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Musings & reflections on creating the Gaian Tarot, Pagan/Goddess Spirituality, Sense of Place (Pacific Northwest), Nature, Art, Living Green, Living Mythically, Sacred Travel, Books & More by Joanna Powell Colbert

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• Gratitude begets Gratitude, Hope begets Hope

  Posted on Wednesday November 19th, 2008 at 09:12 in art, community, gratitude

  Yesterday when I sent out my newsletter, I included the gift of a print-quality download of my best-selling print, the Star. I just wanted to say thank you to my subscribers, especially those who have...

• Make History

  Posted on Tuesday November 4th, 2008 at 05:00 in community, current affairs, Current Events

• All Soul's Night

  Posted on Sunday November 2nd, 2008 at 14:49 in community, family, gratitude, moments of grace, wheel of the year

  Last night our friends gathered to honor the changing tide and to remember our loved ones now on the other side of the veil. We built this altar for our ancestors. Isn't it beautiful? Thanks to Chele ...

• Preparing for All Hallows

  Posted on Friday October 31st, 2008 at 11:43 in community, family, spiritual practice, wheel of the year

  Since my return from the east coast, I've been immersed in a large web redesign project for my Main Client and working very long hours on it. I get on a roll, just like I do with artwork and the......

• "Spiritual Leaders for Obama"

  Posted on Monday October 27th, 2008 at 10:57 in community, current affairs, Spirituality

  Hey, we have "Artists for Obama" and "Plumbers for Obama" and "Garden Gnomes for Obama" — so why not "Spiritual Leaders for Obama" too? (In spite of the fact that the list of leaders is sorely lacki...

• Carolina on My Mind

  Posted on Sunday October 19th, 2008 at 12:26 in community, Place, tarot, travel

  From the cool crisp autumn woods of Maine, I traveled to the warm summer woods of North Carolina last week as the guest of Beth OwlsDaughter and her husband John. Their home felt like a cross between ...

• For those of us who missed BATS . . .

  Posted on Tuesday October 7th, 2008 at 08:57 in community, tarot

  While I was standing in the rain on the beach last Saturday, my Tarot buddies from far and near were having a grand old time at BATS (Bay Area Tarot Symposium). Three of us Bellinghamsters were there ...

• A Wedding Blessed by Water

  Posted on Saturday October 4th, 2008 at 23:24 in community, gratitude, hmotd, Nature, Place, Spirituality, wheel of the year

  Our friends Steve and Michele were married today, on the west side of the island in an eye of calm in the midst of a squall. This particular beach has been the scene of many gatherings, parties, kayak...

• First Blood, First Moon

  Posted on Monday September 22nd, 2008 at 13:01 in community, gratitude, spiritual practice

  Yesterday we welcomed our beloved goddess-daughter into the circle of women. Blessed be. (Henna and first & last photos by Chele of Henna Moon.)...

• In Which I Get Political

  Posted on Friday August 29th, 2008 at 14:12 in community, current affairs, Current Events

  And so it begins. The emails, the blogs, the tweets, the RSS feeds. Each of us convinced We are right and They are wrong. I'm not very political on this blog, partly because I try to keep the content ...

• A Puzzled Seeker

  Posted on Tuesday August 26th, 2008 at 13:19 in community, tarot

  How cool is this! Nels from the Sacred Harvest Festival in Minnesota sent me this photo and thank-you note, as I had given my permission for them to blow up my Seeker card into a 4x6 puzzle. Wish I ha...

• Creating Tarot Community

  Posted on Friday August 15th, 2008 at 10:08 in community, tarot

  Our Bellingham Tarot Meetup group met the other night. I have to say that I'm so happy that I took the plunge and decided to start this group late last year. I love my Tarot conferences, like BATS and...

• Celebrating Lammas, the First Harvest

  Posted on Monday August 4th, 2008 at 13:53 in community, moments of grace, Nature, Place, spiritual practice, wheel of the year

  (Photo: the head and hair of the Bread Goddess) I'm home from the third annual Northwest Lammas Festival, a homegrown affair started and sustained by some of my mermaid sisters and brothers. (We thank...

• Rainbow Cottage House Blessing

  Posted on Sunday July 27th, 2008 at 21:31 in community, gratitude

  The weekend was graced with good friends, great food, music, laughter, healing and love. We are blessed. And Rainbow Cottage, now vibrating with the warmth of the weekend, is truly home. (It takes the...

• Have you registered yet for the Readers Studio 2009?

  Posted on Wednesday July 23rd, 2008 at 16:14 in community, tarot

  I can't believe I forgot to blog about the opening of registration for the Readers Studio! Here's what I wrote in the Gaian Tarot newsletter I sent out yesterday: It's time! It's time already!! to SIG...

• Straw Bale Home for Sale on a Jewel of a NW Island

  Posted on Tuesday July 8th, 2008 at 14:53 in community, Place

  Here are of two views of the great room at Heron House. This is the house that Craig and I built together, lived in for eight wonderful years, and are now releasing to a new owner who will love it......

• The Bounty of Summer

  Posted on Saturday July 5th, 2008 at 16:27 in community, food and drink, gratitude, Living Green, weblogs, wheel of the year

  The morning's stash from the Farmers Market — who could resist? An island friend was selling his produce and said he'd be stir-frying up new potatoes, sugar snap peas and garlic tops for dinner — ...

• 8 of Air, 8 of Swords

  Posted on Thursday June 19th, 2008 at 11:24 in community, tarot

  Are you wondering why this 8 of Air is so different from the RWS 8 of Swords? It’s because I’m looking at the energy of the number (8) and how it’s expressed in its element (in this case, Air â€...

• Home from the Readers Studio

  Posted on Tuesday April 29th, 2008 at 12:25 in community, tarot

  I’m home from another deeply satisfying Readers Studio. This is one Tarot event I will just not miss, even though the ten-plus hours of travel to and from the east coast is exhausting. (Yesterday wa...