Tag: Destin
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The BP Oil Spill: The Energy of the Gulf More than a Year Later
 Thanks to the BP Oil Spill in the Gulf of Mexico in the spring of 2010, I hadn’t been to the beach in nearby Destin, Florida, in nearly a year. But I was there yesterday and I was there again today. It was beautiful, clear…and I was relieved. Last year, the toxic fumes of…
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Exes, Marriage, and Karma
Aislinn Bailey at Henderson Beach State Park (Destin, Florida) on 17 June 2010, contemplating the tide with her camera at sunset. No oil from the oil spill on the beach, but the sand near the water felt dirty and whole beach smelled like dead sea life. Photo copyright by Lorna Tedder; all rights reserved. Probably…
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The Metaphysical Energy of Oil: Earth my Body, Oil my Blood?
Standing on the Walton-Okaloosa county line in a hazy sunset, looking out across the Midbay Bridge toward Okaloosa Island and Destin. This is Choctawhatchee Bay, which the local county is trying to block oil from getting into and destroying. Camera phone photo, copyright by Lorna Tedder; all rights reserved. I’ve spent so much of the…
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Prayers, Rituals, and Spells for the BP Gulf Oil Spill
Enjoying the sugar-white sand of the Grayton Beach – Destin area at Thanksgiving, pre- Oil Spill. Photo copyrighted; all rights reserved. Since I posted A Pagan Point of View of the BP Oil Spill in the Gulf of Mexico a few weeks ago, I’ve been inundated with requests for rituals, spells, and prayers–both pagan…
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A Pagan Point of View of the BP Oil Spill in the Gulf of Mexico
All photos on this page taken between 1993 and 2009 of Lorna Tedder, Shannon Bailey, and Aislinn Bailey are copyrighted; all rights reserved. I stand with my toes in sugar-white sand and squint through bright sunrays at the turquoise-green waters. It’s eerily beautiful yet it feels more like a death watch for an old friend—not…