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Walking Labyrinths of Sand
Today was a celebration. Of women’s circles. More than 20 groups throughout the UK and Ireland gathered. To celebrate… Creativity, Togetherness, Nature, Love, Peace, Being alive, Being Women, In honour of 100 years of International Women’s Day. At 12 noon, The Flare groups connected in spirit. We […]
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Lines and Circles – A Meditation in Words (4) in the Circle of Stones Series
“Our life is an apprenticeship to the truth that around every circle another can be drawn; there is no end in nature, but every end is a beginning; under every deep a lower deep opens.” Emerson Circles are one of the simplest geometric forms, we are surrounded […]
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Weaving virtual circles – Circle of Stones series (3)
Firstly a brief apology, I have been distracted with other thoughts, (of clay and animal welfare) so my Circle of Stones week has been interrupted over the past couple of days! Sorry! You got some other goodies instead, and I, because of my general impatience, […]
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Circle of Stones (2) Book review
Most of us have a number of books which have marked defining points on our life’s journey. For me they are mainly women’s books. And all non-fiction. Each is like a marker in the sand, a point when I can say that my conception of myself and […]
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Circle of Stones (1) You are Invited
How might you life have been different if there was a place for you? A place for you to go…a place of women…a place where you were nurtured from an ancient flow sustaining you and steadying you as you sought to become yourself. A place […]
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THE SOUND OF SILENCE
I always thought that I was drawn to Buddhism and Quakerism because they were non-dogmatic routes to personal enlightenment. They speak to my own journey, by elucidating and honouring the individual’s inner path. This morning I suddenly realised why else they draw me – they […]
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Craft-Tea Christmas Celebrations
Welcome to the December Carnival of Natural Parenting: Let’s Talk TraditionsThis post was written for inclusion in the monthly Carnival of Natural Parenting hosted by Code Name: Mama and Hobo Mama. Please read to the end to find a list of links to the other […]
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Material memory – Women and Quilting
For me the passage into womanhood was marked by a summer I chose to take off, between University and beyond, to teach myself to bake bread and make a quilt. I love quilts: the patterns, the details of the fabrics, the interplay of light and […]
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Wonderful Women’s Work
As promised, a round up of women I would like to salute for doing their thing with vision, courage and creativity… First off… a very special event to celebrate 100 years of International Women’s Day 2011, linking women’s circles around the globe. Visit http://www.flarewales.com/ to find […]
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RAISING OUR VOICES
Part 3 of the Call yourself a Feminist? series Feminists, suffragettes and many protest groups before and since have recognised that if you want to be heard, you must raise your voice. But raising our voices with uncontrolled anger or sadness, to whinge or to […]
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