Category: Spirituality
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Finding Sanctuary
• Finding sanctuary. • Listening to earth-spirit whispers. • Sharing our stories and experiences. • Developing the heart-dimensions of who we are. • Becoming monks in the world, as we take our learning and presence seriously, playfully, compassionately back into the world when we part. • Living from a deeper place within ourselves in each […]
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“Beauty as well as bread…”
“Everybody needs beauty as well as bread, places to play in and pray in, where nature may heal and give strength to body and soul.” ~John Muir
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Autumn: The Wheel Turns
The colors of autumn are appearing: goldenrod blankets the fields, and clusters of red and gold leaves are glowing in the trees here and there. Mums blossom in large pots on porches, and people are starting to put their gardens to bed. The life force that burst forth in our spring gardens is beginning to […]
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GreenSpirit: Path to a New Consciousness
On Sunday afternoon, 2 PM, September 12th, Marian Van Eyk McCain will be speaking at the Real Food Network Co-op (upstairs in the Community Room, 15 Church Street, Chatham, NY) about her new book GreenSpirit: Path to a New Consciousness. (Please note: the Co-op is not open for business on Sundays.) Marian and her husband […]
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Autumn Years
In preparing for the upcoming series Growing Older, Growing Wiser: Becoming an Elderwoman, I came across the article below, which was written when I first decided to present the series. It was originally published in The Eddy, the newsletter of the organization Wellspring Haven. Autumn Reflections, by Katharine Houk Lately, a cold wind has […]
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Special Guest: Marian Van Eyk McCain – 9/12/10
Marian Van Eyk McCain, author of Elderwoman: Reap the Wisdom – Feel the Power – Embrace the Joy, will speak on Sunday, September 12th, 2010, at 2 PM, upstairs in the Community Room at Chatham Real Food Market Co-op. (Please note that the Co-op is not open for business on Sundays.) Marian’s most recent book […]
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Growing Wiser: Elderwomen Meetings Begin in September
“Beautiful young people are accidents of nature, but beautiful old people are works of art.” Eleanor Roosevelt What follows is a description of a SWW event from 2010-2011. We stand at a time when the world is in need of wisdom, especially the wisdom of the Elders. Growing Older, Growing Wiser: Becoming an Elderwoman is […]
Sanctuary Without Walls 