When I first thought of building/creating my own garden, I felt daunted by the idea. After all, my most successful gardening experience to date was my little plot in my parents’ huge, back-to-the-land garden about 30 years ago.

Perhaps it was the memory of

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Written Memorial Day, 2009

My mother grew up 
with photos 
of

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August 27 – 28, 2011 in the Greater Ukiah Valley, Mendocino County, CA. An amazing weekend of fascination and fun in beautiful Mendocino County, CA! It’s a straight shot up from the Bay Area

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Continue reading The Roots of Mother’s Day: Protest and Pacifism

Here is the first stanza of a piece of writing called The Mothers’ Day Proclamation written by Julia Ward Howe, a feminist and abolitionist, in 1870.

Arise, then, women of this day! Arise, all women who have hearts, Whether our baptism be of water

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August 27 – 28, 2011 in the Greater Ukiah Valley, Mendocino County, CA. An amazing weekend of fascination and fun in beautiful Mendocino County, CA! It’s a straight shot up from the Bay Area on the scenic 101.

Join world-renowned Neuro-Linguistic Programming (NLP) trainer, author, and Meta-Magick creator Philip H. Farber for

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And still the collective silence is deafening. Too many

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But the card carries a little bark

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a telecourse with Lasara Firefox Allen, MPNLP – Begins May 3, 2011. Register NOW!

Sometimes you strive too little. Sometimes you strive too much. Sometimes you strive so hard you don’t know any more that you are striving.

What do you do when this is the case?

Sometimes your ideas of who you should be get in the

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Have you thought about getting a coaching session – or sessions – with me? Well, there’s no time like the present – for so many reasons!

It’s spring and…

* maybe you want to get your fitness and dietary choices on

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I am not, nor have I ever been, your typical Christian. Most wouldn’t even call me Christian, though I would say my spiritual reality is very catholic (small “c” intentional) and I do have my own special relationship with Christ.

I am in no way claiming to be your spiritual

Continue reading Lent: A How-To for Mystics

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I am not, nor have I ever been, your typical Christian. Most wouldn’t even call me Christian, though I would say my spiritual reality is very catholic (small “c” intentional) and I do have my own special relationship with Christ.

I am in

Continue reading Lent: A How-To for Mystics at Elephant.

There are lots of lonely people in the US. According to a study titled “Social Isolation in America: Changes in Core Discussion Networks Over Two Decades“ that was published in 2006, one in four Americans have not a single person in their lives with whom they discuss “important matters.” And,

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there will come a time where we gather these days around us an aged bounty of petals strewn whimsically on a sturdy, well-worn floor and, creaking with the walls flesh earth-like and joints

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