Self-Discovery
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Amaterasu – A Guest Post by Lisa McLoughlin
This guest post by Lisa McLoughlin is part of a series celebrating the My Word Goddess Readings by honouring the gifts of the goddesses that stepped forward in 2014…. Entering 2014, with Amaterasu as my Goddess of the year, felt exciting and full of possibilities… I pondered if this was finally the year for me to Shine and step into the life I had been dreaming of. I kept her in mind throughout the first few months of the year and sensed myself waiting and waiting for the moment I might Shine. At one point, I caught myself thinking that perhaps this was not the Goddess or word for me and…
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The Apples of Iduna, My Year with a Goddess – Guest Post from Sandi Davis
This guest post by Sandi Davis is part of a series celebrating the My Word Goddess Readings by honouring the gifts of the goddesses that stepped forward in 2014…. My year with the goddess Iduna can be summed up with this encounter. I am in a heavily wooded forest alive with spring. The sun is shining brightly, the rich color so intense it almost hurts to look. Almost. A young maiden comes from behind one of the trees. She is dressed in soft light layers that float in the breeze, her hair lose and wild. She carries a large, flat basket piled high with apples. Smiling and…
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A Birth-Day Like No Other
Today is my birthday! In more ways than one! I am celebrating my 36th birthday today in a way I certainly never dreamed I would. Because today, I am birthing my book of poetry From Revolutionary Lips!! This collection of poetry means so so much to me. Not just because it’s the culmination of over 18 months work. And not just because it’s the first publication to come out of my publishing house Red Thread Voices. But because this is the unleashing of my voice in the world. It’s raw, juicy and honest. And publishing it is probably one of the scariest things I’ve ever done in my life. I…
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A Red Thread Voices Announcement
Today is a special day. Well, it is for me anyway. And hopefully for you too. Because today I announced over on Red Thread Voices that my poetry collection From Revolutionary Lips will be available for purchase from the 7th of November – which just happens to be my birthday! Bold, brave and beautiful, these poems are not for the faint of heart. Diving deep into the mystery, let From Revolutionary Lips take you on a journey of one woman’s becoming – and feel your own journey reflected back. Meet Lilith and Salome and Pandora – feel their desire, dance with their madness and free their voices – and in so…
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Where Edgedancers Find Home
The tide was way out. Further than I’ve seen it in a long time. A whole other layer was revealed of the breakwater. A layer where the large stones were not ordered to create a smooth gradient. But were instead a messy disordered pile, which then gave way to tall spikes of sea kelp that stuck straight up from the low waves. I was out for a walk to the lighthouse. And while I began near the top of the breakwater, I soon found myself standing on these revealed rocks. I hopped lightly from one to the other, keeping my balance as I navigated a non-existent path encrusted with limpets…
