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• This Story, I Am This Story by Marie Cartier

  By Marie Cartier on January 22, 2021 • ( 7 )

  

  1. The papaya, the lemon, the squash. The everything going bad—not yet. I can pickle anything I can save—still. And I am never still. Still…at sixty-four here I am. Rise. This is age—still. 2. I have a passport to somewhere… Read More ›

• Delilah Reclaimed by Janet Maika’i Rudolph

  By Janet Rudolph on January 21, 2021 • ( 10 )

  

  *This post includes a call for stories at the end. In my previous blogpost, I wrote about the Biblical tale of Samson and Delilah and why it was likely written in a manner to hide older pagan mythos. You can… Read More ›

• Crane Song: Finding my Way Home through Image, Myth, and Nature – Part 1 by Sara Wright

  By Sara Wright on January 19, 2021 • ( 11 )

  

  The last gift I received from my very distant parents was a print of a Native American Medicine Wheel by Ojibway artist Joe Geshick. I received this present on my birthday in 1993. When I opened the cardboard tube I… Read More ›

• It’s Time to Thank Stacey Abrams Again by Carol P. Christ

  By Carol P. Christ on January 18, 2021 • ( 7 )

  

  The insurrection in the Capitol on January 6 has dominated the news ever since. Coverage of the Democrats’ victories in the two Senate runoffs in Georgia has been virtually nil. Now that it seems that at least as long as… Read More ›

• The Day(s) after Epiphany(ies) by Elizabeth Cunningham

  By Elizabeth Cunningham on January 17, 2021 • ( 30 )

  

  I am beginning this post (again!) on Thursday, January 7, 2021, the day after Epiphany. I have been working on it since Monday. It not unusual for me to take a whole week to write a post for Feminism and… Read More ›

• A Failed Insurrection and Two Impeachments, the Ending Legacy of the Trump Administration by Anjeanette LeBoeuf

  By Anjeanette LeBoeuf on January 14, 2021 • ( 9 )

  

  It has been hard to do anything other than absorb and witness what has been happening since January 6th. The day started off with amazing news that both Rev. Raphael Warnock and former intern for John Lewis, Jon Ossoff had… Read More ›

• About Bridgerton: A Different Feminist Perspective by Christine Irving

  By Guest Contributor on January 13, 2021 • ( 6 )

  

  First of all, I’m grateful to Bridgerton for providing several spirited conversations between my friends and me, not to mention the POVs penned recently in these pages.  It was fun to take part in exchanges that did not highlight or… Read More ›

• Guadalupe Rises Again by Sara Wright

  By Sara Wright on January 12, 2021 • ( 6 )

  

  I was in a Mexican store helping someone to choose tiles for the sink and bathroom of a new casita. I have always been drawn to Mexican art because the images tell stories, and many of those stories revolve around… Read More ›

• Waking Up in Shock by Carol P. Christ

  By Carol P. Christ on January 11, 2021 • ( 13 )

  

  I went to sleep in Greece on Wednesday night January 6 feeling elated that Jon Ossoff, following Raphael Warnock whose victory had been declared earlier, was officially named the winner of his runoff election in Georgia, returning the Senate to… Read More ›

• The Religious Aspects of Star Trek: Discovery Season 1, by Ivy Helman.

  By Ivy Helman on January 10, 2021 • ( 7 )

  

  I have been watching more television than usual.  Perhaps, the reader has too. Two weeks ago, while I was rewatching Star Trek: Discovery, I thought to myself, “wouldn’t it be nice if I could write something about this series?”   After… Read More ›

• The Time of Your Life by Mary Sharratt

  By Mary Sharratt on January 9, 2021 • ( 14 )

  

  Between the ages of 24 and 36, I made my home in Munich, Germany where I taught English to professional adults and began my writing career. My first novel, Summit Avenue, was published in May 2000 when I still lived… Read More ›

• Bridgerton: The Next Wrong Thing in Misogynist Television

  By Trelawney Grenfell-Muir on January 8, 2021 • ( 23 )

  

  Why can’t we have nice things? Because the porn industry has infected media, that’s why. I have read several of Julia Quinn’s fanciful romance novels. They contain entertaining and sympathetic stories about the economic and social pressures on gentlewomen of… Read More ›

• Navajo Night Chant – Part 2 by Sara Wright

  By Sara Wright on January 6, 2021 • ( 13 )

  

  Read Part 1 here: The original Night Chant involved four teams who danced twelve times each with half-hour intervals in between-a total of ten hours. The dance movements involve two lines facing each other. Each of the six male dancers… Read More ›

•  Navajo Night Chant – Part 1 by Sara Wright

  By Sara Wright on January 5, 2021 • ( 8 )

  

  With the Winter Moon waxing on nights when stars are falling from the sky and the winter solstice passage, I am much aware of the healing and dwelling place that I inhabit that also characterizes these dark months of the… Read More ›

• Another Bow to Hestia by Carol P. Christ

  By Carol P. Christ on January 4, 2021 • ( 9 )

  

  I am not big on New Year’s resolutions, but this year I have vowed to change one of my habits. I have always been house-proud and love using my artistic flair to decorate my home in beauty. I have had… Read More ›

• It’s Time to Revisit A Christmas Carol By Barbara Ardinger

  By Barbara Ardinger on January 3, 2021 • ( 11 )

  

  Scrooge … became as good a friend, as good a master, and as good a man, as the good old city knew…. Some people laughed to see the alteration in him, but he let them laugh, and little heeded them;… Read More ›

• A Thank You Note by Laura Montoya Cifuentes

  By Laura Montoya on January 1, 2021 • ( 12 )

  

  My grandma passed away two weeks ago. It was an opportunity for my family to gather and be grateful for her life and company. We enjoyed being together and sharing stories about her influence, love, and service for each one… Read More ›

• Good(?) Grief by Esther Nelson

  By Esther Nelson on December 31, 2020 • ( 28 )

  

  The current pandemic has kicked our collective butt by putting a huge dent in our ability to maintain relationships so necessary for keeping our social gears greased and running smoothly.  Grabbing coffee with a friend or meeting up for lunch… Read More ›

• Homebound by Joyce Zonana

  By Joyce Zonana on December 30, 2020 • ( 31 )

  

  When my parents left Egypt, they left behind everything they’d grown up with, all the objects that carried their deepest associations and memories. They taught me to scorn such “things”—what others value as mementos or souvenirs—rightly reasoning they can be lost in a moment. But while we have them, it is lovely, I’m learning, to let the spirits embedded within them, the memories and feelings they evoke, surround and comfort us. As I move through this house, I feel bound to my own and others’ histories, embedded in a rich and complex life that nurtures and sustains me. And as I sit still and knit, I sense that I am knitting (knotting) up the by now long, loose threads of my own life, shaping them into a coherent and satisfying whole.

• Mary’s Return by Sara Wright

  By Sara Wright on December 29, 2020 • ( 8 )

  

  Yesterday I learned (NPR) that a third of the oak trees in this country will be dead within 50 years; I also read that our sugary harbingers of spring, the Maples, are dying confirming my own observations. I try to… Read More ›

• What I Celebrate at Christmas by Carol P. Christ

  By Carol P. Christ on December 28, 2020 • ( 11 )

  

  Though I have not been Christian for many years, I love to decorate my house for the holidays. I have many decorations that I have collected over the years, including a Hummel angel gazing at the Christ child that was… Read More ›

• Deb Haaland, the Secretary of the Interior We Need by Anjeanette LeBoeuf

  By Anjeanette LeBoeuf on December 26, 2020 • ( 8 )

  

  This past week brought an announcement from the 46th President Elect’s office on the nomination for the Secretary of Interior position, House of Representative Debra Haaland of New Mexico. This nomination has solidified President-Elect Biden and Vice President-Elect Harris’ promise… Read More ›

• In These United States: Georgia is on My Mind by Marie Cartier

  By Marie Cartier on December 25, 2020 • ( 7 )

  

  Georgia on my mind, so goes the song, and right now the road leads back to you, Georgia. The run-off election which could make two senators blue and give control of the Senate to the Democrats, remove a Republican as… Read More ›

• A Christmas Lament by Karen Leslie Hernandez

  By Karen Leslie Hernandez on December 24, 2020 • ( 2 )

  

  T’was the night before Christmas And all through the Country A message was Ringing Yet no one Care nigh. The plague has beguiled Us. The craze has embodied Us. The holidays are here! We must not adhere! Science is fake…. Read More ›

• Paying Homage to Hestia by Sara Wright

  By Sara Wright on December 23, 2020 • ( 12 )

  

  This morning I was kneeling in front of my new wood stove kindling a fire from hot coals when I felt the presence of the Greek Goddess Hestia, Lady of the Hearth moving through the house. The goddess manifests as… Read More ›

• May Love Rest You Merry this Solstice, As Darkness Holds Us in Her Grace

  By Tallessyn Zawn Grenfell-Lee on December 22, 2020 • ( 16 )

  

  I grew up with a beautiful Solstice tradition: the Blue Christmas service. Each year, on or near the darkest night, our churches would offer a ceremony to remember those who had passed that year and hold space for the specific… Read More ›

• Gratitude and Hope: With a  Lot of Help from My Friends by Carol P. Christ

  By Carol P. Christ on December 21, 2020 • ( 34 )

  

  Last Friday my oncologist gave me the best birthday present I could have imagined. (My birthday was 7:30 pm last night December 20, California time.) Without going into details, my latest CT scan was so much more positive than the… Read More ›

• The Magic of Winter Solstice with Polar Bear by Judith Shaw

  By Judith Shaw on December 20, 2020 • ( 8 )

  

  The Winter Solstice awakens in us a sense of awe as we witness the majesty of the crisp, cold night sky spread across the heavens – whispering songs of mystery and meaning – songs meant to awaken the need for… Read More ›

• Stories the Stones Tell by Sara Wright

  By Sara Wright on December 18, 2020 • ( 15 )

  

  The potshard in the center seems to have a “face”… although I bring some of these artifacts home for closer inspection it is part of my spiritual practice to return them to the land. Avanyu, spirit of the waters The… Read More ›

• Delilah, Lost by Janet Maika’i Rudolph

  By Janet Rudolph on December 17, 2020 • ( 21 )

  

  Delilah is a beautiful name on its own merits. As a biblical personage Delilah is forever connected to Samson for their tales are intertwined. As it is told in Judges, Samson is the clear hero of the tale and Delilah… Read More ›

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