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Father's Day: Of Kings, Cobblers and Ashes
16 June 08 05:02 PM | Beth Patterson | 1 Comments   
5th Journal Entry in my 'Where's Home?' series for the writing contest. Sunday, June 15, 2008 the Central Oregon Fire Circle Community held the second Sunday Morning Fire Circle, sitting with 'Father's Day'. The first Sunday Morning Fire Circle was on Read More...
Where's Home?
18 May 08 05:10 AM | Beth Patterson | 15 Comments   
Taking off on Anthony McCune's View from Your Window , Virtual Tea House is hosting a contest or exercise, for you non-competitive types, about where's home? (Thanks, Tony, for the idea!) This is probably not a simple exercise . This is not necessarily Read More...
Elephants illustrating more than we know...what's this world coming to?
09 April 08 03:06 AM | Beth Patterson | 2 Comments   
I was sent this YouTube video by a friend yesterday that shows an elephant painting a portrait. In the same series of YouTube videos are other elephants painting a variety of plants and some abstract art. Being a bit of a sceptic, I looked the phenomena Read More...
On the 30th anniversary of my mother's death
23 March 08 05:47 AM | Beth Patterson | 3 Comments   
My niece Dione, who I was fortunate to help raise, and who of course, helped raise me at the same time...with her son beautiful son Edan. Mom died 3 years before Dione was born. Dione was very close to my Father for the first 6 years of her life before Read More...
Waiting in the Garden: Stories of hula-hoops, humus and holy crappola
22 March 08 07:50 AM | Beth Patterson | 4 Comments   
We had a lively and wonderful gathering for the March Central Oregon Fire Circle last night, March 21st. Great fire with the full moon rising over the back fence. Several new people, as well as regulars and us old-timers came out for the celebration of Read More...
Woodpecker Wisdom: Encounters of yet another kind
05 February 08 02:53 AM | Beth Patterson | 0 Comments   
I had this experience on Sunday February 3 rd . I took it to my dream circle on Monday the 4th, as a ‘waking dream’ and that group of wise women very graciously helped me begin to unpack it. I’m at my house, getting ready to try to remove the foot of Read More...
Trekking in India and Nepal with Bill
03 February 08 06:41 AM | Beth Patterson | 3 Comments   
Trekking in India and Nepal with Bill Wilson from Montrose, CO Bill is an accomplished potter and a soulful spiritual seeker. We met while both in service for hospice, and fell into spiritual friendship …Bill’s been a spiritual mentor and mirror for me Read More...
Taking the Secret Something-or-Other game to heart
25 December 07 11:59 AM | Beth Patterson | 0 Comments   
At the office where I work, we do a Secret Santa/ Harry Hanukkah/Kerry Kwanzaa routine where we draw names and then for 2-3 weeks in December we look for any and all opportunities to do really sweet and cool things for that person. I have found that doing Read More...
Review: Sitting Bull Remembers
07 November 07 02:18 AM | Beth Patterson | 1 Comments   
Ann Turner , blogger on the Virtual Tea House, has created another wonderful children's book, Sitting Bull Remembers, illustrated by Wendell Minor. It takes the life of Sitting Bull from the end and works backwards, from his memories. "In this dark room, Read More...
Blog Action Day: Through the Looking Glass
15 October 07 01:23 AM | Beth Patterson | 8 Comments   
Several years ago, I attended a fire circle in western Colorado, where I then lived, on Grand Mesa outside of Grand Junction. The fire was in conjunction with a plant spirit medicine class being taught by a shaman in the Huichol and Nahuatl traditions Read More...
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Keeping the fire burning
01 June 07 02:49 AM | Beth Patterson | 0 Comments   
Note from the May 27-28 All Night Fire Circle The Central Oregon Fire Circle Community had an all-night fire circle on May 27-28 (Memorial Day weekend). We focused our circle on the topic of ‘ancestors’, and had a lovely dialogue about our physical, animal Read More...
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Book Recommendation: 'Sky Burial' by Xinran
27 March 07 05:49 PM | Beth Patterson | 0 Comments   
Hi friends-- On the way to WomenSpeak in San Antonio, I brought a short book that a friend recommended. I read it on the plane, couldn't put it down. It was the perfect appetizer for the banquet that was WomenSpeak... Sky Burial shakes my reluctantly Read More...
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On the 29th anniversary of my mother's death
23 March 07 10:06 AM | Beth Patterson | 5 Comments   
Today is the 29th anniversary of my mother's death. She died in 1978 at the age of 58 of ovarian cancer, before hospice care was readily available. Her death was like her life: full of pain and grace. Mom was sexually abused by her father for 7 years Read More...

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