tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15778898924080997642024-02-06T23:50:43.105-08:00Noon New Moon Gatherings Debrahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06702352604195481335noreply@blogger.comBlogger64125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1577889892408099764.post-30886313783126251422019-03-23T15:13:00.000-07:002019-05-17T15:15:57.699-07:00Full Worm Moon 2017Motherhouse held our first drumming workshop in the Local Farm barn on March 12, a wintry evening, with the rise of the full Worm Moon. Thanks to intrepid drummers; Vicki, Debra, Susan, Joan, Beth, Chris, Bianca, Nancy, Pat, and Zena; for braving the 18 degree outside air and warming our new yurt-space with rhythm, fellowship, and fun.<a href="http://motherhouse.us/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/IMG_20170224_100753752_HDR.jpg"><img alt="yurt space" class="aligncenter wp-image-2859 size-medium" height="169" src="https://motherhouse.us/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/IMG_20170224_100753752_HDR-300x169.jpg" width="300" /></a>Vicki taught us some basic patterns that we repeated until we could improvise by adding additional beats. Then we played with "call and response." First, Vicki would "call" by beating out a rhythm and we would repeat it as the "response." Using a similar pattern, half the circle gave the "call" and the other half, the "response." Sometimes, the "response-ers" would rebel, take the lead and change the pattern! Firmly, the new "response-ers" would then take back the lead by drumming another new pattern.<br />
We learned that one can use a simple phrase or word like "peace on earth... peace on earth... peace on earth..." to guide one's rhythmic pattern. As ideas flowed to us, we suggested different word-based rhythms and went from "su-per-cal-i-fra-gi-lis-tic-ex-pi-al-i-do-cious" to "we hon-or the ho-ney-bees" to blessing all aspects of our lives; the skies, the waters, and the earth.<br />
So engrossed, were we, in listening and responding to each other and to our own internal rhythms through drumming, that we missed the moonrise! The evening closed with welcome warm chai and Chris's hearty plateful of bread, cheese and sausage. Finally, we gathered our gear and dashed out of the semi-warm yurt for a quick look at the glorious full moon and headed home.<br />
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<i>The Full Worm Moon occurs in March when the sunlight is getting stronger and the frozen ground begins to thaw. You can tell the worms have begun to come awake when you find little curly mounds of dirt on the ground. These mounds, or castings, are part of nature's way of preparing the earth for new growth. ~</i><a href="http://motherhouse.us/event/full-moon-drumming-workshop/" rel="noopener" target="_blank">"Full Worm Moon,"</a> a children's book written by Margo Lemieux ~<a href="http://motherhouse.us/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/Dancing-Worms-by-R.A.Parker.jpg"><img alt="full dancing worm moon" class="aligncenter size-medium wp-image-2855" height="226" src="https://motherhouse.us/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/Dancing-Worms-by-R.A.Parker-300x226.jpg" width="300" /></a><i>...Now the turning of the seasons is marked by the earthworms return from their underground shelters. They wriggle to the surface and dance joyfully under the full moon. ...they dress in red and gold. They have no need of torches because the moonbeams are so bright. They have no need of drums because the music comes from the air. ~</i>and illustrated by Cornwall's Robert Andrew (Bob) Parker.<br />
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<i>This poem by <a href="https://julielmoore.com/" rel="noopener" target="_blank">Julie L. Moore </a>describes the natural sights of a typical full worm moon however, this year is unseasonably cold and the earthworms remain deep in the ground. Returning robins flutter around the multiflora roses picking rose-hips for sustenance.</i><br />
Sap Moon, Crust Moon, Crow Moon—<br />
by any of its names, this moon<br />
announces, in all its fullness, worms<br />
stirring in earth’s softening center;<br />
sap thawing in the maples;<br />
snow dissolving by day, crisping by night;<br />
& calls of crows converting from haunting ballads<br />
to heralding hymns. A robin reappears,<br />
throwing off the pine cloak it hid behind<br />
all winter like a god hard to find, hard to hear,<br />
maybe hard of hearing in the ruckus<br />
wind made as it bayed across the plains<br />
& yowled in the valleys, hard to see in ice<br />
suffocating once-tasseled fields, pinecone & bayberry,<br />
numbing perhaps even wings,<br />
rendering the soft touch this moon offers<br />
almost senseless.<br />
Welcome, worms,<br />
twisting & teeming with prophecy,<br />
welcome, crows & robins, plucking<br />
these crawlers from grass now breathing green,<br />
welcome, syrup, born again, pushing through the spout,<br />
welcome, waxing light & waning dark,<br />
welcome one, welcome all, no matter your longing<br />
for answered prayer, come, sun yourself<br />
beneath the low Lenten Moon.<br />
~<i>published in the Aug. 23, 2015 issue of </i>Christian Century</div>
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Debrahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06702352604195481335noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1577889892408099764.post-74813918678537819192017-03-27T11:07:00.000-07:002017-04-01T11:08:41.516-07:00Honoring our Foremothers with PoetrySome of us collaborated by each adding a line, in turn, about our family's "foremother."<b> ...</b><br />
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<b>Remembering Bubbie</b><br />
by Rachel and Jay and Ezra and Darwin<br />
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>Her pencils say Lena<br />
> Her black reeboks marched in the Women's March in NYC<br />
> She was Saba's mama and Ellen's and Stephie's and Barbara's<br />
> She was old<br />
> We never run out of blue towels since she died<br />
> I wasn't sure we'd live through the funeral procession<br />
> She's under some books<br />
> She had a lot of sewing stuff<br />
> She knew how to use all that sewing stuff!<br />
> Those cousins of yours called her BubbieLee<br />
> Clinton St. on the lower east side<br />
>We were lucky to know her<br />
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Some of us got together and wrote individual Cinquain or five-line poems about women who have had a positive impact on our lives...<br />
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Jean wrote about her<b> Aunt Margaret</b>:<br />
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Self-educating, Organizing, Reading</div>
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Taught by living gentle family mores.</div>
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Debra wrote about her former neighbor, <b>Irene:</b></div>
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I-Rut-E-Nut-E</div>
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Noisy, Funny</div>
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Cooking, Joking, Creating</div>
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Artistic mentor of thin/thick lines</div>
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Neighbor</div>
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Anne wrote about her daughter, <b>Lisa</b>:</div>
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Idealistic, Persistant</div>
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Inspiring, Accepting, Loving</div>
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All kids become enthusiastic readers</div>
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Educator<br />
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Next New Moon, we'll continue with our bookmaking honoring our foremothers... Please feel free to join us by emailing a poem about a woman who's made a positive impact on your life to Debra@Motherhouse.us AND come to the next gathering on April 26! </div>
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In spite of feeling REALLY tired, we set up and made beautiful <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3LtZUGxA03M" target="_blank">paste paper</a>. Of course, once we were covered with paint, "being tired" vanished, and we found ourselves pizzazzed and refreshed! Debrahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06702352604195481335noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1577889892408099764.post-79105567855725575922016-10-01T19:34:00.000-07:002017-03-03T19:59:29.903-08:00Tiny Tashlich, Shallow Water, Deep Cleanse<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<br />Sometimes we just do the best we can and everything turns out beautiful! This year's Rosh Hashana's new moon was just too busy to gather, so Juliet took her bread and phone to a streamside in Central Park. Debra climbed down the hill to the stream behind her house with bread and phone. Even tho there was barely any water in the stream, she <span id="yui_3_16_0_1_1408586656650_13240">could make tiny crumbs to float away. Taking turns, we cast off our regrets and bad habits of the past year with Juliet reciting the proper <a href="http://www.chabad.org/holidays/JewishNewYear/template_cdo/aid/564247/jewish/What-is-Tashlich.htm" target="_blank">Tashlich prayer</a> in Hebrew</span><span style="font-style: italic;"><span id="yui_3_16_0_1_1408586656650_13240">.</span></span><span style="font-style: italic;"><span id="yui_3_16_0_1_1408586656650_13240"><br /></span></span>Debrahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06702352604195481335noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1577889892408099764.post-35709292507585885432016-09-01T19:15:00.000-07:002016-09-19T19:18:59.643-07:00I'll Lend You a Calendula: Herbal Salve-A-Tion<br />
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Beautiful, clean-smelling calendula blossoms, picked late on a sunny morning and steeped for a few weeks in olive oil, infused the oil with their healing properties. We strained away the plant matter, warmed the oil, and mixed in 3-4:1 parts oil to melted beeswax. </div>
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Then we poured our fresh salve into small containers to restock our winter supply and to sell to neighbors and friends. Hurray for no more chapped hands, cracked fingers, itchy vaginas, and sore noses!Debrahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06702352604195481335noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1577889892408099764.post-79891069039261337772016-08-03T12:30:00.000-07:002016-08-27T01:55:28.812-07:00Celebrating Lammas<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Chewing on a head of grass-seed; shelling and popping corn; bringing in the rye... honoring Ceres and Demeter and the beginning of Harvest Season... the mid-point between Summer Solstice and Autumn Equinox. <a href="https://www.goddessandgreenman.co.uk/lammas" target="_blank">Happy Lammas!</a>Debrahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06702352604195481335noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1577889892408099764.post-14207424231311579302016-07-05T22:00:00.000-07:002016-08-30T12:38:32.738-07:00Zikr for Istanbul<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;"><tbody>
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In empathy with the people of Turkey after the recent bombing of Ataturk International Airport in Istanbul, Debra led an informal Zikr (prayers of remembrance) service. We saw slides of her 2014 trip to Turkey with a small group of whirling dervishes to visit their teacher and Rumi's tomb.<br />
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She gave a short demonstration and explanation of Sufi turning as a way to focus inward on God and cast off one's worldly attachments. <br />
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Then we set an intention of peace and healing for the people of Istanbul and used a large circle of prayer beads to "count," and unite us while calling on <i>Allah</i> to open ourselves to these possibilities. <i>Allah</i> is the Arabic name for the Divine. <br />
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More information about turning practice can be found in the book <i>Women Called to the Path of Rumi: The Way of the Whirling Dervish</i> by trip leader and teacher, Shakina Reinhertz.<br />
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Inspired by <a href="http://mooncircles.com/aries-new-moon-energy-meditation/" target="_blank">Dana's energy meditation</a>, I took a bath and imagined myself in a boat floating down the river of life. First, I observed the events of the past couple weeks along the shore of the river; what and how my physical body, mind, heart, and energy was doing. Then, "saw" myself drifting on into the future toward the next new moon cycle.... and what I'd like my life and energy to be like in 29 days.<br />
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Having just printed wavelike symbols down its center to represent high and low tides as they follow the moon, I kept thinking to my topsy-turvy torah project. More and more, as I work on it, I'm aware of the earth and season and its close connection to both Jewish and Christian holidays... Christianity's Easter celebration of new life; freedom from limitation.... Jewish Passover; liberation, passing from constriction, through the waters to a new life and liberation... budding trees, greening grass--thawing earth, rain and mud, nesting birds; all singing praises ...all rejoicing in LIFE!Debrahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06702352604195481335noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1577889892408099764.post-24494600768467042632016-03-09T17:35:00.000-08:002016-03-11T19:00:15.088-08:00InTENTionality<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<i>A complete solar eclipse occurred with this Pisces Super New Moon orbiting especially close to the earth, so that her gravitational pull on our bodies and psyches is especially strong. According to <a href="http://mooncircles.com/pisces-solar-eclipse-power-no/" target="_blank">Simone Butler in Moon Circles</a>, this astrological configuration is the perfect time to say NO to whatever things, relationships, actions, and habits that no longer serve our higher selves in order to make way for new insights, healing, and inspiration. She says, "Sometimes YES begins with NO,"</i><i> and recommends giving our souls space to grow and thrive, much like the plants we repotted!</i><br /><br />Debrahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06702352604195481335noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1577889892408099764.post-63804479071242089442016-02-08T20:55:00.001-08:002016-03-11T19:10:42.195-08:00Monkeyshines, ValentinesWhen she lived in Wisconsin, Grandma Jean and her artist friends always got together this time of year to make valentines. After moving to CT, she tried to continue the tradition by inviting us to celebrate the February new moon by making valentines. Remembering our first<a href="http://noonnewmoon.blogspot.com/2010/01/come-to-table.html" target="_blank"> gathering of that nature</a>, Rachel organized another new moon valentine-making adventure this year.<br />
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Rachel and Darwin had colored thin pieces of cardboard on their woodstove so the crayons melted making vibrant colors, so we could make heart-shaped cut-outs.<br />
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Harriet showed us how to use a template to fold and cut two pieces of paper to weave together to form a heart.<br />
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And decorated <a href="http://www.thelunapress.com/" target="_blank">lunar postcards</a>.<br />
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Inspired, Rachel and Darwin went home and incorporated what they had done into a project for 100's Day: a 10 by 10 woven grid with 100 hearts pinned on!<br />
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<i>February 8, 2016 was also the "Chinese lunar New Year," based on the New Moon heralding spring. In the past, this was the only festival for which farmer's would leave their labors to celebrate. The festivities would last for two weeks/the full moon. It remains a time of honoring one's ancestors and deities, as well as holding family reunions. Because the color red represents good fortune, many people give presents of cash in small red envelopes. According to Chinese astrological tradition, this year (4713) is the year of the fire monkey and we can look forward to a year of intense confrontations, great technological advancements, and of women coming into their power.</i> </div>
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Astro Feng Shui practitioner, Simone Butler notes that this month's new moon in Capricorn is the ideal time to move forward into our work, self-esteem and higher calling. She recommends <a href="http://www.astrofengshui.net/2016/01/05/capricorn-moon-ritual-tooting-horn/" target="_blank">"tooting our own horn"</a> by boldly writing a letter or making a blog or facebook post about an issue that really matters to us. And/or showing confidence in our own abilities by approaching an authority about supporting our work.
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I chose this time to post on our local chat group in support of short term rentals. I daily skim over the posts and usually dismiss them, feeling like a big old trout hiding at the bottom of the stream under a rock. <br />
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Thank you Simone! I draped the horns of Babe the Blue Ox with red fabric to bring a little fire to my aspirations!Debrahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06702352604195481335noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1577889892408099764.post-67147422178291413902015-12-09T17:43:00.000-08:002015-12-30T18:09:41.407-08:00More New Moon LightInspired by last month's felted wool lanterns, we worked together to create a lampshade by using a bigger balloon. It was so big, it took three of us to lay and suds the wool in place...<br />
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Meanwhile, in Falls Village, New Moon wood sprites set up a red tent along a woodland path to surprise unsuspecting hikers and left notes of appreciation for their "victims"Debrahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06702352604195481335noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1577889892408099764.post-49413412103779765042015-11-11T18:22:00.000-08:002015-11-19T07:03:46.721-08:00New Moon Balloon Lanterns<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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May your warm inner light shine throughout the dark of winter!<br />
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<br />Debrahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06702352604195481335noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1577889892408099764.post-50162931921237747792015-09-14T18:30:00.000-07:002015-09-15T13:39:29.425-07:00Brother Energy in the Red Tent!We welcomed in the New Moon and the New Year by setting up our red tent in the woods at <a href="http://hazon.org/isabella-freedman/" target="_blank">Isabella Freedman</a>....<br />
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and enLIGHTened!</div>
Debrahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06702352604195481335noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1577889892408099764.post-60107781239082994212015-02-15T06:23:00.000-08:002015-02-15T06:23:16.076-08:00The Mother-Daughter ProjectAfter reading the book "The Mother-Daughter Project", some friends and I were inspired to let the new moon gatherings continue to be about feeling good as mothers and daughters! <br />
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Jaime returned to her moon cycle for the first time since her third child's birth, so Jaime and I and her daughters sat in the red tent and made rag-pads for her from her son's old diapers - an ending and beginning. <br />
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We've been singing songs and setting up the tent so that the girls can "pop" through with excitement, as well as sit in the rosy hued light and snack. <br />
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We went out in the cold night after one of our gatherings and saw the little sliver of moon. Ibby said "where, but I don't see it, where is the rest of the it!!!!" and we all nodded in wonder. "That's the new moon!"Rachelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11843529704170430171noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1577889892408099764.post-9019620001949756512014-11-22T12:53:00.000-08:002015-01-31T16:07:28.400-08:00Swept Away<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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and painted up several sets of lemme sticks too! </div>
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We celebrated the Hindu harvest festival of lights, Dwali, by cleaning our front entryway, sweeping the walkway and decorating the door ... all in order to welcome Lakshmi, Lady Luck, Love, Light, and Prosperity into our home, our hearts, and our life.Debrahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06702352604195481335noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1577889892408099764.post-65647562590280957382014-09-24T12:30:00.000-07:002015-01-31T12:37:20.012-08:00Heads up!Of this new moon, Rachel
wrote: It is Rosh Hashana, literally head of the year, in the Jewish
Lunar calendar. One of the Rosh Hashana traditions is Tashlich, a
casting away of crumbs into moving water, along with sins or feelings
that we'd need washed away to start the new year. <span id="yui_3_16_0_1_1408586656650_13240"><br /><br /><a href="http://www.jewishmag.com/117mag/tortillas/tortillas.htm" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1411437626940_19075" rel="nofollow" shape="rect" target="_blank">Here is a Tashlich story</a>
to get in the spirit of the gathering, and perhaps encourage you have
your own impromptu tashlich gatherings as the weather turns. Besides
being a story of the digital age, this little essay also has some mom
ideas to ponder - like Magda's clarity that behavior that wouldn't
qualify for "sin" in most relationships was sinful in her relationship
with her mom, and like the author's remark that he turns to his mom for
religious guidance because it is easier than looking in the Torah and
she speaks his language! I wish for the forgiveness to flow between
mothers and daughters, even if I don't always FEEL it. I envision us
tossing our collective crumbs in the Hollenbeck at the Sadeh and
whatever feelings arise, so be it! ...</span><br />
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<span id="yui_3_16_0_1_1408586656650_13240">Some of the "crumbs" we tossed were the need to have things our own way, and the need to follow tradition in the same way every time. </span><span style="font-style: italic;"><span id="yui_3_16_0_1_1408586656650_13240"><span class="yiv6366952029HOEnZb" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1411437626940_19079"></span></span></span>Debrahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06702352604195481335noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1577889892408099764.post-66232497347856968602014-08-25T19:56:00.000-07:002014-09-22T20:11:19.895-07:00Swallow That!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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The August new moon marks the beginning
of the Jewish month of Elul. Its about the time our barn swallows begin
their long flight back to South America. Twittering and calling, they
line the telephone lines giving their youngsters last minute flight
instructions. Quoting Rabbi David Ingber, it is spiritually, a time of
change "<span id="yui_3_16_0_1_1408586656650_13240">both returning to who we really are and becoming who we are yet to be..." How like the swallows! We met and danced and p</span><span id="yui_3_16_0_1_1408586656650_13240"><span id="yui_3_16_0_1_1408586656650_13240">l</span>ayed and ate in the red tent. Then we shared things we were sorry about and things we </span><span id="yui_3_16_0_1_1408586656650_13240">look forward to </span><span id="yui_3_16_0_1_1408586656650_13240">learning and doing better in the future.</span>Debrahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06702352604195481335noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1577889892408099764.post-68367804072934010452014-06-27T20:54:00.000-07:002014-08-20T21:25:01.099-07:00The Project<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Share inspirations and aspirations revolving around <b><i><a href="http://www.themother-daughterproject.com/ourbook.htm" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">The Mother-Daughter Project: How Mothers and Daughters Can Band Together, Beat the Odds, and Thrive Through Adolescence</a><br />
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6:00 p.m. June 27 at Rachel's home</div>
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10:30 a.m. July 26 at Debra's</div>
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5:00 p.m. Aug. 25 at Rachel's </div>
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<br />Debrahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06702352604195481335noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1577889892408099764.post-15409113713827150052014-01-30T21:21:00.000-08:002014-08-20T21:22:35.925-07:00Shimmy Clear for the New Year<span style="font-style: italic;"></span><i></i> Because January 30 was the second new moon in one month, we dubbed it a "Purple Moon." We gathered at Debra's amidst construction chaos to shimmy clear for the new year with Rachel and a video lesson in belly dancing.Debrahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06702352604195481335noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1577889892408099764.post-77578080827612947822014-01-01T17:01:00.000-08:002014-01-08T05:29:57.907-08:00Kale and HeartyThe New Moon of the New Year fell of the first day! What an auspicious time to leap into new beginnings. May we be like the hearty kale plant - not only surviving winter frost - but becoming sweeter and offering even more nourishment through times of harsh weather.Debrahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06702352604195481335noreply@blogger.comUnknown location.42.488302161650758 -77.431641000000013-4.9868228383492408 117.33398399999999 89.963427161650756 87.802733999999987tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1577889892408099764.post-55277300294204119662013-09-05T20:00:00.000-07:002014-01-10T11:59:49.505-08:00Sound the Horn! Rise Spirit Rise!Happy New Year! <i>shana tovah u'metukah! </i><i> </i>One of four Jewish New Years, Rosh Hashana celebrates the creation of the world, people, animals and legal contracts. We usually get together on this new moon and eat the sweet treats of creation: apples, almonds, and honey. This year we are deeply<i> in</i> the world and only pause to celebrate our hopes for the future expansion of farm camp <a href="http://campeureka.us/" target="_blank">Camp Eureka</a>, to "smudge" clean ourselves of negative attitudes with white sage smoke, and to light candles welcoming in the light of new beginnings.Debrahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06702352604195481335noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1577889892408099764.post-53777981525767247752013-06-08T20:08:00.000-07:002013-06-14T20:11:02.263-07:00Herbal Wisdom for the Gemini New MoonThe June new moon fell on Saturday, the 8th. the same day as as our Old-Style Life Skills Series workshop <i>We'd Walk & Herbal 1st Aid</i> with local herbalist <a href="http://queenoftheforage.com/north-star-botanicals/" target="_blank">Alicia North of Northstar Botanicals</a>. Alicia explained that on that day, both the sun and the moon were in the highly excitable, mentally stimulating sign of Gemini -- a great time for undertaking intellectual pursuits and learning something new. We all were learning MANY new things as she identified plants around the Local Farm barnyard and told us about some of their healing properties. Visit <a href="http://motherhousenews.blogspot.com/2013/06/weed-made-first-aid.html" target="_blank">Motherhouse News</a> for a few of her tidbits.<br />
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As a refreshing, especially appropriate Gemini New Moon beverage, Alicia recommended steeping bruised Lemon Balm leaves in cold water. <br />
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Lemon Balm is mentally and physically soothing, gently cooling, and mildly stimulating -- setting the perfect stage for new endeavors!</div>
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The April New Moon rose in
the firey sign of Aries - the ideal time to chart one's hopes and
intentions for the coming season. We gathered after Farm School
for lunch and a treasure mapping session with Alicia North.<br />
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Margaret and Darwin share secrets</div>
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Sara tries a new baby wrap as we settle down to another New Moon feast</div>
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Ezra expounds on the benefits of mother's milk</div>
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Peacey helps her mom make an Aries treasure map.</div>
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