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Tag Archives: women
Published in We’ Moon
I am proud to announce that a couple of my poems will be featured in We’ Moon next year. We’ Moon is a women’s almanac published every year since 1987 by Mother Tongue Ink in Oregon. It’s been my constant … Continue reading
NaPoWriMo # 27 Hay(na)ku Meets Philosophy
I have a theory about shopping; it mimics the act of creation, which is to make something from nothing. Creativity, is what makes us godlike. It is an act of divinity, a reflection of The Prime Creative Force. The act … Continue reading
Posted in Daily Prompt, Herstory, Love, NaPoWriMo, Poetry, Women
Tagged creativity, friendship, girlfriend, Hay(na)ku, NaPoWriMo, National Poetry Month, poetry, shopping, women
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NaPoWriMo # 23 Cartomancy
I pulled the High priestess from my Ryder Waite tarot deck. It’s the deck I learned to tell the cards with and its still my favorite because it incorporates so many plain, simple and universal symbols. However, I have a … Continue reading
Posted in Archetypes, Daily Prompt, Herstory, Myth, NaPoWriMo, Politics, Ritual, Witness, Women
Tagged dogs, goddess, Hecate, High Priestess, Isis, NaPoWriMo, National Poetry Month, Persephone, poetry, priestess, ritual, Ryder Waite tarot deck, witness, women
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NaPoWriMo # 19 Landays
I hope you all read the article on landays. I’m fascinated on many levels but mostly by how ancient the form is. I am so consistently amazed by how forms, symbols, ideas, customs persist through millennia. In spite of myriad … Continue reading
NaPoWriMo 18
Barren It began with a feeling of restlessness a prickling under the skin a whiff of ozone a startlement of birds … she threw the bones, spread her cards, consulted the stars, but all she got was chaos no hint … Continue reading
Posted in Daily Prompt, NaPoWriMo, Poetry, Women
Tagged NaPoWriMo, National Poetry Month, poetry, restlessness, women
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Precious Solitude
Solitude is one of the gifts women deny themselves – sometimes for an entire lifetime. Yet it is one of our most precious and necessary birthrights. One, like so many others, that has been stolen by the predominant culture in … Continue reading
Posted in Herstory, Misogyny, solitude, Women
Tagged creativity, Maiden, menstruation, reclamation, solitude, spiritual, Triple Goddess, women
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“Tammy” – No Rotten Tomatoes Here!
I love Melissa McCarthy. She rescued Brides from banality, made me laugh out loud in Identity Theft and cheer (again aloud) in Heat. I think she’s the best comedian to come down the pike in a long time. Her comedic … Continue reading
Posted in Archetypes, Consciousness, Film Review, Heroine/Hero's Journey, Myth
Tagged Ben Falcone, community, compassion, heroine's journey, humor, Melissa McCarthy, relationship, Tammy, women
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Crazy Wisdom
I was an odd awkward child, an army brat dropped into new schools as regularly as other kids get new shoes or longer jeans. To defend myself, I made a virtue out of abnormality. I shaped my difference into a … Continue reading
Posted in Community, Consciousness, Film, Heroine/Hero's Journey, Herstory, Politics, Women
Tagged abnormal, childhood, community, Crazywise, Dr. Gabor Mate, feminine divine, herstory, Mobius strip, normal, psyche, the personal is political, wisdom, women, Women's Movement, Womens circles
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In Memoriam… Angeles Arrien 1940 ~ 2014
Many years ago, I was fortunate enough to sit in circle with Angeles Arrien and listen to her teach The Four-Fold Way. Her brilliance lay in being able to condense and explicate the perennial wisdom of the world’s indigenous cultures. … Continue reading
Posted in Community, Gratitude, Herstory, Meaning, Mentors, Women
Tagged ancestors, Angeles Arrien, Four Fold Way, spirit, wisdom, women
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