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CERTAIN SPRINGS
“The world today does not understand, in either man or woman, the need to be alone. How inexplicable it seems. Anything else will be accepted as a better excuse. If one sets aside time for a business...
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SONG OF THE OPEN ROAD: BY WALT WHITMAN
(As I put together a book of my every blog post, I am posting retrospective blog posts from the archives for your enjoyment every week. Vive! – Sophie) My favorite poem. A poem for life, a poem for the...
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IN MY DREAMS
Originally published May 18, 2010. I particularly like this retrospective considering the first picture was the image I used for my engagement announcement in October of 2011, and Big Sur was where...
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CELEBRATING SAMHAIN
As Halloween approaches, I find myself turning to ancient rituals, the special ceremonies which initially informed this powerful time. Living away from the city I feel porous and open, while in the...
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WHAT DOES IT MEAN TO BE HUMAN?
To be honest, this question frustrated me when, a few months ago, a bright young woman asked me to answer such a riddle. Shortly, it began to entice me. Lately, it continues to boggle the mind. I put...
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WILDER CHAPTERS
My boat has tipped over. I’m in the water, wet, annoyed, frustrated and upset. I don’t like this at all. When I was younger I had my feet in the water, safe on the shore. Soon I ventured out to see if...
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INTIMACY WITH FEAR
“Fear is a universal experience. Even the smallest insect feels it. We wade in the tidal pools and put our finger near the soft, open bodies of sea anemones and they close up. Everything spontaneously...
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ONE WITH THE WILD FEMININE
“In order to converse with the wild feminine, a woman must temporarily leave the world and inhabit a state of aloneness in the oldest sense of the word. Long ago the word alone was treated as two...
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THE PRIMAL FLUX
“The best thing about writing is not the actual labor of putting word against word, brick upon brick, but the preliminaries, the spade work, which is done in silence, under any circumstances, in dream...
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