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The Queen of My Self
Some Declarations of Queendom
By
Donna Henes
I have taken this ongoing discussion about the definitions and descriptions of Queendom to The Queen of My Self Page on Facebook. What does being a Queen mean to you ? As a little girl I wondered what it would be like to be a Queen, after reading The Queen of My Self I have…
Embrace your inner sovereign ~ A love note from your online abbess
By
Donna Henes
There is a story about Sir Gawain and Lady Ragnell which expresses the heart of sovereignty well. Sir Gawain must decide whether he wants Lady Ragnell to remain beautiful by day and ugly by night, or the other way around. He finally decides to leave the choice up to her and thereby grants her sovereignty over…
Julia Ward Howe
By
Donna Henes
If the name Julia Ward Howe is familiar at all today, it is as the writer of the American anthem “The Battle Hymn of the Republic.” But she was famous in her lifetime as poet, essayist, lecturer, biographer, and social reformer. She worked to end slavery, helped to initiate the women’s movement in many states,…
Lady of the Trees
By
Donna Henes
The tree, with its roots buried deep in the Earth and its branches reaching upward toward heaven, spread wide to embrace all of eternity, is a prime symbol of maternal life in many cultures. Trees have long been worshipped as beneficent maternal spirits of bounty. Trees, after all, shade and feed us. Supply and sustain…
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