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Connecting Kids and Nature

We islanders got the dry spell we were craving and quickly exchanged our gumboots and umbrellas for sandals and sunglassess. We’ve been celebrating a week of gorgeous weather outdoors and … Continue reading

May 15, 2012 · 10 Comments

Forever Four

My friend Zeenat of Positive Provocations has just celebrated her birthday by embracing the child within her. She’s determined to be forever four and I’m joining her. I choose also … Continue reading

October 4, 2011 · 16 Comments

Golden Apples Guided Meditation for Children

The Greeks original paradise was called the Garden of the Hesperides, and they associated it with Zeus and Hera and with a serpent-entwined apple tree. Dryads were nymphs associated with trees and water. In Greek mythology, the three nymphs The “Hesperides” were daughters of either Nyx (Night) or the heaven-bearing Titan Atlas.

September 19, 2011 · 15 Comments

Childlike wonder and wisdom

Some artists spend their careers trying to recapture the sense of wonder and imagination they had as children.  I was reminded of that this summer while I sketeched and watched … Continue reading

August 27, 2010 · 21 Comments

US support for sexual and reproductive rights

On April 1st, 2009 the U.S. government decisively broke from its recent past [under the Bush Administration] by reaffirming its “deep commitment” to “universal access to sexual and reproductive health and the protection and promotion of reproductive rights” at the 42nd Session of the Commission on Population and Development, at UN headquarters in New York.

April 7, 2009 · 10 Comments

International Women's Day: A Downer

This year I did not take part in the Bloggers’ Unite International Women’s Day event because I could not overlook this irony. Just days prior to International Women’s Day our Canadian government passed a bill that legislates away the right of women who are public sector workers to file complaints for pay equity with the Canadian Human Rights Commission.

March 19, 2009 · 24 Comments

God is pro choice!

by guest blogger buddhaofhollywood I have a very good and dear friend. I can’t use her name here but let’s just call her Beth. She is a lovely lady, blonde, … Continue reading

October 31, 2008 · 14 Comments
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