I talk about Summer Solstice as the season of "yang". It's the time of year when action, output, productivity, movement, noise, and busyness are in line with the natural order. My setting is proof. I'm down at Lake Lure, a lake about an hour from where I live. It's 4th of July week, so the …
The life you are living now…
The life you are living now is a result of the hard work of someone else. Nope, not your parents. Not suffragists or reformers. Not even Brene Brown. The life you're living now is the dream-come-true of your very own past self. Look around. See your home, the vacation you took, the …
Why I Saw The Bobcat But Not The Whale
In 2012, my man (who back then I called The Pirate in our blog, The Pirate & The Mermaid) and I rode through the Canadian Maritimes on a motorcycle. We were always on a coast, either Lake Erie, the great St Lawrence river, or the mighty Atlantic. On our way back south, we stayed in …
Seasonal Read
I first read The Passion of Mary Magdalen by Elizabeth Cunningham in 2006 on the way home from the Priestess gathering in Minnesota. It changed me. This incredible story spoke to my heart. The Passion of Mary Magdalen inspired The Tantrika anointing oil, and my understanding of …
Seasonal Apothecary
Essential oils are super popular these days. They've been super popular with me for 22 years. I learned Aromatherapy in massage therapy school in 1997. My classmates and I would drive out into the New Mexico desert to camp. We'd crawl into the back of my pick up truck that had a camper top and …