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This spread is based on the Rider-Waite-Smith style of Tower card. Often, when the Tower card turns up (regardless of which deck you’re reading with), the initial reaction is, “Oh, no, not this card!” I’ve created a spread to approach the Tower card (and associated events) from a positive perspective. Lay the cards out as […]
Filed Under Poem for Hela | Comments Off on Daily Poem: Stone Cutter and Cloud ~ Steve Klepetar
Stone Cutter and Cloud ~ Steve Klepetar Tonight I am stone cutter and cloud, a man with empty hands, who stands before you spinning with sleep, wearing the ropes of day, dressed in thin, ragged shreds of dream.
Filed Under Poem for Hela | Comments Off on Daily Poem: Invitation ~ Mary Oliver
Something to keep in mind as you move through your manic Monday. Invitation ~ Mary Oliver Oh do you have time to linger for just a little while out of your busy and very important day for the goldfinches that have gathered in a field of thistles for a musical battle, to see who can sing […]
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The opening lines from an unknown woman in fourteenth century Italy resonate more strongly than we might wish in 2017. This World I’d Wish to Leave and God to Serve ~ Anonymous Woman, Italy, Fourteenth Century This world I’d wish to leave and God to serve and myself to sever from all vanity, because the […]
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“The site of Thynghowe is located at the summit of Hanger Hill on the boundary of Budby, Warsop and Edwinstowe parishes, on the edge of Birklands wood, the home of the world famous Major Oak (the legendary hideaway of Robin Hood) and the Sherwood Forest National Nature Reserve, and was the location of a meeting […]