Posture as Body Prayer
Morning on the deck, by the creek. My straight eucalyptus tree inspires my straight spine and lifts my face to the sky. The air is full of birdsong and activity. The silk oak tree shines its amber...
View ArticleWriting Magic on the Body
My calligraphy kindred are preparing to travel and gather at Saint John’s University in Minnesota for the annual summer calligraphy conference next week. For them and all of us writers, I offer this...
View ArticleThe Iranian Mother Goddess
This terracotta figure and many others like her were found in southwest Iran, in the ruins of Susa, the great city of ancient Elam. She is about 4000 years old. Because of our modern ideals of feminine...
View ArticleLa Befana-The Italian Christmas Witch
Leave it to the Italians to keep the old ways around in the form of a broom-riding, gift-bringing witch at Christmastime. In parts of Italy, children know the story of La Befana, a “strega” (that would...
View ArticleTeach Us, and Show Us the Way
Wilma Mankiller 1945-2010 Chief of the Cherokee nation We have lost a great heart, a compassionate leader. Here are her words from the Praises for the World concert several years ago. In her life and...
View ArticleAlma Mater
This could be titled Portrait of the Artist as a Grownup Woman. Yesterday I visited my alma mater, which comes from the Latin and literally means “nourishing mother.” The ancient Romans used the term...
View ArticleInternational Women’s Day: 100 Years of Buiding Bridges
Today is the 100th anniversary of International Women’s Day. How far we’ve come! And how far we have yet to go! The symbol for this day is the Bridge. Women all over the world are gathering on bridges,...
View ArticleMother Mary, Our Lady of Peace
Today is an important day for Catholics, and although I am not Catholic, I do realize that the new Pope is nevertheless a world leader. Having grown up as a Protestant, I never really heard much about...
View ArticleHecate’s Moon
The reward for the early riser, the barest sliver of the waning moon, rising just before the sun in the east. The day after tomorrow it will be invisible as it enters its dark phase and then begins to...
View ArticleHer Story
Herstory. Her story. It’s been a long time since I wrote a post in this category. But this week a woman’s story is a central narrative. The Democratic National Convention gathered to applaud and...
View ArticleGaian Soul Retreat: A Rosary of Women
I have returned from women’s sacred space and been nourished and nurtured. For five days I sat in a circle of women and together we made a beautiful rosary, gathered on a strand of spirit work,...
View ArticleUrsula K. Le Guin, Evermore on the Dark Paths Between the Stars
Ursula K. Le Guin has left us. But only her material form has gone. She has left us treasure. She was large, she contained multitudes. Of worlds, of characters, of feelings, of insights. Of books, of...
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