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branches up, roots down: Hallelujah
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Branches up, roots down. Row, row, row your boat, gently down the stream. Merrily, merrily, merrily, life is but a dream. Thursday, July 21, 2011. Maybe there’s a God above. But all I’ve ever learned from love. Was how to shoot at someone who outdrew you. It’s not a cry you can hear at night. It’s not somebody who has seen the light. It’s a cold and it’s a broken Hallelujah. What is the difference between a romantic and a mystic? Could it be that every love affair is with God in some aspect or other?
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branches up, roots down: Offering for Brigid
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Branches up, roots down. Row, row, row your boat, gently down the stream. Merrily, merrily, merrily, life is but a dream. Thursday, February 02, 2012. Here is my offering:. Someday Our Peace Will Come - Ellyn Maybe. One day poetry dropped from the sky. And the animals grew iambic pentameter tails. And the people breathed in stars. One day music dropped from the sky. And the architecture turned symphonic. And the people breathed in harmony. One day memory dropped from the sky. Give it a shot!
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branches up, roots down: Reclaiming Feri
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Branches up, roots down. Row, row, row your boat, gently down the stream. Merrily, merrily, merrily, life is but a dream. Friday, August 17, 2012. I wrote this many years back for the British Reclaiming Newsletter - I have been going through both my blog and old articles and felt compelled today to post this. with a few small edits. More will follow! What is Reclaiming Feri? How have elements of each tradition impacted the other, for better and worse? What does it mean to combine them? Thank you for your...
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branches up, roots down: Dissent and Reclaiming
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Branches up, roots down. Row, row, row your boat, gently down the stream. Merrily, merrily, merrily, life is but a dream. Sunday, August 19, 2012. The following was a column that was published in the Reclaiming Quarterly, Spring 2002. Macha's. Meeting On The Field. My father worked for IBM and I grew up with the motto "THINK" emblazoned on everything from pencils to calendars. "FEEL! I was tear-gassed at 15 while protesting the Vietnam war, and again at age 45 on the streets of Seattle. As a young fe...
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branches up, roots down: Why I Am Excluded from all the Inclusion
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Branches up, roots down. Row, row, row your boat, gently down the stream. Merrily, merrily, merrily, life is but a dream. Monday, August 20, 2012. Why I Am Excluded from all the Inclusion. I went to Dandelion, the big Reclaiming gathering, being told there would be a pool. I love pools. I imagined myself sunning and swimming and enjoying all the people I love (and I do love many many Reclaiming Witches! And avoiding most meetings. I was reading David Richo's book,. The Five Things We Cannot Change. The a...
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branches up, roots down: Brigid Poetry Fest in Cyperspace
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Branches up, roots down. Row, row, row your boat, gently down the stream. Merrily, merrily, merrily, life is but a dream. Sunday, February 02, 2014. Brigid Poetry Fest in Cyperspace. Patiently, not so patiently. Worried, praying, distracted. Who bursts thru the door uninvited. With her hyacinths, daffodils and blossoms. To drench the earth. To fill the reservoirs and streams. To greet the salmon. Waiting off the coast. To give the bears a reason to sleep. Here you are, at last! Please stay awhile,.
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branches up, roots down: Attacking Leadership
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Branches up, roots down. Row, row, row your boat, gently down the stream. Merrily, merrily, merrily, life is but a dream. Sunday, August 19, 2012. Feel free to answer. or question! An Aromancer's Dream - Views on leadership in Reclaiming and in the world. In my drawer, there are oils that do not get along, that are not compatible. The beginning aromancer is warned against mixing such essences and encouraged to begin with simple blends. Tree oils tend to get along with spices and herbs. Flower...We starte...
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branches up, roots down: February 2014
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Branches up, roots down. Row, row, row your boat, gently down the stream. Merrily, merrily, merrily, life is but a dream. Sunday, February 02, 2014. Brigid Poetry Fest in Cyperspace. Patiently, not so patiently. Worried, praying, distracted. Who bursts thru the door uninvited. With her hyacinths, daffodils and blossoms. To drench the earth. To fill the reservoirs and streams. To greet the salmon. Waiting off the coast. To give the bears a reason to sleep. Here you are, at last! Please stay awhile,.
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branches up, roots down: November 2012
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Branches up, roots down. Row, row, row your boat, gently down the stream. Merrily, merrily, merrily, life is but a dream. Thursday, November 22, 2012. Years back, seeking warmer shores, visitors to Puerto Vallarta had to gird themselves against an army of small bright eyed children selling Chiclets. Even those who never had and never would chew gum had to buy. To do otherwise would be cold hearted. And good vacations by their nature entail the heart swelling or stretching. I look around, feel the ocean b...
