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
Category: In the Past
The Witch in the Curio Cabinet
In a curio cabinet of a historical society in a small New England town is the story of the town’s witch. She was a woman who lived in the mid-1700s and was called a witch but was, most likely, not someone who healed with herbs or practiced a non-Christian spirituality. She did wear a long… Continue reading The Witch in the Curio Cabinet
My Mother Flies to Heaven
Here’s another story of how women in my family found the Sacred within themselves. When my mother was in her 40s she took up flying and eventually earned a private pilot’s license. Though she went to church, flying alone was her spiritual practice. It was how she connected to her inner being and the Mother… Continue reading My Mother Flies to Heaven
Goddess in my grandmother’s beauty salon
I truly believe that the Sacred Feminine has been with us for as long as women have come together, even during times when no one spoke of Her or called Her by Her true name. Here is a story from my past that I think express how She has always been present. In a beauty parlor… Continue reading Goddess in my grandmother’s beauty salon
Goddess in a Teapot 