The myth of Demeter and Persephone, as it is generally retold, goes something like this: Persephone, the maiden daughter of the Earth Goddess Demeter, was joyfully picking flowers with her friends when Hades kidnapped her and took her to his Underworld realm. Demeter wandered the earth in despair seeking her daughter, rendering the land barren… Continue reading Every Woman Is a Storyteller
Author: Carolyn Lee Boyd
Carolyn Lee Boyd has been writing about the sacred in everyday life and the wisdom of being in community for over 40 years. She has published fiction, essays, and poetry about feminism, women’s spirituality, and art in print and online periodicals including Women Artists News, SageWoman, Feminism and Religion, Return to Mago, Matrifocus, The Beltane Papers, We’ Moon, and more. Her work is seasoned by her decades-long human services career in which she got to know the life stories of a diversity of extraordinary “ordinary” women. She would love for you to visit her at her website, www.goddessinateapot.com, where you can read and download some of her previously published work as well as a little music.
To the Hermit’s Cave
I love reading what search terms people use to find my blog. A day or two ago, someone searched on “being a hermit in everyday life.” I had actually been thinking of writing a post on this, but never did because I didn’t think anyone but me would be interested. So, this is for that… Continue reading To the Hermit’s Cave
The Joy of Wandering
When I am lost, I wander. When I feel as if I am at a crossroads and don’t know which way to go, or if I find that the road I have been on has ended with no directions as to where to go next, or when I am empty of creative ideas or simply… Continue reading The Joy of Wandering
The ABCs of Goddess in Everyday Life
I was just sent a fun meme game by Aerolin in which you are supposed to write 26 things about yourself using the alphabet. Well, since I love to change rules, I’m going to write instead about 26 things in which I find Goddess around the house. Here goes! A is for apple, that fruit… Continue reading The ABCs of Goddess in Everyday Life
Shibumi Award Again
May I pass along the Shibumi Award for “subtle and unobtrusive beauty award for blogging elegance” again? I would like to pass it to LillithMother whose words are always truthful and insightful. Here you go, my dear!
The Strength of the Weeping Willow
As I become older, I find myself getting “weaker,” as I have always thought of that word, rather than “stronger,” as I thought I would. I more often get emotionally overwrought, or find that I have to take a break from life for a day or two, or am deeply wounded by something that is… Continue reading The Strength of the Weeping Willow
This Old House, Part Two
As I mentioned in the last post, I often think of the women who lived and worked in my house 150 years ago. Though I know nothing about them, I do sometimes wonder what their lives were like and what they thought about the world they lived in. Occasionally, when I am feeling as if… Continue reading This Old House, Part Two
This Old House, Part One
The house that I live in is more than 150 years old; it was built in about 1850 as housing for workers in the textile mill down the street. Everyday, when I put my clothes into bins under the bed because there are no closets or stuff the groceries into the cupboards that were built… Continue reading This Old House, Part One
Hints from Hera: The Wisdom of Red Peppers
The more time I spend in nature, the more I believe that its essence contains all the wisdom and truth that exists. All we need to do is look for it, listen to it, and align ourselves with it enough to know what is all around us. Most often what I find in nature are… Continue reading Hints from Hera: The Wisdom of Red Peppers
Hints from Hera – Be a Tree, Parts 1 and 2
Some of my recent posts have been a bit heavy, so I thought I would try some lighter ones for awhile. One series I would like to try is “Hints from Hera” (you know, like “Hints from Heloise,” except from one of the traditional goddesses of the hearth) – not of the “baking soda as… Continue reading Hints from Hera – Be a Tree, Parts 1 and 2
