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The Queen of My Self

The Gulabi (pink) Gang, is a group of about 10,000 women who have banded together to combat male violence and corruption in one of India’s poorest regions, the Banda district in the northern Indian state of Uttar Pradesh. These brave and brazen women have become folk heroes, winning public support with their successful series of…

  In honor of the Pink Moon I want to share information about several pink activist  Women’s Groups. CODEPINK: Women for Peace is an anti-war group founded by Medea Benjamin, Jodie Evans, Diane Wilson, Starhawk and about 100 other women on November 17, 2002 in the lead up to the Iraq War. They describe themselves…

We are now in the energy of the Pink Moon, the name used by the Iroquois peoples. I love that term. And it is so apt. Spring is about birth and new beginnings. The new season is tender and tentative now. Fragile and raw like a new baby. Babies, no matter their race and eventual…

On Earth Day I published the powerful poem, SAVING MOTHER EARTH by Mary Saracino. Here is a follow up poem also by Queen Mary Immaculata, as she refers to herself. SING WITH THE TREES by Mary Saracino, CO Author’s note: As part of her Earth Day-Sing for the Trees campaign, Susan Hale invites people from…

  SAVING MOTHER EARTH by Mary Saracino, CO A single day in April isn’t enough to honor our Mother, save the planet that is her body, restore her ocean womb, revitalize the atrophied arms and legs of her continents, remove the smog from her pristine lungs, replenish all that’s depleted by the lust for profit…

  Tuesday I featured a piece by a young women who is struggling with releasing her “inner mean girl.” The following is by a mature Queen who is dealing with the same issue. They are both succeeding!   Conquering The Evil Queen By Blair Glaser Not too long ago, I was in a perpetual state…

  The Journey By Mary Oliver One day you finally knew what you had to do, and began, though the voices around you kept shouting their bad advice — though the whole house began to tremble and you felt the old tug at your ankles. “Mend my life!” each voice cried. But you didn’t stop.…

  Here is some wisdom about learning to love your Self that was written by a junior at Mills College. Bless her heart for trying to learn at such a tender age what many women are still struggling with in their mature years. She is certainly a Queen-to-be! Self-Love Cleanse: Loving the Inner Mean Girl…

  I just returned from Neversink, NY where I was honored to offer blessings for the lovely Walk for Water ritual political pilgrimage oranized by Queen Chrys Countryman. Here is a description of the project in her own words: Walk for Water by Chrys Countryman A new process for extracting natural gas from the earth,…

Just don’t give up trying to do what you really want to do. Where there is love and inspiration, I don’t think you can go wrong. –  Ella Fitzgerald Life shrinks or expands in proportion to one’s courage. – Anais Nin Never give up, for that is just the place and time that the tide…
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