sunday family
last week's primary program rocked my world. that sliver of "kairos" where all was well. and that mommy pride bursting the chest thing--yep. that was me. trying to be discreet in the pew. it was a...
View Articlechildren in war
i was cleaning out davis' backpack this morning and came across this.he picked it up and said an unkind comment about president obama and showed me how he had colored out their faces.i was sick in an...
View Articlewhich wolf wins?
brilliant artwork here (i have her fairytale food postcard set framed)so, i've been feeding wolves since school started.the "i'm not happy being scheduled wolf" and the "i don't like being busy wolf"...
View Articlewanting and becoming
the sountrack to my life right now?bronwyn singing, "home" from the broadway version of beauty and the beast.she just tried out for the school play and man, i tell you as i played from my easy piano...
View Articlehappy reached day!
i cannot fully convey how beautiful this book is. this book is the reason we read. . .to feel, grow, and essentially lose track of all time until we emerge out of our reading cocoon at the end a...
View Articlerefuge
j. kirk richards some of us woke up and thought about not going to church today.so be gentle with us while we are there. i think church should be a place of refuge.not a place of judgement, criticism,...
View Articleheard in the home
a prayer--by skyler-- over sunday dinner, in which i worried whether or not grandma nut would say 'amen' dear heavenly father. please bless grandpa chad [who had shoulder surgery weeks ago and been...
View Articlemaking mud birds
there is a scene in reached that won't let me go. it's a gathering of people who are creating, something not done before in the society. a woman tells cassia, the main character, that it's all...
View Articlepin drops
illustrations from this beautiful etsy shop. i finished it.my mud bird.it's muddy, but it has an end.and now i'll probably work on revising and refining it for another year or so. but i said i'd do it...
View Articlelooking forward 2013
i started making a vision board yesterday for 2013. and the word i had chosen started to be replaced by another as i cut out clippings. that exact thing happened last year. so, i'm waiting a bit...
View Article2012
(photo by rachel coleman) 2012 you were a good year.thank you.i was reading a book yesterday and i read a line that said something very similar to this: and in her book of life, she felt a page turn....
View Articlemerry christmas: 2012
i didn't address a single card this year.i picked out the clothes. i chose a location.my cute sister took the picture.i designed the card.i printed them out.tim picked them up. and they sat on my...
View Articlewinter solstice celebration
winter solstice 12.21.12. a celebration of coming light. filled with: friendship. womanhood. positive intention. raw pomegranate cheesecakes. warm vegetable soup and bread. fox furs. coyote...
View Articleglycerin tincture instructions
elderberry glycerin tincture in the front, healing tincture for salve in the back.making a "bowl" with the muslin to separate the herbs from the infused liquid.order amazing quality herbs at...
View Articlesalve instructions
thanks to rachel coleman for several of the pics on these instruction posts. thanks to chrissy for making tinctures with me while visiting for the holidays.Herbal Salve Instructions:by Amy Jones, used...
View Articleheal
a favorite 2012 memory. dinner with my family at sundance for my sister's birthday. perfect night.ah. those three littles. i can still smell the detergent on those towels as i took them from our...
View Articlewhole living: samskaras (giveaway)
what are you ready to create for 2013? what house can your words create. what can you build with your thoughts. and perhaps just as important, what can you release, tear down, and let go? "Creation...
View Articlewhole living: meditation (giveaway)
source the word i burned at our winter solstice, the thing i wanted to release from 2012?, anger. 2012 was a good year. this wasn't a word to represent the year, but a word to represent the thing i...
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