Tag Archives: wisdom

Can the Ego Put Itself to Death?

Posted on January 11, 2015 by Deborah

I mix and mingle with some pretty amazing men and women all affiliated with the Dayaalu Healing Center on Bainbridge Island, WA.  At a holiday potluck, I met Kimberly Rafferty who describes herself as a scholar and philosopher of subjects … Continue reading →

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Living in a Wisdom World

Posted on August 20, 2014 by Deborah

Jeff Leinaweaver, PhD, is a renaissance man: professional storyteller, musician, global sustainability consultant, professor, radio talk show host, father, husband, mythologist …and friend. He invited me to help launch the Bainbridge Island Joseph Campbell Foundation Mythological Roundtable Group. ( That … Continue reading →

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What’s Your Thread?

Posted on October 15, 2013 by Deborah

I don’t know where time goes. Do you? A month has passed and I need more time so I have left my part time job at an art gallery.  I have no idea how money will flow, but I know … Continue reading →

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Tidal Wisdom

Posted on June 16, 2013 by Deborah

The last post ended with me telling you that the image, which hangs on my bedroom wall, works me 24/7. I see her from my bed and often recline there during the day to read and often end up gazing … Continue reading →

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Strength of the Elder

Posted on April 5, 2012 by Deborah

Wow, what a week in BIG…Morning pages every day AND contour drawings of ourselves. This touches me deeply. I have to record myself as the elder woman that I am, all those wrinkles shaping my skin over my bones. I … Continue reading →

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There’s a Story Waiting

Posted on October 17, 2011 by Deborah

We return to the teepee for three more posture experiences in the next twenty-four hours. I’ll describe two of them in this post. We encounter our mythic selves more deeply by experiencing the birthing posture. One of my favorites, this particular … Continue reading →

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Full Cup

Posted on July 13, 2011 by Deborah

I know the world is in a perilous state, yet I am happier, more enthused and optimistic, than I have ever been, while being aware of the dark lurking in the light.     A new friend from the gallery … Continue reading →

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Gloryoski

Posted on February 15, 2011 by Deborah

My friend Danny Deardorff, founder of the Mythsinger Foundation wrote to tell me this: “I found this on the web for you ‘Gloriosky’ is what Little Orphan Annie cried whenever she had a sudden surprise or revelation.” Glorioski – I … Continue reading →

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Royal Trickery

Posted on November 11, 2010 by Deborah

    5:30 AM and I wake to titles for posts swirling around my brain. Royal Trickery grabs me by the eyeballs and won’t let my lids close back over them. I wonder about that word, “royal.” It suggests power … Continue reading →

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Turning Around

Posted on September 28, 2010 by Deborah

I know the story I want to examine next as I explore “replenishing the practice of wonder,” but that story will have to wait. Serendipity strikes. A different story needs to be written today. And it’s about wonder, too. Befuddlement … Continue reading →

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