At the World Peace Conference (see www.worldpeaceconference.org) in Santa Fe, New Mexico, this week (May 16 and 17), “Building a Culture of Peace,” 500 peace leaders from around the world will dig into this topic using Open Space Technology. Suzanne Maxwell is putting together the facilitation process and team for five concurrent peace councils at…
Hiding in cramped attics or soured hay, behind a secret wall, under a bed or up a tree, caused them often to pray. A thin soup, a crust of bread, an ear of corn to chew, where came the next meal, they seldom knew. Drained of hope by pain and sorrow, their next stop caused…
Susan Gallacher-Turner is an artist and writer who exhibits mixed-media sculptural pieces, myth-based story pieces, copper repousse’ and masks. She designs masks for local theater as well as presenting workshops in mask-making. Her blog features stories from her sculptural pieces, new poems and short stories as well as personal essays on the art of life…
Sullied water and moldy bread, a wormy apple or bright berries, it was on these they fed. Night two or was it more? Gators snapping as carefully they stepped in mud and gore. Sounds of tiger growls rent the air, when the tree snake reached down to dust Clara’s curly hair. Dawn found them on…
My friend Sonja Brodt, from my Bioregional Artist in Residence days (sponsored by University of California at Davis) is working her magic again. I recall being transfixed by her Water Dance as I prepared for my own Water Ceremonies in Lake County. Her passion, grace, and skill transported us all. Now, appropriately, on Mother’s Day,…
Phylameana lila Désyis certified in Usui Shiki Ryoho Reiki and The Science of Intuition from the Holos Institutes of Health. She is a clairvoyant, intuitive counselor, flower essence consultant, and soul owner of Spiral Visions. Her lifework includes writing, web-publishing, and healing. She is the author of The Everything Reiki Book: Channel Your Positive Energy…
Arletta Dawdy came up to Lake County from Santa Rosa to hear me read for the Land Trust event, and felt inspired when she heard “Triptych: Jeweled Bones.” When she went home, she sat down before bed and dashed off the story of Clara’s Air. “I had almost nothing to do with what came about…
Marcia Mauskopf leads a multi-creative life. She photographs weddings and events. She writes magazine articles and poetry, creates bead art, and plays music. Her goal is to document the moments of each day with grace and beauty and she believes in capturing real moments in real time, as well as creating art for the home….
Mother shooed us into the cellar. I turned my pockets inside out and showed her my discoveries. While we waited for the storm to pass, my mother told us stories: saints’ bones preserved in crypts of faraway cathedrals; healers who told the future by throwing bones as if they were dice; and air-raid cellars in…
Sandy Lender is the author of the new fantasy novel Choices Meant for Gods released from ArcheBooks Publishing March 20. Her 15-year career in journalism has been enhanced by a few years wearing a public relations officer’s hat so she brings an interesting marketing perspective to her efforts promoting her first book and to the…