tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-87042702018400550042012-01-20T16:26:03.431-08:00Ruthhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01240260047781510027noreply@blogger.comBlogger61100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8704270201840055004.post-32070066657288645782011-12-19T02:46:00.001-08:002011-12-19T02:56:34.225-08:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-llnyyMrWIXI/Tu8XNE9dVoI/AAAAAAAAB-E/ah5AbyV7ys0/s1600/Solstice.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 334px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-llnyyMrWIXI/Tu8XNE9dVoI/AAAAAAAAB-E/ah5AbyV7ys0/s400/Solstice.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5687790367829481090" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size:180%;">Hinge of the year.<br />Time for going within, holding still<br />as the great wheel of the seasons measures the dark</span>.<br /></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8704270201840055004-3207006665728864578?l=wisewomanjournal.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Ruthhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01240260047781510027noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8704270201840055004.post-43033332309060022762011-12-16T03:01:00.000-08:002011-12-16T03:09:24.620-08:00<div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-hhpzK_PbDW0/Tusk_4YmzsI/AAAAAAAAB9s/KJ5KgNrEzq4/s1600/Dawn.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 258px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-hhpzK_PbDW0/Tusk_4YmzsI/AAAAAAAAB9s/KJ5KgNrEzq4/s400/Dawn.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5686679634371333826" border="0" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size:180%;">This is the stillpoint.<br />Bathe in the well of magic<br />before the day unfolds.</span><br /></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8704270201840055004-4303333230906002276?l=wisewomanjournal.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Ruthhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01240260047781510027noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8704270201840055004.post-43917815000888284402011-12-13T12:26:00.000-08:002011-12-13T12:33:51.279-08:00<div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-rELTucZXkiU/Tue1QeWrNdI/AAAAAAAAB9U/Pk0oPyA9_6g/s1600/Samhain%2B007.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-rELTucZXkiU/Tue1QeWrNdI/AAAAAAAAB9U/Pk0oPyA9_6g/s400/Samhain%2B007.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5685712349209245138" border="0" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size:180%;">Festival of light;<br />all of winter's stillness<br />caught in silent flame.<br /><br /></span><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size:130%;">Saint Lucy's day 13th December</span><br /></div></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8704270201840055004-4391781500088828440?l=wisewomanjournal.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Ruthhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01240260047781510027noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8704270201840055004.post-36549765451422668242011-12-12T02:36:00.001-08:002011-12-12T02:53:31.991-08:00<div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-CBCitg6KIP4/TuXZXHTOX-I/AAAAAAAAB9I/iDwOCEeNWDM/s1600/Lichen2.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-CBCitg6KIP4/TuXZXHTOX-I/AAAAAAAAB9I/iDwOCEeNWDM/s400/Lichen2.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5685189095745019874" border="0" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /><span style="font-size:180%;">Wisdom of lichen stills the stream.<br />Calling up power from ancient earth,<br />the infinite loom where myth began,<br />the turning of the stars,</span><br /><br /></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8704270201840055004-3654976545142266824?l=wisewomanjournal.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Ruthhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01240260047781510027noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8704270201840055004.post-74401962590462126962011-11-25T04:16:00.000-08:002011-11-25T04:25:26.230-08:00<div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-y_-vgKLJ7lg/Ts-HOafvL6I/AAAAAAAAB8M/k8WB5gUhdUk/s1600/Magical%2Bpath1.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 366px; height: 331px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-y_-vgKLJ7lg/Ts-HOafvL6I/AAAAAAAAB8M/k8WB5gUhdUk/s400/Magical%2Bpath1.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5678906336837840802" border="0" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size:180%;"><span style="font-size:100%;">On the shore of silent meditation,<br />the hind dips her head to graze</span><br /></span></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8704270201840055004-7440196259046212696?l=wisewomanjournal.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Ruthhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01240260047781510027noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8704270201840055004.post-23246015470177337072011-11-24T09:22:00.000-08:002011-11-25T04:26:25.081-08:00<div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-lgZYof1IB6M/Ts59dZ7Q0_I/AAAAAAAAB8A/NT_PYY4m-gg/s1600/Autumn%2BBlackbird1.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 274px; height: 400px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-lgZYof1IB6M/Ts59dZ7Q0_I/AAAAAAAAB8A/NT_PYY4m-gg/s400/Autumn%2BBlackbird1.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5678614124289905650" border="0" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family:georgia;font-size:180%;">Blackbird guards the gateway<br />to the Otherworld;<br />one foot on the World Tree,<br />the other on the rising sun.</span><br /></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8704270201840055004-2324601547017733707?l=wisewomanjournal.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Ruthhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01240260047781510027noreply@blogger.com1