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autumn

squirrel in the tree
Posted in Collective, Seasonal Lore

Reflecting on 2020 in the Season of Nourishing Darkness

When I woke this morning and opened my blinds, I was surprised by bare branches. Overnight, a windstorm stripped almost all the golden-russet leaves off…

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Hermit / Usnea from the Herbcrafter's Tarot
Posted in Collective

Life on the Corona-coaster

I’m thinking of my readers today, here on the edge of autumn and winter in the northern hemisphere. I’m wondering what you’re feeling in the…

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Apples
Posted in Personal Journey

Maine + Autumn + Grace

My heart is full with granddaughter love. We had a most wonderful time, picking apples and making apple crisp; taking Shelby the new puppy for…

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Morning moon
Posted in Earth Wisdom

The Moon and Me, in Three Parts

This moon — the Full Harvest Blood Lunar Eclipse Super Moon — came in three parts. Not Maiden, Mother, Crone. Not Waxing, Full, and Waning.…

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autumn leaf
Posted in Seasonal Lore

Blessed Autumn Equinox! Welcome Harvest-tide!

I have news for you. The way to one beach was blocked by a fallen tree today, but the narrow winding path to another was…

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bike & blackberries
Posted in Seasonal Lore

Shifting, Changing, Summer Turning to Fall

Have you noticed a shift in the wind?  I sure have. Yesterday after I came back from riding my bike by the bay, I sat…

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ancestor angel
Posted in Seasonal Lore

The Parting of the Veil on All Soul’s Night

(Joanna’s note: I originally wrote this piece in 1991, and it was first published in The Beltane Papers in October 1992. The “Helen” in this…

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Autumn altar with candles
Posted in Retreat

Retreating at Autumn Equinox

The third Gaian Soul Retreat has come and gone, and once again I am blessed beyond measure by this work I am called to do,…

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Posted in Seasonal Lore

Make an Altar for the Ancestors

An altar is a place of serenity and peace within your household, where you make an arrangement of objects that embody what is sacred to…

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Posted in Retreat

Report from Aldermarsh: A Nourishing, Magical Gaian Soul Retreat

I hosted my first Gaian Soul Retreat last week, and I have to say that it was one of the most remarkable experiences of my…

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It’s a beautiful day in the neighborhood ... #fe It’s a beautiful day in the neighborhood ... #februarysnow #pnw #bellingham #rootedcourse
Awaiting the big storm, keeping warm inside with i Awaiting the big storm, keeping warm inside with icy breezes outside... yesterday was a good day for making cottonwood bud oil from windfalls I’d gathered a few days earlier. The fragrance to me is all about this edge, this turning of the Wheel from the crone of winter to the maiden of spring. Hope, the Star card. The quickening of the year. #cottonwoodoil #cottonwood #herbcrafterstarot #rootedcourse
Looking forward to this event! Repost from @ahayd Looking forward to this event!  Repost from @ahayden52 - Please join me at this author event hosted by Seattle Town Hall and Third Place Books on February 11 at 7:30 pm PST. June BlueSpruce and Anne Hayden will be reading from and sharing about their essays recently published in Whiteness is Not an Ancestor, edited by Lisa Iversen. We are honored to have Dr. Bonnie Duran as the moderator. Link to register for event in  @ahayden52 bio.
May you accept the offering of my Sacred Fire. May May you accept the offering of my Sacred Fire.
May your heart and hands burn with creative passion.
May you give birth to poetry, music, dance, and art.
May your head burn with oracular fire, marking you as seer or bard. 
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May your hands be healing hands, glowing with inner light.
May you allow yourself to be transformed in the flames of my forge.
May you smolder with sacred rage and stand against tyranny.
May you drink a long swallow of clear water from a sacred well.
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May you notice the unopened bud encased in ice, the purple crocus peeking up through the snow.
May you gaze with gratitude at the sight of swans feasting in late winter fields.
May you tie a prayer cloth to a holy thorn on Bride’s Eve.
May you rejoice in longer days, knowing that the fire of the sun emerges from its winter slumber.
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I am Brigid, Radiant Flame of Gold, Summoner of Spring.
And I am kindling a flame in your heart. 
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— Joanna Powell Colbert  #imbolc #candlemas #brigid
Friend Witch Hazel greets us here on the border of Friend Witch Hazel greets us here on the border of Winter-Turning-to-Spring. Full Moon coming, followed by the portal of Imbolc / Candlemas / Brigid’s Day. Dancing on the threshold between what was and what can be.  #rootedcourse #imbolc #naturejournal #witchhazel #herbcrafterstarot
Repost from @eastonbranam - We have less than 60 d Repost from @eastonbranam - We have less than 60 days to act in solidarity with the Western Apache tribes fighting to stop this. Please google Apache Stronghold @protectoakflat and Oak Flats. San Carlos Apache tribe member Wendsler Nosie has been leading the resistance and has a list of actions to take on the apachestronghold website. If you don’t have money he asks for you to contribute whatever praying means to you.
#saveoakflat #apachestronghold #methowvalley #rockclimbing #rockclimber #rockclimbinglife
It’s going to be a good day! It’s going to be a good day!
I almost missed this because my attention was on m I almost missed this because my attention was on my screen. ::
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Welcome, new morning. Welcome, Inauguration Eve. May America live up to the promise of what she can be.
I’m looking forward to presenting a live Zoom co I’m looking forward to presenting a live Zoom collage workshop on February 25th in “Creativity for Priestessing” alongside the luminous @kialagives and wonderful @denisedaffaraart ::
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It’s part of “Tender Heart Priestess Workshops” hosted by  @dr.vanessasage and @stacyannmaskell . My workshop is on Making a Regeneration Collage & Nature Assemblage … oh yeah! ::
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There are more workshops in the series .. please check them all out and join us if you can. Link in profile.

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