: About Me

Laura Jean Karr is a freelance artist and writer who happens to be Pagan. Some of her past work includes a weekly column through the The Florida Times Union, Pagan Perspectives and individual projects for The Bucksport Enterprise. She has been published in over eight poetry anthologies and has published various short stories and articles over the years.

Laura is back to the writing world from a self-imposed long term hiatus. She currently resides in Carson City, Nevada.

My passion is ...

Life itself.

I know too much about ...

I don't really feel that anyone could know to much about anything. I'm always a student ... the learning never stops.

My parents always told me ...

Don't get your hopes up, you'll only be disappointed.

My childhood ambition ...

To always get my hopes up, anyway.

My favorite memory ...

Harvesting with my great-grandmother and listing to her tales.

Why I write ...

I write for the same reason I breathe - because if I didn't, I would die. - Isaac Asimov

What I am reading/watching/listening to ...

BBC Robin Hood/The Honey Comb by St. Johns/Carbon Leaf

My first job ...

Working with my mother at her office.

My best moment ...

Re-connecting with my Terry.

My inspiration ...

Everything. Nature, people and all that our world has to offer inspires me.

Religion & Spirituality > Pagan & Earth-Based Religions The Pagan Recon movement explained

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Pagan Reconstructionists, or more commonly referred to in the Pagan Community simply as Recons, is a fast growing movement within Paganism. For the past ten years really, the Recons have been steadily growing as the undercurrent in popular Paganism. While the status of the Pagan Community continues to evolve here in America, it is the Recons who will become the balance point for the popularity of the Wiccan movement. So, what is a Pagan Recon? Well, Pagan Recons are those who strive to practice their faith as closely as possible to the original way in which their chosen pre-Christian faith...

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