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Seeing PLAID
I’m energized by my online art class called BIG with Connie Hozvicka. But this afternoon I thought I might tear out my hair as I tried to complete one of her assignments. If I’d known how hard it is to … Continue reading
Posted in truth, wonder
Tagged determination, painting, plaid, weaving, web of life, wonder
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Cultivating Mystery
The Clan of the Dreaming Bear met on Monday night. Huh? Simple enough to explain really. We’re a group of humans who gather every other week to open the door to expanded consciousness via Ecstatic Wisdom Postures. The name Clan … Continue reading
Posted in mystery
Tagged awe, befriending fear, breath, fear, fear of fear, living, mystery, suffocating, unknowns, wonder
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Gossamer Threads
My friend flies in from Boise to assist at the ceremony, Re-Storying our Modern Lives – a Ceremony to Renew a Living Myth for Eairth. She’s suffered a lot recently, so we walk a nearby beach to ground ourselves in … Continue reading
Posted in mystery, truth
Tagged awe, bones, mini-dragons, mystery, tensile strength, treasure, wonder
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Accidental Grace
Gloryoski! Now that might not be a word, but the sound, the syllables, the shape of the letters express my dismay – a month has flown by since I last wrote. Gloryoski! That word bellows with my shock and amazement. … Continue reading
Stragglers
Lightening and thunder startle me and the dogs this morning just as a grey dawn breaks the day open. It’s almost winter, and the rain is torrential, the temps are in the 50’s…by 9 a.m. or so, the sky is … Continue reading
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Tagged cycles of life, determination, flood, surprise, weather, wonder
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Of Bear and Salmon
Where do the days go? Really, where??? Are they scrolled up at the edge of the world waiting for history to assess them? Have they dropped into the molten cauldron at the center of the earth or flung themselves past … Continue reading
Tree Talk
The words below belong to my friend, Jaems, a Druid priest in CA. He replied to my recent post: Words or No Words. Eloquent, his story, with words of course, which is partly why this is all so funny to … Continue reading
Words or No Words
Time for that story I’ve been promising in pursuit of replenishing the practice of wonder. We crawl back into the sweat lodge for the third round. Dripping with my own sweat and feeling a bit melty/crusty with a coating of … Continue reading
Wonder
Every other sentence rivets me. Every other sentence, and this is only a slight exaggeration, pleads with my pencil/pen to underline it. Abram’s elegant descriptions and brilliant syntheses could inspire my responses for days, maybe weeks. What is it about … Continue reading
Hot Air
“Opposites” delight me. Success and failure, living and dying, scared and sacred. Not contradictions, not dualities but simply the one experience of being aware in my animal body. The ebb and flow of breath and tides, seasons and cycles, thirst … Continue reading
Posted in wonder
Tagged death, exhilaration, gusto, life, living, magic, risk, wonder
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