I’ve cried so many tears during the last week over the senseless killing of Cecil the Lion. When stories of animal cruelty appear, I am often so sickened by them that I cannot even bear to read them or view the videos. Intellectually I understand that awareness brings...
“Find a woman who makes you feel more alive. She won’t make life perfect, but she’ll make it infinitely more interesting. And then love her with all that’s in you.” ~ Gayle G. Roper A long time ago, when I was still new to the world of men, I heard someone say that...
Lammas, the Celtic festival of the seed harvest, falls at the end of July and beginning of August in the Northern hemisphere. It’s the one festival in the turn of the wheel that seems to slip by me if I am not careful. The summer days are long and sultry at this time...
We all have them—all mothers, that is. Those days that we wish we could erase from time and our memories. Days that mark our soul as frightening recollections of moments that almost ended our children’s lives. This day was like any other in that it began peacefully:...
I carry the Sun In a golden cup And the Moon In a silver bag ~ W.B. Yeats. By some definitions, the full moon on July 31st is blue; it is called this because it is the second full moon in one month. By an older definition, if there are four full moons in an...