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Below, you'll find a list of reviews, critiques, interviews, commentary and other mentions of my work from a variety of sources online (and occasionally, in print). You may notice that this page is mostly empty at the moment. My career, like my messy-beautiful life, is a work-in-progress, and for the past several years I've been content to engage in community building and conversation without bothering too much about the What's What of Who's Who. Still, I do believe, as Rumi says, that we must ask for what we really want. I also believe in making space — both literally and metaphorically — to invite opportunity in. That's what this page is for.

I want to hear from you. My writing is one of the ways I engage most honestly and deeply with my community, and it's important to me to know how that writing is received. As a craftsperson who sees writing as a skill to be honed and refined, I am always hungry for feedback from readers and peers. Also, let's face it, writers can be a bit neurotic — we can be shy, introverted, socially awkward, and a bit too eager to please. Hearing from readers, fans and fellow writers helps us to feel connected and to stay grounded.

So if you have a response or review about my work, I would love to hear from you! You can share your comments and critiques directly with me on my contact page, or by visiting the Meadowsweet Commons. If you've written a longer response or review of some of my work, I'm happy to share the link-love as well!



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Reviews & Mentions

December 12, 2011 | Over on The House of Vines, Sannion shares a link to my poetic meditation on “Gods and Spirit” (part of my on-going 30 Days of Druidry project) along with a number of other fantastic links.

December 9, 2011 | My photograph “Dragonskin – Bouquet” gets featured on Flickr’s Explore! page. Cool!

December 5, 2011 | WiccanWeb picks up my article on No Unsacred Place, “Scientists Discover Life’s Common Ancestor, An Ancient Living Ocean.”

November 6, 2011 | The Wild Goose Festival shares a link to my essay, “A Pagan Goes to the Wild Goose,” on their Facebook and Twitter pages as part of their promotion of diversity and inclusion for the coming Wild Goose Festival 2012.

October 26, 2011 | Over on The Progressive Pagan, R. Eugene Laughlin promotes my essay “Pagan Values: Ecology, Environmentalism & Practical Pacifism,” which first appeared as a guest post on Druid Journal back in June 2009.

October 19, 2011 | WiccanWeb picks up my article on No Unsacred Place, “Water on Water’s the Way.”

October 1, 2011 | Think Peace and NaYa of the United Religions Initiative announce the winners of the 1000kalema photography contest, and my submission, “Belfast’s Wall,” takes third prize!

September 8, 2011 | WiccanWeb picks up my article on No Unsacred Place, “‘Ethical Oil’ Is Not an Oxymoron.”

August 2011 | My 30 Days of Druidry meme catches on among writers in the Druid blogosphere (even though I don’t quite manage to finish my own posts by the end of the month!).

July 26 – August 5, 2011 | Star Foster starts a firestorm of controversy over my post “I Am a Conscientious Objector in the Spiritual War” over on the Pantheon blog, while Juniper shares it as a “Worthy Read” on her website, Walking the Hedge, and others share the link widely on Facebook.

July 12, 2011 | My article “Sustainable Living as Civil Disobedience” on No Unsacred Place makes quite a stir among supporters of Julie Bass and gets picked up by several other websites, as well as a couple of Facebook pages.

June 24, 2011 | Mike Morrell, publicity coordinator of the Wild Goose Festival, shares my post Chasing the Wild Goose on the Wild Goose Festival’s Facebook and Twitter pages.

June, 2011 | The Druid Network promotes my blog as their Featured Site for the month, describing me as “one of the prolific pagan bloggers around.”

April 18, 2011 | Jason Pitzl-Waters, at The Wild Hunt, highly recommends my article “Balancing Liberty and Law: Religious Nonprofits in America and Britain,” calling it “a passionate call for Pagan engagement.” The article was also picked up by Rick Cohen in an article for The Nonprofit Quarterly.

Recent Mentions

  • November 11, 2011 | “Belfast’s Wall” Wins Photography Award!
    As someone who's never even managed to win at Bingo, I'm pretty much over the moon to be able to announce that one of my photographs recently won third prize in the 1000Kalema photography co... | Read more
  • June 27, 2011 | “What Makes a God,” A Myth Retold and More!
    It's always nice to return home after a time away to discover you have a small pile of exciting news to share! This month, my poem "What Makes a God" appears in the most recent issue... | Read more
  • April 18, 2011 | Pagans and Nonprofits
    I seem to be making a few gentle waves in that fine, dry wine I mentioned last week. My article, "Balancing Liberty and Law: Religious Nonprofits in America and Britain," published on Patheo... | Read more

What Readers Are Saying…

“Sublime.”

- Graeme K. Talboys, author of Way of the Druid



“Meadowsweet & Myrrh is so rich – thoughtful, deeply reflective, with a wonderful authentic voice…”

- Ruby Sara, Pagan Godspell



“Alison’s writing comes from a place of fire and water — the fire of inspiration, passion, and rejuvenation, and the deep, reflective waters of insight, peace, and profound knowing. I know of no one else who writes with such poignancy and wisdom about the cruelty, tenderness, and mystic calling of our species.”

- Jeff Lilly, Druid Journal



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- Cat Chapin-Bishop, Quaker Pagan Reflections



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- Nettle, Druid's Apprentice



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