If you have a cat you will understand and may be even shaking your head...yes... while you watch it. If you dont have a cat, this is one of the reasons you dont get one. : )
How many of the following does your neighbor exhibit?
1. Never puts garbage out on the curb...I mean, recycling and compost are fine, but you can take it too far! 2. You casually mention the moon's phase, and s/he replies with the exact number of days, hours, and minutes of rising, position on horizon, and current angle of declination. 3. All the stray cats in the neighborhood congregate in her/his garden. 4. A screech-owl has chosen the lamppost outside her/his house as it's favorite perch...just when it's getting warm outside at night and you want to sleep with your windows open. 5. Doesn't mow down the weeds in his/her garden and lawn...in fact, it sort of looks like s/he's cultivating them! 6. The abundance of black garments drying on the clothesline out back. 7. Local kids whisper and stare as they pass his/her house, then start running if they spot movement in the house or yard. 8. Nobody trick-or-treats at his/her door--not since the year that his/her costume was scarier than any of theirs! 9. Footprints on the roof...and the trees near the house look as if they've been pruned for a flight-path! 10. S/he can't make a sandwich without adding fresh herbs to it...and don't accept that offer of a cup of tea unless you want something yellow-colored and smelling like flowers! 11. S/he never gets junk mail...you idly wonder why, and s/he confides that she just returns it to sender after writing something on it in strange curly script. 12. When you drop in for a chat, the coffee pot or tea kettle is already starting to perk. 13. Jehovah's Witnesses never knock on his/her door anymore...not after the last time... 14. Keeps the local candle shop solvent. 15. Has a pond out back full of frogs...and you haven't seen that pesky storm-window salesman in a while. 16. S/he's always smiling peacefully! 17. Went to a Halloween costume party dressed normally, and won first prize! 18. Her/his house always smells like incense and herbs. 19. Has cats named Kali, Diana, Loki, and Pele. 20. Bumper-sticker on his/her car reads, "I brake for toads". 21. Frequently gets questioned by the drug squad, who confiscate large amounts of dried green leaves and always return them with abject apologies after analysis! 22. At Christmas, it seems like half the garden is moved into the house. 23. Sometimes you hear the sounds of singing and drumming through the wall...if you look outside, it's usually a full moon. 24. Was given a bodram or dumbek for her/his last birthday...and sometimes plays it outside at midnight... 25. You discover the "realistic resin" skull s/he affectionately calls "Ron" in the living room actually is real...and hadn't you heard of an ex-lover named Ron? 26. You catch her/him washing a crystal ball along with the dishes. 27. S/he wears lots of silver jewelry, even when weeding or changing the oil in the car... 28. You knock on the door and s/he answers it wearing only a robe...you apologize for disturbing her/his shower, but notice her/his hair isn't wet... 29. Tendency to hum or softly chant, especially while outside in the garden. 30. Has a tame robin that will eat from his/her hand in the garden...that can't be normal. 31. Never catches a cold, despite a tendency to walk around barefoot often...even in the snow. 32. Doesn't kill spiders...even the huge hairy ones that startle you when you're in the tub. 33. Always listens to what you're saying like s/he really cares. 34. Has lots of female friends that come around once or twice a month...when you ask what they're up to, s/he tells you they just have cake and ale and a nice chat. 35. You catch him/her hugging a tree. 36. Owns a dinner set decorated with Celtic patterns or a "stars and moons" design. 37. Has a mail-order account with a semi-precious gems wholesaler. 38. The priest who lives around the corner always crosses himself when driving past her/his house. 39. Never watches television...but owns shelves full of books with black spines and silver lettering. 40. To your certain knowledge has never set foot in the local church...you've even heard rumors s/he's been barred from it. 41. You ask to borrow a deck of cards for an impromptu evening of canasta, and there are 78 in the pack. 42. You've never known him/her to go to a physician. 43. When you chat, s/he gently maintains eye contact the whole time. 44. Expectant mothers are always visiting...also women who become expectant mothers a short time after visiting and leaving with bags full of herbs. 45. You ask for suggestions of nice walks in the area, and they all go by way of strange earth mounds, oak groves, and stone circles. 46. S/he only buys organic food...and you suspect vegetarian as well! 47. When you ask about vacation plans, you're told about camping in yurts...or festivals with communal cabins. 48. There aren't any clocks in the house...and most of the mirrors are black. 49. Has a statue of a dragon near the garden gate...calls it her/his "watch-dragon". 50. Tells you s/he's coming out of the broom closet, and installs a stained-glass pentagram window in the front door!
A letter from a 3rd grade teacher sent home to Pagan parents
Dear Mr. and Mrs. Thomas,
I write this letter in concern of your daughter, Aradia Moon. Please don't take this the wrong way, however, although she is a straight-A student and a very bright child, she has some strange habits that I feel we should address.
Every morning before class, she insists on walking around the classroom with her pencil held in the air. She says she is "drawing down the moon." I told her Art Class is in an hour and to please refrain from drawing until then.
And speaking of Art Class, whenever she draws a night sky, she insists on drawling little circles around all the stars and people dancing on the ground. And that brings up dancing, I had to stop her twice for taking off her clothes during a game of "Ring Around the Rosey"! By the way, what does the term "skyclad" mean?
Aradia has no problem with making friends. I always find her sitting outside during recess with her friends sitting around her in a circle. She likes to share her juice and cookies. It is nice how she wants no one to ever thirst or hunger. However, when I walked over to see what they were doing, she jumped up and told me to stop, pulled out a little plastic knife and started waving it in front of me. I thought this was a bit dangerous, so I took her to the Principal's Office. She explained to the Principal that she was "opening the Circle" to let me in. She also said that her Mommy and Daddy always told her not to play or run with an "athame" in her hand, that she could put someone's eye out. I don't know what an "athame" is, but I am glad that she keeps it at home.
As for stories, your daughter tends to make up some whoppers. Just yesterday while I was talking sternly to Tommy Johnson and shaking my finger at him, he started screaming and ran from the room. When I finally caught him, he told me that Aradia told him and the rest of the class that the last time I shook my finger at someone, they caught the chicken pox. I explained to him that the Sally Jones incident was just a coincidence, and that things like that don't really happen.
One of the strangest things that happened was when I asked the children to bring in Halloween decorations for the classroom. Aradia brought in salt, incense and her family album. I see she has quite a sense of humor.
One of Aradia's worst habits is that she is very argumentative. We were discussing what the Golden Rule was (Do unto others as you would have them do unto you), she firmly disagreed with me and stated it was "Do As you Will, but Harm None" and she will not stop saying "So Mote It Be" after she reads aloud in class. I try correct her on these matters and she got very angry. She pointed her finger at me and mumbled something under her breath.
In closing, Mr. and Mrs. Thomas, I would like to set up a parent/teacher conference with you sometime next week to discuss these matters. I would like to see you sooner, but I have developed an irritating rash that I am quite worried about.
With Deep Concerns, Mrs. Livingston
P.S. Blessed Be. I understand that this is a greeting or closing from your country that your daughter informs me is polite and correct.
As part of an Interfaith community project, A right wing Christian priest, a rabbi, and a Pagan priestess decided that in order to improve relations in the community, they will go on a fishing trip together on a local pond.
They're out in the boat, and the Pagan priestess excuses herself to go to the bathroom back on the shore. She gets out, walks across the water back to shore, and then walks back across the water to the boat.
The Christian priest looks in amazement, crosses himself, and they continue fishing. It comes on about noon time, and the rabbi realizes they left their lunches back on shore. So he gets up, walks across the water to the shore, retrieves the lunches, and walks back across the water to the boat.
The Christian priest, now completely amazed, and a little bit righteous, thinks, "not to be outdone by two heathens, I can do that too!!" So he gets up, excuses himself to go to the bathroom, takes a step out of the boat and promptly sinks to the bottom.
While he's flailing around in the water, the rabbi looks at the priestess and says, "Do you think we should have told him about the rocks?"