It's truly unbelievable to me that the old wiccan/witch/pagan stereotypes still exists to such an extent in this day and age of Political Correctness. This regards a single female friend of mine and the conversation that we had this weekend. She had gotten on Google and tried to find "where to meet people in Prattville". As you can imagine pages and pages of site came up, everything from people with fibromyagia to the local knitting club. There were four or five pagan related sites. Prattville is a small town in the middle of Alabama.EVERYONE here is a christian and thinks that everyone else is too. Now my friend is not the church lady type, in fact it's been decades since she has set foot in a church, but she still considers herself a christian. She was both shocked and horrified that there were "witches" in our small community and immediately started a long-winded speech blaming the "witches" for everything bad that had happened lately, from the thunder storms (typical for this time of year) to the possibility that "they" were responsible for the abduction and murder of a 12 year old girl five years ago. "You just never know what they could be doing right here under our very noses."

(It goes without saying that my religious beliefs are kept to myself, even and especially around friends and family). I let her have her say, then quietly responded by telling her that I knew quite a bit about the subject and she had been grossly misinformed. I explained the Rule of Three and the Wiccan Rede and some of the basic wiccan beliefs. She was really very quiet after that, I don't know if I have just "outed" myself or if she will think about what I said and perhaps change some of her misconceptions. Either way my life here may be about to get more interesting that I want as she is the host of a local morning talk show. She is a friend and I do care about her, but in all honesty the show couldn't be called an intellegent show. I guess we will see what happens next!