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
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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
Shibumi Award
I am so deeply grateful to Foxchild and her blog The Unveiling of a Pagan Spirit for granting me the Shibumi “‘subtle and unobtrusive beauty’ Award for Blogging elegance.” I am very, very appreciative of both the award and your kind words, Foxchild! I would like, in turn, to pass the award along to Cate, whose… Continue reading Shibumi Award
The Dance of Voice and Silence
Hundreds of years from now, when people look back on this time, I think that one of the most important steps forward we will have made is an understanding and honoring of both speech and quiet, voice and silence. Being quiet, now, is considered to be a sign of weakness, of not having anything worth… Continue reading The Dance of Voice and Silence
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
When Death Comes
Over the past couple of weeks death has come so often into my home it seems as if as if it lives here. Among the deaths I have experienced have been that of a friend; a husband, an aunt, and an uncle of people I care deeply about; a grandchild and friends of people I… Continue reading When Death Comes
Eating Your Way to the Sacred Feminine
My lifelong relationship with food could be called dysfunctional at best; we just never seem to understand and support one another; we bicker a lot. I am probably the most typical of typical 21st century American eaters, yet I have the same body image whether I weigh 125 or 150 pounds, and it isn’t good;… Continue reading Eating Your Way to the Sacred Feminine
Goddess in a Teapot 