Gratitude and Prayers for Mary Oliver

The Humpbacks by Mary Oliver There is, all around us, this country of original fire. You know what I mean. The sky, after all, stops at nothing, so something has to be holding our bodies in its rich and timeless stables or else we would fly away. Off Stellwagen off the Cape, the humpbacks rise. … Read more

Save Our Internet. Really.

Maybe you’ve already heard about this.. Maybe you don’t think it’s that important, or people are exaggerating. But it is true.  The access to the Internet that we love and take for granted is threatened in ways absolutely unprecedented.  Your urgent action is needed. PROTECT-IP is yet another bill whose name makes it sound like … Read more

International Human Rights Day

Silence never won rights. They are not handed down from above; they are forced by pressures from below. ~ Roger Nash Baldwin Today we celebrate International Human Rights Day, marking the 63rd anniversary of the signing of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. This is a time to be truly inspired on behalf of people … Read more

Satyagraha

A thousand thanks to blog friend Susannah Azzaro for sending me this video. She has shared it on her beautiful blog today, also. In view of the shameful, violent crack-downs on peaceful citizens exercising their First Amendment rights, and which are going largely unreported, at this pivotal moment of transformation, I offer this.  It is … Read more

The New Moon, Eclipse and Mercury Retrograde, Oh My!

While I am offline for the next few days enjoying the holiday, I offer this post from astrologer Eric Francis.  We are having a triple whammy of a New Moon, Mercury Retrograde, and an eclipse.  By the way, this coming Sunday will be the 1st Sunday of our annual Solstice Sun Wheel ritual and prayer/spell. … Read more

Spell for Tonight’s New Moon and Solar Eclipse

Happy Thanksgiving everyone!  Let’s cook up something delicious together, shall we? Like, say, another spell from Pomegranate? This harnesses the power of tonight’s Solar Eclipse, reaching closest totality Nov. 25 06:20 GMT or 1:20 a.m., Eastern; Nov. 24, 10:20 p.m., Pacific.  Tomorrow, I will have more details about the current astrology, so please check back here … Read more

Empowering the Shift

Today’s inspirational offering is in support of the Occupiers, the regime-changers in Wisconsin, in Egypt, in Syria, Greece, and all heart-centered, ordinary people who find themselves standing up for peace, justice and freedom. The real global uprising will not be televised. It will be telepathic. What we see in our world is a mirror of … Read more