From one of my favorite artists… How To Invite Yourself To Tea When you invite yourself to tea Be sure to bring enough cream and cookies along. Shortbread cookies sure are nice in the morning. Be sure to bring a journal and plenty of colored pens. And don’t forget to light the candles whatever you [...]
I’ve Got You Now By Rumi My face free of sorrow, my mouth full of wine, my clothes torn off my body. Look what you’ve done to me now. He says, That’s what I do. I tear away the layers. I melt the shame. I reveal the unrevealed. He moves too fast. One breath, he [...]
Dear friends of Virtual Teahouse, One of the first posts made to the VTH back in February or March of 2007 was in the forums section and was about a near-death experience of my maternal Grandmother. Because Wordpress doesn’t have forums, I wanted to post this story because while it is personally very powerful, it is even more [...]
Amidst clouds, a double rainbow bestows grace. There are no tears where magic meets the heart. If I can kiss the flower awake And genuflect to the morning light I am found. Bookmark on Delicious Digg this post Recommend on Facebook share via Reddit Share with Stumblers Tweet about it Subscribe to the comments on [...]
Wisdom for today by Marge Piercy, excerpted from “The Seven of Pentacles’ Connections are made slowly. Sometimes they grow underground. You cannot tell always by looking what is happening. More than half a tree is spread out in the soil under your feet. Penetrate quietly as the earthworm that blows no trumpet. Fight persistently as the creeper that brings [...]
This is the part where I admit I do not know how to paint and the paper is blank but it’s marvelous to sit for an hour with five pink tulips, one of them bent already, bowing to what appears when we’re still. Bookmark on Delicious Digg this post Recommend on Facebook share via Reddit [...]
I said to God, but how can you love me? I said to God, I am sorry. I said to God, I am sorry but I don’t want to change. I said to God, Please. But I did not know if I meant please help me or please go away, please let me be your [...]
Back in June 2008 I posted this piece called ‘Nothing left to lose’. While talking with a companion (Finding Ground) I was telling them about this dream, looked up the post and saw that it would be a good one to update and repost. So, that’s exactly what I’m gonna do. Updates to the original post are obvious from [...]
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