Oh, the watering hole… Where we used to gather, talk, share stories, pass information and meet new people… Well, this is before the invention of water lines and faucets and boundaries that individualized. The other day, I got a little sip of what it might be like to go to the watering hole again. It … Continue reading
Lentil-Pecan Patties (gluten-free)
I made these yummy patties for a holiday gathering the other night. I snagged the recipe from Sally Fallon’s cookbook, Nourishing Traditions, and adapted it a little. I brought the dish to a family gathering in Mississippi. The main ingredient in this dish is lentils. While we stood in line to fill our plates, I … Continue reading
Roots
“All things must come to its roots from where it is planted.” ~ Saint Teresa of Avila “Maybe you are searching among the branches for what only appears in the roots.” ~ Rumi go to the roots — to the roots where moonlight lives, where ancestors breathe into the dark side of trees. go to … Continue reading
Positive Reinforcement
Sometimes a person enters my life (and even though I haven’t met them), they go straight to my heart. One of those people is elephant advocate, Carol Buckley. She has entered my life at different periods — the first time, about 8 years ago. And, the last time, last year. Around 2003, I was into … Continue reading
The Trees Inside Me
“O Apple Tree, Branch of the Apple Tree Know that the tree is mine The tallest tree with the sweetest apples O Apple Tree, May God be with you May the direction of East and West be with you May every moon and sun be with you May everything that comes before me be yours.” … Continue reading
Discovering the Heart’s Desire
“If we can bear to face our longing instead of finding endless ways to keep satisfying it and trying to escape it, it begins to show us a glimpse of what lies behind the scenes.” ~ Peter Kingsley I’ve been thinking about desire lately. The great mystics would call it ‘longing’ as Peter does in … Continue reading
Womanhood, Sketch #4
“The soul is a perspective that pushes us to go deeper and see further and live wilder. It’s what drives our imagination to flesh out our raw experience, transforming that chaotic stuff into rich storylines that animate our love of life. With the gently propulsive force of the soul, we probe beyond the surface level … Continue reading
Change
“To be hopeful in bad times is not just foolishly romantic. It is based on the fact that human history is a history not only of cruelty, but also of compassion, sacrifice, courage, kindness. What we choose to emphasize in this complex history will determine our lives. If we see only the worst, it destroys … Continue reading
Beauty Belly
“Toward the end of the dance, the adolescent girl or girls (who have very recently had their first menstruation) jump up and look into the interior of a large abalone shell. ‘You look into it to see what you can see. See the future, see the beauty. Maybe, maybe you can see the beauty of … Continue reading
Womanhood, Sketch #3
“What is the source of our first suffering? It lies in the fact that we hesitated to speak. It was born in the moment when we accumulated silent things within us.”~ Gaston Bachelard somehow in this shattering, in this smattering of what held me together knit tightly like feathers around me to ground me… once … Continue reading
Lindsay Kolasa 