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spring

first bike ride of the season
Posted in Seasonal Lore

Welcome Spring

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Early Spring Writing Retreat

I spent the first week of March at my beloved Aldermarsh, as a retreat participant instead of a retreat host. I joined 11 other alumni…

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Posted in Sacred Art, Seasonal Lore

Art, Storms, & Sun

Yesterday, it was spring. Today, it is the season of storms. I stood here and watched an eagle head into the wind, then glide on…

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The Coming of Brigid

The past two weeks have been marked by storms, ceremony, and lots of art-making. I finished two cards and started two more for the new…

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Signs of a Maine Spring

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Frog Eggs, Nettles, & Moonlight on the Water

I know that my friends and family across North America are still coping with snow — too much snow!— but here in the Pacific Northwest, we’ve had one…

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To the sea
Posted in Seasonal Lore

Sacred Play with the Maidens of Spring

Last Saturday, I hosted my second one-day retreat here in Bellingham. The theme for the day was “Sacred Play” — perfect for Spring and honoring…

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Waterhouse 1909
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Reclaim Your Virginity (Sovereignty) with the Maidens of Spring

“There may be a concentration of spring energies in the maiden, but she can feel as well the forces of fullness and decline. Women in…

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Mountain, Moon, Heron
Posted in Earth Wisdom, Retreat

Spring Retreat: Frogsong, Raindrops, & Mama Ocean

I am one grateful woman, to be able to live this extraordinary life. This past weekend, I gathered women once again for a Gaian Soul…

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Today, Here, Now ~ We Walk in Beauty.

Grief seems to be surrounding me like waves on a turbulent sea. Everywhere I turn, I hear another story of loss. Someone’s mother has died,…

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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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