Listen!
NOTE: The URL for the podcast has changed to:
http://northerndruid.podomatic.com/
New iTunes subscription link:
itpc://northerndruid.podomatic.com/rss2.xml
Let Beauty Awake Mini-Cast
I thought I’d share some photos from “Wasafarm” with me singing “Let Beauty Awake” by R. Vaughn Williams. This is my first “mini-cast” from Podomatic. Enjoy!
Northern Druid Podcast #9
The podcast is back! I’ve moved it though, so look for it here:
http://northerndruid.podomatic.com/
Old episodes will be added to Podomatic soon!
In this episode:
Back at “the farm” in the Northern Druid Studio/Yurt.
Recap of Winter visits.
Spring starts this year – Planting trees, Straw Bale Gardens
** Music: “Dip, Dip, and Swing” by Katy Tessman
Recap of trip to Grand Marais, MN and drive up the Gunflint Trail.
Quartz Crystal Singing Bowls
** Music: “The Bird Tribe” by Leigh Ann Phillips
NorthernDruid Podcast #8
Dandelions, Kombucha, The Living Druids, Perfection in Place
Songs Include:
“Dance Hall Freak” by Dave Ryder (Visit Dave’s Facebook Page too!)
“Caribou” by Katy Tessman
Topics covered:
*Setting the Stage for our “up North” cabin
*Dandelions, Dandelion Root, and Kombucha
(be sure to check out the book Dandelion Celebration!)
*Trip to Iowa City where we were “Cemetery Sleuths”
(Check out findagrave.com and *learn about The Black Angel)
*Shout out to Podcasters!! – Faith, Fern, and Compass with Jeff and Ali Lily
*Leaving another Druid organization – do your research!
(Resource: The Boyd Cult Scale )
*Starting a new organization – The Living Druids – sign up for email updates!!
Meditation on the Perfection of where we are right now!
Enjoy!!
NorthernDruid Podcast #7
Shifting Druid Paradigms
This is a longer podcast to make up for all the lost time!
Songs Include:
“Ode to Ireland” by Rebecca Hilton
“Is it for Freedom” by Sara Thomsen
Topics covered:
What I’ve been up to when I wasn’t recording podcasts
Moving, the loss of my Grandmother, a threatening situation, and life now owning a car
Should Druidry be free? Should it cost money? What is fair?
Pagan groups and financial strength
Should all Druids be ‘liberal’? Are there conservative or libertarian Druids?
Changing Political climate
Looking at “lesser thought of” intuitive people, hunters, preppers, new age bias
Importance of Diversity and multiple paradigms in 2012.
Meditation on Spring and expectant energy!
Enjoy!!
Northern Druid Podcast #6
Acheiving Balance on the Fall Equinox
Songs: Are You Kind and Just Over Those Mountains
Artist: Leigh Ann Phillips – www.leighannphillips.com
Wasafarm recording in the yurt
Speaking from the heart about life challenges, violence, desparation, and the seeking of balance.
Song: Fall
Artist: Katy Tessman – www.rhythmelodic.com/katytessman.html
Announcement about upcoming classes and meditations.
Check back soon!!
Ending Meditation on Balance with the elements of Earth, Air, Fire, and Water.
Northern Druid Podcast #5
Explorations in a Living Druidry
Podcast Highlights:
Song: Spencer the Rover – by February Sky
Find February Sky on Facebook to listen to more music!
I would love to play your music! To submit music and poems, or to be interviewed – email me! scott@northerndruid.net
*Wasafarm Update from Northern Minnesota
*Choke Cherry Harvest – Crickets and Junebug
*Podcast Theme – Direct Experience with Nature
*My Pilgrimage to Carleton College in Northfield, MN – You can see a blog post here and photos on Flickr.
*Check out the full Carleton College Druid Pilgrimage in The Druid Inquirer
Many thanks to Mike the Fool and the RDNA -http://www.rdna.info/
*Getting Political!! My thoughts about Living Druidry vs. “Orders”, Degrees, Hierarchy, Traditions, and Political Paranoia
Be sure to visit The Druid Network – http://www.druidnetwork.org/
Song: IMBRLYCN by Paul Newman
Download this Song! http://apps.facebook.com/reverbnation_ap/storyfolksinger_84973_405537
*Lughnasadh update on the Heron in Northeast Minneapolis and Marshall Terrace Park.
*Be sure to check out the Bird Chick Blog! http://www.birdchick.com/
*A Perennial Course in Living Druidry by Emma Ristal Orr – Check it out!
Poem – My Love, Please, Never Leave me by Scott Schumacher (Me!)
Closing Song – The Bird Tribe by Leigh Ann Phillips
Thank you! Next Podcast – September’s FULL MOON.
Northern Druid Podcast #4
Lughnasadh and The Great Blue Heron
Podcast Highlights:
Song: Wild Mountain Thyme – by Marc Gunn
I would love to play your music! To submit music and poems, or to be interviewed – email me! scott@northerndruid.net
*My year-long break – a year in Minneapolis, Changes, Forgiveness
*Personal and Business Coaching ventures – being absorbed in my web design work – www.holisticgeek.com
*Strife and Healing from life in Duluth, MN.
*Life on Oak Grove Street in Minneapolis, biking on the Cedar Lake Trail on the edges of urban living and Nature.
*Wasafarm healing from break-in, finding your footing after being off balance
Song: Fireflies – by John Grant
*Lughnasadh (Loo-Nah-Sah) in Celtic mythology and stories.
*May 22nd tornado in Minneapolis’ North Side, Great Blue Heron rookery destroyed. 200 Herons lost.
*Herons re-nesting near Marshall Terrace Park along the Mississippi River.
Upcoming Lughnasadh Teleclass Meditation dedicated to the Heron – FREE! July 31, 8:30pm Central Daylight Time (GMT -5) – Links and information coming soon!
*My re-dedication to this podcast at every FULL MOON.
*Visiting Susie Kleppe, the Faeriologist (www.faeriologist.com) and my Faerie Reading (from Brian Froud’s Heart of Faerie Deck)
Song: Learn to Fly – by Josh Woodward
Poem: The Exposed Nest – by Robert Frost
(accompanied by Kathy McTavish – www.cellodreams.com)
Thank you! Next Podcast – August 13, 2011 on the FULL MOON.
Northern Druid Podcast #3
Wasafarm Yurt Podcast – Sandstone, MN
*Broadcasting in a Yurt from Sandstone, MN
*Announcement of move to Minneapolis in the coming weeks
*Special thanks to Duluth, The Duluth Playhouse – The Secret Garden
*Song – By Breath by Sara Thomsen
*Faerie Houses and fireflies on the land at Wasafarm
*Be sure to check out the Audubon Center of the North Woods if you are in Sandstone!
*Song – Ode to Ireland by Rebecca Hilton of Twinflame
*Meditation – Poem: Labyrinth by Scott Schumacher
*Many thanks and humble gratitude to the RDNA who selected this poem as a finalist in 2009 for artistic contribution in the Druidry community!
*Parting Music by Kathy McTavish – Cello Dreams
Northern Druid Podcast #2
My November Guest – November in the North Woods
Podcast Notes:
*Intro Song – When Kitty Eyes are Smiling, by Marc Gunn
*Northern Druid is now on iTunes, Miro, and RSS
*Reports back from ICon Science Fiction Convention, Rooted Folks Community Wellness open house, Samhain Labyrinth Activation – available in the Library.
*December 21 will be a Yule Activation.
*Lessons learned about podcasting
*Walks in the woods with Junebug, picking wild crab apples in Lincoln Park along the trail. Magical invocations in Nature.
Upcoming events:
*November 6 – All Souls Day Event – Bohemia Arts – 7pm contact Mary Plaster or Bohemia Arts – 218-722-2919
*November 7 – Shiva Listening in Two Harbors, MN – Noon – 2pm
Contact Cari Wright – thehappycrystalshop@gmail.com
November 8 – Reiki Level II class with Scott Schumacher 10am – 5pm
November 8 – Simple Living Group – 1pm Duluth Unitarian Universalist Congregation
Upcoming Podcast Guests (hopefully!) will include Cari Wright – Peace Across the Planet and Jeanne Troge of Brigid’s House in Park Rapids, MN.
Song – The Parting Glass, by Becky Bishop
Meditation – My November Guest, by Robert Frost
(background music by Kathy McTavish – Cello Dreams)
Northern Druid Podcast Episode 1
Making Wishes under the New Moon
Show notes for Episode 1:
- Intro music – “Lullaby” by _ghost (Creative Commons via CCMixter)
- Song: “The North Woods” – by Robi Meyerson
- Introductions and Goals of NorthernDruid.net Podcast
- Brief History of Reformed Druids of North America – Carleton College, Northfield, MN
- Song: “The Cedar and Pine” – by Robi Meyerson
- Book Reviewed: New Moon Astrology – The Secret of Astrological Timing to Make All Your Dreams Come True – by Jan Spiller
- Forgotten announcements (this is my first podcast, and they somehow leaped from the final edits!):
Samhain Labyrinth Activation – October 31
Rooted Folks Community Wellness Open House – October 29
Bohemia Arts Dia de los Muertos – November 1
Bohemia Arts Day of the Dead Celebration – November 6 - Meditation music by Kathy McTavish, CelloDreams.com

























