“What do we wish for?
To be whole. To be complete.
Wildness reminds us what it means to be human,
what we are connected to rather than
what we are separate from.”
– Terry Tempest Williams
Recent Musings
SEEING IN THE DARK: FINDING OUR WILD MEDICINE – PART II
Last night I attended the inspiring talk Paul Hawken gave at Impact Hub, Oakland, on the pre-launch of his new book “Drawdown: The most comprehensive plan ever proposed to reverse global warming”. Although the book is grounded in models, maps, and math -all rigorously researched- it is much more a collection of human stories, a plan of hope. [...]
SEEING IN THE DARK: FINDING OUR WILD MEDICINE ~ PART I
SEEING IN THE DARK: FINDING OUR WILD MEDICINE ~ PART I For all the devastation of these dark times -the attacks on women, children, the elderly, immigrants, the land, on the truth, international relationships, - T-rump’s essential role as the cruel Fool has catalyzed a fierce awakening. He has woken us up. If Hillary had won, we [...]
DREAM A NEW STORY. WALK IT INTO THE WORLD
Walking. I am listening to a deeper way. Suddenly all my ancestors are behind me. Be still, they say. Watch and listen. You are the result of the love of thousands. Linda Hogan Marching in Oakland, California on January 21 with thousands of other women, men, children of every age and ethnicity I felt the weight of the [...]
MOTHERWORLD: THE WAY OF THE WILD FEMININE
On the morning of the introductory Webinar to an online course on “The Way of the Wild Feminine”, I drew this Tarot card for the group from the Motherpeace (Vicki Noble) deck: XX – Judgment. Healing the Earth. It felt like a blessing for our gathering, in the numinous way that synchronicities do. We wild souls, wise [...]
The Grandmothers: Secrets of the Old Ones
A few weeks ago I dreamed a group of us women went down to a pool where a herd of elephants was standing. It was very crowded. We squeezed in, skin to skin, with these giant animals who were so strong, so gentle. As we settled into the water up to our chests, the elephants began to rumble, [...]