Ostara Blessings!

For he’s bewitched forever who has seen,Not with his eyes but with his vision, SpringFlow down the woods and stipple leaves with sun.— Vita Sackville-WestI hereby call a recess from the books! For the next several days, I urge you to celebrate Ostara, dear friends! For this, too, honors and strengthens your Artist’s Recovery, since … Read more

The Artist’s Way: Fundamental Principles

The Awakening ©Sabin BoikinovWhat we need is more people who specialize in the impossible.— Theodore Roethke As we begin our journey on The Artist’s Way, I want to note that because I am approaching this endeavor from my own spiritual path, one that I believe many of you share with me, I am going to … Read more

Blessings of Brighid!

St. Bridget of the Mantle by MD Spooner (?) Fire in the forge thatshapes and tempers. Fire of the hearth thatnourishes and heals.Fire in the head thatincites and inspires.— The Three-Fold Fire of Brighid, the Ord BrighideachToday is the feast day of St. Brigid who is also Brighid, the beloved Goddess of the Old Religion. … Read more

Sunday Poetry

Gaia ©Halo Sharp New Energy TarotEarth PsalmsPsalm 95by Angela Magara Come and sing, let us sing to the rocks who stand with Life.Let joy resound with a great noise.Life holds sacredness in her generous hand.Be not silent in your love. Sing of earth who holds the caves within.Whose body breathes hills and mountainsAnd throbs with … Read more

Happy Birthday, Inanna!

The birth of the Goddess Inanna has been celebrated annually on this day since ancient times. Inanna is the Sumerian Queen of Heaven and Earth, and a deity who presides over both love and war. Inanna, Lady of Largest Heart Inanna child of the Moon God a soft bud swelling her queen’s robe cloaks the … Read more

Saturday Poetry

Everywoman Her Own Theology— Alicia Ostriker I am nailing them up to the cathedral doorLike Martin Luther. Actually, no,I don’t want to resemble that Schmutzkopf(See Erik Erikson and N.O. BrownOn the Reformer’s anal aberrations,Not to mention his hatred of Jews and peasants),So I am thumbtacking these ninety-fiveTheses to the bulletin board in my kitchen. My … Read more