AM
Huh.
New at hearth/myth: Tying up (I hope!) one of the bits and bobs that comes with a bathroom renovation. Also, a tiny bit about the Trump "death watch" this weekend. www.hearth-myth.com/2025/08/shop...
Shopping for towels.
I miss mall department stores. gpointstudio | Deposit Photos But first: Let's talk towels. As I mentioned last week, I'm in the throes of ...
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September 1, 2025 at 2:40 AM
New at hearth/myth: Tying up (I hope!) one of the bits and bobs that comes with a bathroom renovation. Also, a tiny bit about the Trump "death watch" this weekend. www.hearth-myth.com/2025/08/shop...
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New at hearth/myth: I took two weeks off from blogging, but none of the stuff I said would happen while I was off actually happened. I've also got some comments on the death of the founder of Focus on the Family, none complimentary.
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A late summer roundup.
A view from my porch. Lynne Cantwell | August 2025 I'm back, having never been away. I can explain! In my last post two weeks ago , I said I...
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August 25, 2025 at 2:34 AM
New at hearth/myth: I took two weeks off from blogging, but none of the stuff I said would happen while I was off actually happened. I've also got some comments on the death of the founder of Focus on the Family, none complimentary.
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Bowser: "I think I speak for all Americans -- we don't believe it's legal to use the American military against American citizens on American soil."
August 11, 2025 at 7:29 PM
Bowser: "I think I speak for all Americans -- we don't believe it's legal to use the American military against American citizens on American soil."
It's too early for him to be sundowning, isn't it?
So reporters asked him what he's doing up there. Something something ballroom, he says. Really?? Isn't he a little exposed up there? Where's his Secret Service detail?
So reporters asked him what he's doing up there. Something something ballroom, he says. Really?? Isn't he a little exposed up there? Where's his Secret Service detail?
August 5, 2025 at 3:23 PM
It's too early for him to be sundowning, isn't it?
So reporters asked him what he's doing up there. Something something ballroom, he says. Really?? Isn't he a little exposed up there? Where's his Secret Service detail?
So reporters asked him what he's doing up there. Something something ballroom, he says. Really?? Isn't he a little exposed up there? Where's his Secret Service detail?