Tag Archives: wonder

What Makes Us Human?

Posted on March 15, 2015 by Deborah

Prairie dog lives threatened by building another mall. Wolf lives threatened by removing them from the endangered list. Spotted owl lives threatened by yet another clear cut. Salmon lives threatened by yet another dam. Whale lives threatened by yet another … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged awe, creativity, dance, destruction, greed, miracle, polluted air, polluted water, sing. money, toxic food, wonder | 2 Comments

Wonders of Water

Posted on April 1, 2014 by Deborah

March 22nd was a global call to bless our waters. I didn’t have time that day to offer the proper prayer called for but luckily prayer comes in many forms. As I rode the ferry that morning back to the … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged awe, creating as prayer, intuition, intuitive painting, muse, painting, prayer, soul, spirit, truth, water, wonder | 2 Comments

Seeing PLAID

Posted on March 13, 2012 by Deborah

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 | 6 Comments

Cultivating Mystery

Posted on January 12, 2012 by Deborah

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 | 4 Comments

Gossamer Threads

Posted on September 7, 2011 by Deborah

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 | 4 Comments

Accidental Grace

Posted on February 9, 2011 by Deborah

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 →

Posted in mystery, wonder | Tagged accidents, balance, fragility, gratitude, humility, mistakes, wonder | 6 Comments

Stragglers

Posted on December 9, 2010 by Deborah

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 →

Posted in mystery, wonder | Tagged cycles of life, determination, flood, surprise, weather, wonder | 2 Comments

Of Bear and Salmon

Posted on October 20, 2010 by Deborah

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 →

Posted in mystery | Tagged interdependency, web, wonder | 1 Comment

Tree Talk

Posted on October 7, 2010 by Deborah

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 →

Posted in gaialogue | Tagged ecstasy, polyphony, reality, truth, wonder | 3 Comments

Words or No Words

Posted on October 4, 2010 by Deborah

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 →