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/|\ John the Verbose (he) & Oakdale Grove (they) of the Reformed Druids of North America. Practicing modern #Druidry in Twin Cities, Minnesota. Membership open. We have a free training program. #druidsky My photos are real, not AI. www.oakdalegrove.org
"C.O.R.D. Biquarterly" #Druidry newsletter is live for Lughnasadh! #druidsky /|\
Highlights:
• News of the Groves
• Seasonal poetry & pix
• Finding the Quiet in the Land
• A ritual for egalitarians
oakdalegrove.org/news.html
Note: this link gets updated w/ most "current" issue 9x/year
"C.O.R.D. Biquarterly" #druidry newsletter requests your contribs to the Lughnasadh issue!
We seek poetry, Grove updates, pics, divinations, etc) that you have rights/permission to share, "PG-13" or tamer.
Please use the submission forms at oakdalegrove.org/files/cord/c... by July 31 /|\ #druidsky
A framed photograph of the Hill of Three Oaks in March. The frame is rustic reclaimed wood, and a gray framing mat with an oval opening compliments the spatial composition of the canopy of the trees and the shape of the hill.
The Hill of Three Oaks was the popular crowdsourced selection for this frame. Across multiple social media platforms, it was a very close competition overall (though none of the 25 votes came through BlueSky). The Hill of Three Oaks is a sacred #druid pilgrimage site in the RDNA /|\ #DruidSky
22.07.2025 20:50 — 👍 7 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
“Sunset” photographed at the Milford Mine Memorial Park in Crosby, Minnesota
“Devils Kettle” photographed at C. R. Magney State Park near Grand Marais, Minnesota. A waterfall splits over a rhyolite cliff, and one half disappears into a hole and gradually filters back into the river.
“Stone Circle” in the Carleton College Arboretum, built by the Reformed Druids of North America in 1999
[2 of 2] These six photos are from the 2023 Minnesota Nature calendar I photographed and produced, so the oval mat is cropping out the nail hole and the spiral binding punch-outs
14.07.2025 05:29 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
“Frost” on the trees at Springbrook Nature Center in Fridley, Minnesota.
“Hill of Three Oaks” in the Carleton College Arboretum, named by the Reformed Druids of North America in 1964 and became their new sacred site. A stone altar caps the hill and bears the Druid Sigil.
“Pine” photographed in Jay Cooke State Park in Thompson, Minnesota.
[1 of 2] Cross-posting from Insta. I need everyone’s votes to help me select which of my photographs fits best with this reclaimed wood picture frame…
14.07.2025 05:29 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
C.O.R.D. Biquarterly #Druidry newsletter is live for #Midsummer! #Druidsky
/|\ Highlights:
• 5 new Third Order #Druids!
• Big turnout @ Midsummer ritual
oakdalegrove.org/news.html
Note: link updates w/ "current" issues 9x/year, so when this post is 2 months old+, it opens to a more recent issue.
Thank you to everyone who attended the Reformed #Druids of North America #midsummer #solstice ritual today! It was quite the turnout despite the 93°F (34°C) heat. And congratulations to the half dozen new initiates! /|\ #druidsky #litha
21.06.2025 21:14 — 👍 12 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
A first edition copy of Oakdale Grove's "Black Book of Liturgy" next to a third edition copy. The first edition bears a small plain Druid Sigil centered on the front cover. The Sigil and the text are lime green on a black background. The Third Edition shows half the sigil very large centered on the book's spine so that the full sigil is seen by others while the book is held open by the reader.
Yesterday Oakdale Grove members /|\ met to compare diffs between eds of our "Black Book of Liturgy" & our source doc. Also had surprise discrepancies between diff print copies of 3rd ed. Found out why: source doc was updated more times than it was exported as PDF for the publisher! Oops... #druidsky
09.06.2025 02:16 — 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0The Reformed #Druids of North America (RDNA) celebrates the #Midsummer #Solstice this year in the Carleton College Arboretum on Saturday June 21, 2025. All are welcome to this free in-person event! Initiations will be available! #druidsky /|\
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I am pleased to announce that I have been appointed Vice Archdruid of Ár nDraíocht Féin: A Druid Fellowship on an interim basis to serve out the remainder of Rev. Jan Avende’s term, as they have been elected as our first trans Archdruid. Exciting times await!
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#pagansky #druidsky #adfdruidry
The spider at the tip of the light switch was either a sadist, a masochist, or both.
26.05.2025 05:43 — 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0A new Reformed Druid protogrove has been registered in Vancouver, BC – Clan of the Spouting Orca Protogrove!
#druidry #druidsky /|\
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File footage of Maka Yusota “erupting”
24.05.2025 20:37 — 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
We had 8 attendees for Oakdale Grove’s /|\ pilgrimage to Maka Yusota, but the pressurized springs didn’t “boil” the entire hour we stood in a semicircle around the pond. Was still pretty though. #druidry #druidsky
24.05.2025 20:34 — 👍 10 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
A muddy pressurized cold spring on a pond gives the appearance of boiling water
The #Druids of Oakdale Grove /|\ are going on a pilgrimage to Maka Yusota (boiling springs) tomorrow at 1 PM; it would be great to meet others there! #druidsky
12788 Independence Ave,
Savage, Minnesota
Let the record show: I have forgotten how old I am for the second time since I was 33. I mean, once you get past common landmark years, there’s no reason to keep track for a few more years. I had to use Google to do the maths just now. Turns out I am one year younger than I thought (which is nice)
13.05.2025 03:38 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Making cedar bundles with two of my #druid Grove members today. My landlord cut down a cedar two days ago that was too close to the gas line, so we’re giving it one last ceremonial purpose /|\ #druidsky
11.05.2025 21:36 — 👍 16 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
The latest issue of C.OR.D. Biquarterly #Druidry newsletter is now live for Beltane! /|\
Highlights in this issue:
• Happy RDNA New Year! (Year of the Reform 63)
• New protogrove in Vancouver!
• Book reviews
oakdalegrove.org/news.html
Note: this link gets updated with "current" issues 9x/year
Photo of the book “The 21 Lessons of Merlyn” by Douglas Monroe, with a big red X added to the photo in condemnation
Found this trash at a local used book store and took it out of circulation (for $8) so that nobody else can fall victim to it.
For those who haven’t read it, there are dozens if things wrong with this book: sources that don’t exist, false claims that #Druids originated in Atlantis, etc. /|\
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Caught an eastern bumblebee inside the house today. Scooped it off the window ledge with a bell jar and let it go outside. It spiraled up into the sky and is off to live its best life.
01.05.2025 22:13 — 👍 3 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Saw a “goth mouse” (porcupine) at Kathio Mille Lacs State Park today. Also saw an eagle, woodchuck, black martins, woodpeckers, and of course squirrels. The goth mouse was the only one to pose close up for us. They’re so nonchalant, at a respectable distance.
20.04.2025 22:59 — 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0Overheard at an event at Eastman Nature Center: “ok come on kids, we’re gonna go light things on fire, I guess.” 😆
19.04.2025 20:42 — 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0Hello, do you know how I could get added to the Druidsky feed?
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John the Verbose in #Druid #regalia with a walking stick at Oakdale Grove's 2022 "Recharge Retreat" at Willow River State Park group camp.
You're invited: /|\ Oakdale Grove's casual hangout & "staff meeting" Sat April 12, 2025, 1-3 PM: Roseville Central Park (2540 Lexington Ave N), fire pit near Jaycees picnic shelter
— feel free to bring an unfinished staff to whittle & short woodworking knife (blade less than 4 inches) #Druidsky
"C.OR.D. Biquarterly" #Druidry newsletter is live for #Mwfydnfud! /|\ #Druidsky
Highlights in this issue:
• Whimsical poetry
• New branch of Reformed Druidism: CDNA
• Fun videos including an OBOD documentary from 1977
• A ritual for Cythraul
• Skewering a bad tarot deck
oakdalegrove.org/news.html
Oakdale Grove celebrated the Vernal Equinox this afternoon with six #druids standing in the warming sunlight /|\ #druidsky
22.03.2025 21:27 — 👍 21 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
/|\ latest "C.OR.D. Biquarterly" #Druidry newsletter is now live for the Vernal #Equinox!
Highlights in this issue:
-New Third Order Druid ordained!
-Order of Bradán Feasa (OBF) Unit 3 launched!
-Submit whimsical or satirical content now for the April Fool's Day edition!
oakdalegrove.org/news.html
Johnny Walker black label scotch happens to be on sale. $29.99 vs $33.99
Reformed #Druids typically use sacramental scotch or Irish whiskey in rituals. /|\ You may want to stock up before the tariff on alcohol imports takes effect!
16.03.2025 20:48 — 👍 9 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
From the moon-viewing garden. Held an impromptu #druid ceremony during totality /|\ ...Tonight was literally #druidsky! #lunar #eclipse
14.03.2025 07:40 — 👍 16 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
If anyone wants to send in contributions to the "C.O.R.D. Biquarterly" #druidry newsletter for the Vernal Equinox issue, we're accepting self-made multimedia that you have the rights or permission to share! /|\
Kind reminder you need to use the submission forms at oakdalegrove.org/files/cord/c...
