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have you joined my mailing list? ::

As I prepare for a site relaunch (yes, I know I said I wasn't sure if I planned to continue or not...) I am writing a special letter, right now, for my email subscribers.Is this you? If not, and you...

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the cure is | a fantastic new film about healing, love, emotion and belief ::

“Our thoughts, beliefs and unresolved emotions may be one of the most significant factors in determining whether we stay healthy in our lifetime or succumb to disease.”I am a huge, huge fan of Gregg...

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the power of sacred decision ::

My friend Teresa is the inspiration behind our soul-prompt today. She is one of the sparkly creators of The Art Journaler and shared these words this morning, with gracious permission to pass them on....

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gorgeous weekend love ::

Lots of yumminess to share with you! First, have you seen the winter edition of the Bohemian Collective lookbook? Laura and her team worked tirelessly to bring to you an incredible work of art. Click...

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gandhi's secret message of hope ::

Reading this quote was like finding a secret message all for me. It came right on time, at the kind of moment when you begin clawing for your resources in desperation ~ otherwise known as Panic. Things...

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advent: an invitation to magic ::

I have never participated in Advent before.While I love certain things surrounding this time of year, to be honest, Christmas does not have the draw for me that it seems to for other people. I love...

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twelve twelve twelve ::

dropping a sacred memorial into this holy hush.

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write me something lovely | a giveaway ::

My wordis WRITE today.If you've noticed, I don't WRITE much these days.For the record, as a writer, this is not a practice I recommend. Words feel like children cooped up in a tiny house after a week...

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soulsong ::

My#adventwindowsjourney continues today with the provocative word howl. I feel flushed. Startled. Alert. Every sense alive. What is this rippling? What is this bloodwarming? What is thisprimal roar...

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solstice eve ::

All is still and sacred on solstice eve. This moon-soaked night is cold but clear, a polished obsidian stage for earth and stars and sun. I am hushed and expectant. Thrumming. The whole earth of me...

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into the wild ::

artwork by messy canvas.Breathe.That's the word I pulled today. My winter solstice word. “We live in an ocean of air like fish in a body of water. By our breathing we are attuned to our atmosphere. If...

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the secret life of darkness ::

Winter's dark casts long shadows over a reluctant dawn. I am soaked in laconic light. I write these words within days of December's solstice, always grateful for year's end, this quiet space for...

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painted black ::

I've been away. I am spinning. I don't know where to begin. I have so much, so much to say. To write. To flesh out, birth, to push through the dark, to make alive. And I don't know how. I don't know...

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Ode to Trees by Hermann Hesse

“I live out the secret of my seed to the very end, and I care for nothing else. I trust that God is in me. I trust that my labor is holy. Out of this trust I live.” Hermann Hesse Ode to Trees by...

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the darkening moon ::

I'm awaiting a lover. I have to be rent and pulled apart and live according to the demons and the imagination in me. I'm restless. Things are calling me away. My hair is being pulled by the stars...

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the secret life of joy ::

Idrew the last #acceptanceportal from my little bohemian Free People bag this morning and immediately began to cry. Joy unspeakable, it read. Joy unspeakable, like a bright-eyed virgin, like a...

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the howling bones ::

:: Part I ::I love my gypsy soul but she strangles me these days. Look at her flinging things around our gypsy wagon. She punched a window out this morning, cut her hand, got blood on our dress. I...

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exhale ::

This.All exhale.No words today. Just: // home.Watch in HD and full screen mode for optimal viewing. I hope to do more videos in the future and with a steadier hand. :)

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the secret life of death ::

*Gentle whisper: potentially very triggering. This is a tough subject and I can't pretend to have all the answers. These are my respectful thoughts on an uncomfortable topic, one that isn't talked...

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resurfacing (or, when the wild mother sings) ::

into the wild.4.3.2013 I turn the page to April in myMessy Canvas calender. I'm moving slow these days, physical limitations requiring me to infuse every move with thought and intention. I feel forced...

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the secret life of wild, wild love ::

This grove is in process of being restored. So many analogies here, yes? Yosemite National Park.“Alice Walker begins her novel, Possessing the Secret of Joy, with a line from a bumper sticker:When the...

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(i am) home ::

   I'm writing love letters today. Listening to Marissa Nadler(she is yummy!) and lighting up my Love incense. Inhaling deep. Watching light slide off spring leaves outside my window and spread across...

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This is Art: Gypsy Journalism by Mandy Steward

Let me tell you something. I've just spent a heart-racing hour curled up with whatmy friend Mandycalls gypsy journalism: the first issue of her Secret Message Society 'zine. These heartsoaked pages...

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win this bohemian wall hanging! a roots and feathers giveaway ::

I have something for you. Something so gorgeous I kinda wanna keep it for myself. ;-) Here's the thing. I've been up to my eyelashes in HTML for the last several days. I know it's been a little quiet...

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i've moved!!

It's time to unveil. To celebrate this awakened life.I've shed old skin.This space has brought such life through the past few years, but as I've transitioned I've needed a new home, one to expand with...

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