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This Night We Light
By
Donna Henes
by Judyth Hill the first of 8: A Miracle…Let there…beeeeeeeeeee……Love! And there is! Fire is our human gift: the Holy makes Light, and a World …and our job: Making Love shine back! First candle says, We Love. Second, side by side: Be Loved 3 says, Always room for more! 4 says, Set the table, open…
AAADD: Know The Symptoms
By
Donna Henes
Recently, I was diagnosed with A.A.A.D.D. or Age Activated Attention Deficit Disorder. Thank goodness there’s a name for this disorder. Somehow I feel better even though I have it! This is how it manifests: I decide to water my garden. As I turn on the hose in the driveway, I look over at my car…
Queens Everywhere
By
Donna Henes
The Queen Not only in England— Let us have queens everywhere! Queen of Africa Queen of Afghanistan Queen of America Queen of Arabia Queen of the Argentine Queen of China Queen of Columbia Queen of Egypt Queen of Germany Queen of Guatemala Queen of Iraq Queen of Israel Queen of Italy Queen of Japan Queen…
Cry Me a River: A Ceremony for Dampened Spirits
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Donna Henes
Sometimes our life and times, with its constant bombardment of negativity and steady accumulation of stress, seems like too much to endure. Oftentimes, we aren’t even consciously aware that we are annoyed, upset, dispirited. We simply carry on. We persevere. We do what we need to do. We conscientiously continue on continuing on, ignoring our…
Earth Speaks to Those Who Listen
By
Donna Henes
Thank you Queen Elizabeth Hazel from Toledo, Ohio for sending this most beautiful poem. Earth Speaks By Elizabeth Hazel www.kozmic-kitchen.com Earth speaks to those who listen: Maternal lectures in shades of green, Sisterly riddles in coy lagoons and comic swamps, And her epic daughters, Mountain covens meet to ponder immortality. She thinks in seasons and…
Blood for Bread
By
Donna Henes
At the harvest, one can easily imagine that the Earth Goddess has offered up Her life in the form of the fruits of the land, and that in doing so, She commits the supreme sacrifice. She expends all of Her generative energy. It is as if Mother Nature in autumn is in the midst of…
Resounding Miracle
By
Donna Henes
This day, like every day, we wake – we wake! We are the alive ones, the ones here, now, in this world, in this life, in love and able for gratitude. Sun pouring in on a honey of a morning, scent of autumn in chamisa and aster, drench of ponderosa and nuthatch chirrup. Peace in…
The Queen of Thanksgiving
By
Donna Henes
In addition to all her other contributions to society, Sarah Hale was responsible for making Thanksgiving a national holiday, an effort that she began in 1827. We have too few holidays. Thanksgiving like the Fourth of July should be considered a national festival and observed by all our people. There is a deep moral influence…
Thanksgiving Prayer
By
Donna Henes
IROQUOIS THANKSGIVING ADDRESS by Ohenton Kariwahtekwen The People Today we have gathered and we see that the cycles of life continue. We have been given the duty to live in balance and harmony with each other and all living things. So now, we bring our minds together as one as we give greetings and thanks…
Potlatch – Encouraging Generosity
By
Donna Henes
A potlatch encourages the flow of resources in a community and reaffirms the importance of community ties. We can learn much from the Native American tradition of the potlatch. It is a tradition that values generosity above all else, and a potlatch, which is a very grand ceremony, is an exercise in giving away material…
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