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A horse named Halo

My stomach rolled with anxiousness and excitement, like a little girl getting to pick her first pony.  Stacey lead me to the barn where half a dozen stunning rescue horses awaited their call to duty.  I wanted to work with all of the horses; each seemed to share something unique and deeply appealing.  However, it was Halo that captured me and drew me in.  Her crisp, sea-blue eyes, braided mane and black and white prints were breathtaking.  Her beauty was…

Spring and the Sacred Cucumber

I woke early this morning with the rise of the sun and found my contemplative throne in the heart of my garden. I was surrounded by the nights lingering chill and the early call of the songbird’s elated chatter.  I was mesmerized by the refreshing light cast from the power of the great sun, and watched as its rays delicately lay themselves upon each stone, atop each fallen leaf, and along the backs of the China Berry tree branches.  As…

Teach the Children Well

Recently my boys and I decided to create art from nature found objects.  We made little paintbrushes from dried, stripped and frayed yucca leaves, paste from ground mesquite beans, and textures from leaves, fibers and dirt.  We smashed up and grinded flower petals, seeds, cacti and pomegranate fruit to make rich colors and we painted on flat stones and the soft under belly of bark from our Eucalyptus tree.  Our hands and feet were stained with earth colors and it…

Woman Born of this Earth; 2013 Year of the Feminine

  As we step a month deeper into 2013 may we be inspired to step deeper into the Sacred Feminine within all beings.   This is the year when the feminine energy is remembered, reawakened, and honored. There is feminine presence in all expressions of creation, so gentlemen you are not off the hook.  This time is for you as well.   Within each of us there is a beautiful relationship of masculine and feminine characteristics.  Masculine energy (which is of course…