What Does Menstruation Mean To Us?

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Aug 212011
 
What Does Menstruation Mean To Us?

This question is so big that I have been putting off writing about it for fear of not fitting everything I want into a single post. Volumes upon volumes of poetry and prose have sought to explain it. Artists in every medium and scientists of every persuasion have sought to reveal it. How could I possibly sum it up succinctly? The realization finally came that of course I don’t need to get it all in here! I’ll be writing about this for years to come – so I’m releasing my unnecessary fear, comfortable knowing I [...read more...]

All Things Move Into Harvest’s Sphere

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Aug 062011
 
All Things Move Into Harvest's Sphere

    The Wheel rolls more, and Autumn returns. Cooler the rain; the Sun lower burns. The coloring leaves presage the Year: all things move into harvest’s sphere. I vow to savor fruits first picked; nor into grief shall I be tricked. I vow to offer what once I spurred, and face the Turning reassured.   – Celebrating the Seasons of Life, Ashleen O’Gaea   This week we are halfway between Midsummer Solstice and Autumn Equinox*, another opportunity to celebrate the seasons of life! Now is a time to begin to take in and process [...read more...]