January 2012
2 posts
‘There are no medicine men, without medicine women. A medicine man is given power by a woman, and it has always been that way. A medicine man stands in the place of the dog. He is merely an instrument of woman. It doesn’t look that way anymore, but it is true.’ - Agnes Whistling Elk.
Hoʻoponopono (ho-o-pono-pono) is an ancient Hawaiian practice of reconciliation and forgiveness.
December 2011
4 posts
“A ‘flapper’, we may explain, is a young lady who has not yet been promoted to long frocks and the wearing of her hair ‘up’” - The Times, 1908.
Every one knows that a tea-gown is a hybrid between a wrapper and a ball dress. It has always a train and usually long flowing sleeves; is made of rather gorgeous materials and goes on easily, and its chief use is not for wear at the tea-table so much as for dinner alone with one’s family.
It can, however, very properly be put on for tea, and if one is dining at home, kept on for dinner....
November 2011
7 posts
'Faeries' By Mat Jacobsen.
A long, long time ago, the Earth belonged to the creatures of the wood. By creatures of the wood I mean gnomes, elves, faeries, etc. They tended it and took care of it, played in it, danced and sang in it, cared for wounded animals, worked out disputes between species, sat on mushrooms discussing matters of importance and drinking Labrador tea, rode down streams on leaves and bark,...
Metta Sutta
This is what should be accomplished by one who is wise, who seeks the good and would obtain peace. Let him be strenuous, upright and sincere, without pride, (easily) contented and joyous; let him not be submerged by things of the world; let him not take upon himself the burden of riches; let his sense be controlled; let him be wise but not puffed-up, and let him not desire great possessions even...
