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Monday, December 22nd, 2008I promised to share with you a excerpt from a presentation, The Colours of the Goddess, that I recently gave at a symposium in Williamsburg, Virginia. The longer presentation was originally prepared for a Women’s Conference in Cuzco, Peru several years ago. (For another excerpt from my “goddess” presentation, see the Love Notes page in [...]
An Update
Monday, December 15th, 2008I recently attended a Costume Society of America symposium in Williamsburg, Virginia where I gave a paper and PowerPoint presentation: “The Colours of the Goddess Bride, or What Becomes a Legend Most?”.
In honor of “finding the goddess in us all,” I’ll share parts of the talk with you in a future post coming soon [...]
Flexibility (Part Two): You CAN Have Your Cake and Eat It Too!
Sunday, November 30th, 2008“The mountains teach you to be flexible,” my friend Debra said to me when visiting recently. She came to install the closet she designed for my little (almost complete) cabin home perched on a steep mountainside. Her wise reminder was in response to my stories about the challenges created in the building process of said [...]
Being Flexible: Children at Weddings
Sunday, November 9th, 2008Little boys seemed to be everywhere at my nephew Matthew and Lindsay’s outdoor October wedding. Her two nephews — Eamon, six, and Brendan, four — and Matthew’s one and a half year-old nephew, Harrison, especially enjoyed the lawn’s open space to run and play.
Toddler Harrison needed a bit more “looking after,” although I understand that [...]
Family Wedding Trip
Wednesday, October 22nd, 2008I recently attended my nephew Matthew’s wedding in Angier, North Carolina, near Raleigh. The ceremony was outside on the farm of the bride’s parents…right before sunset, under an arbor built by Lindsay’s father. Chairs were set up in the backyard for a full view of Mother Nature at her best.
In the perfect early October [...]
A New Dress Goes a Long Way
Sunday, September 21st, 2008On an early morning walk recently, with the first glimpse of goldenrod in bloom and the smell of autumn in the wind, I was transported to the childhood ritual of “going back to school” — even accompanied by a knot in my stomach. The twinge came from recalling a sense of regret that the seemingly [...]
Passionate Musings
Wednesday, September 10th, 2008Musing on what I’m “passionate” about has been swirling in my life lately: researching and writing books (and getting them published!), creating products that bring an abundance of spirit to all, readying to move in to my little “green” cabin on my magical “bed of crystals” mountainside, being in the glory of these beautiful western [...]
WITHOUT LIMITS
Tuesday, August 26th, 2008[Inspired by the recent Olympics in China, I was reading some "memoirs" from my life changing spiritual journey there several years ago. My trip to China in the autumn of 2000 with a group of Qi Gong buddies and teachers was a "break-open" experience for me: I left my perceived 'limitations' as a writer at [...]
By the Numbers: “Counting” Gratitude
Friday, August 8th, 2008 If the only prayer you said in your whole life was, “thank you,” that would suffice.
-Meister Eckhart, 14th century
Numbers play a big part in planning a wedding: the size of the guest list, how many attendants to have, the price of the reception, the size of your wedding’s carbon imprint. Whether it’s [...]
Coming Into Your Artistic Expression
Monday, July 14th, 2008The defining function of the artist is to cherish consciousness.
-Max Eastman
If you talk to an artist about their inspiration, new worlds open up! As I continue exploring where our inspirations come from and what it takes to shift our limited belief of what we can accomplish and who we can “be,” I find artist Genie [...]