Goddess Giveaway!

Okay people! While working through The Goddess Leonie's e-course on decluttering, I edited my gigantic Ikea bookshelf. A huge undertaking for me. (and my books!)

This e-course is inspiring and gently guides you through the decluttering process, to open your space and allow positive energy to flow - a life-long struggle for me and all my "stuff". Not only did I learn how freeing it is to part with a lot of things I was holding onto for who-knows-what-reasons, but I discovered that I owned 2 copies of this particular book. "Goddesses" by Sue Jennings, Ph.D.
The one copy hasn't even been opened! Obviously I bought it, not realizing I already had it!
So, in honour of Goddess Leonie and to celebrate my summer of space clearing, I have decided to give away this book.

If you'd like to be entered in the "Goddess Give-away", just leave me a comment and I'll get my hatchling to draw a winning name this weekend.

Here's a peek at the book. It really is beautiful and holds a ton of information on the elements of nature, different Goddesses and what they represent. It has beautiful glossy colour pictures too.
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So who's in? Just leave a comment.(You know you want to!)

"I have found that among its other benefits, giving liberates the soul of the giver" ...Maya Angelou

Full Moon Dreamboard & Wishcasting Wednesdays

photo by S. Maxemuck

A friend of mine took this pic of the waxing moon a few nights ago, with his kick-ass camera. Isn't it gorgeous?
The Sturgeon moon....this is the month to give thanks. Not only to the Universe, but to yourself too. So set this moon aside for pampering yourself and your family.
Your magical night can begin with a relaxing meditation and time spent outside.
Nurture yourself. Go for a walk in the moonlight. And focus on what you want to bring into your life and what you want to let go of.

"August 5, 2009: Leo /Aquarius Full Moon Lunar Eclipse (exact at 5:55 pm PDT)
Today’s Full Moon marks the final of this season’s three eclipses (the others occurred on July 7 and July 21). Even if we can’t see an eclipse in the sky where we live, these celestial events are renowned for being very powerful in the way in which they can impact our lives.

A Full Moon Lunar Eclipse signifies a period when things come to fruition. It portends an auspicious time to let go of something that is outworn, whether it be a possession, a habit, a limiting belief, or a relationship that doesn’t serve your highest good. Additionally, eclipses provide a great opportunity for outward manifestation with life-changing events—sometimes expected, sometimes not—often happening around this time."

Here's my dreamboard (I made a digital one this month), which also ties in to Jamie's prompt for Wishcasting Wednesdays...

What do you wish to make room for?




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I wish to make room in my life to nurture my creativity. With a book (or 2), on the go, getting out the paints & experimenting more with mixed media creations this summer with my hatchling, I wish to create the perfect space in our home for both her and I to create, to nurture our wild and free creative parts, without making a huge mess of our small apartment.

More full-moon dreamboards here and wishes here! Join us!

Peace, happy wishing & make an effort to get outside tonight with the gorgeous full moon.
xo

Home-Bittersweet-Home

And so hatchling and I have returned to our home in our little town that is a fraction of the population of Toronto. While it's good to be greeted by our kitties and relax in our cozy little apartment with our backyard and veggie garden, in some ways it's an anti-climatic letdown to come home.
Friends of mine drove up to Toronto so we wouldn't have to take the bus home with hatchling's puppy. We went out for breakfast with my brother and hugged good-bye until next time. (Halloween Zombie Walk in October - yay!!!)

It was a great week and I did a lot of soul searching while wandering the streets with my Starbucks lattes, tall, with a shot of vanilla...yum.



I have decided that I hate my small town with no job opportunities, but love my apartment and our lifestyle that is so close to mother earth.
I've also decided that I'd love to live in Toronto, but can't decide if the desire to do so or fear of failure is stronger. Although there are many more job opportunities there than here; although I wouldn't need a car there; the cost of living is much higher than here. Plus the fact that I'm not sure about raising a teenager on my own in Toronto. I have been blessed with the most easy-going, confident and socially adaptable hatchling you could ever imagine. She's up for anything, anytime. The kid would board a plane and move to Australia tomorrow.

The one thing I dislike about being a single mom, is that all the decision making falls on my shoulders. All the big choices and decisions are left solely up to me and it's terrifying sometimes, because I know that I alone am responsible for this child, so I better make the right choices, lead her down the best paths, and do my absolute best not to fuck her up. So far, so good.



Regarding Toronto, there are the dangers, but also the opportunities that our area doesn't offer.
I moved away with hatchling once, when she was 6 years old, to a bigger city with more employment opportunities. But I crashed my car after 2 months of being there, got busted for driving with no insurance, (note to single mothers - always pay car insurance, even if it means going without food). Without a car and knowing only one person there, I hated it, and we moved back home after 7 months, as soon as hatchling completed her school year.

Of course that shook my confidence. I'm not so sure anymore that I could pull off a big relocation, a much bigger world for both of us. And with regards to Toronto, as much as I feel "in my element", I am very uncomfortable going underground and therefore avoid the subways at all costs, also elevators....claustrophobic much?

Anyway....just putting it out there.......

Chillin'

One of my favourite things about summer is our annual vacation at my brothers in Toronto. We are here now, still hanging out, eating out, trudging through the crowded streets in search of used bookstores I haven't yet discovered. Hatchling is loving it- the shopping in trendy little stores while I wander the streets and sit at outdoor coffee-house patios with fellow bohemians.

SO MUCH FUN....I had the pleasure of planning a get-together with this fellow blogger. She is so cool and so much fun and absolutely gorgeous!! Damn! How could I have forgotten to take pictures of us together with our herbal teas?

So- on to the gigantic weekend market now....my congrats to all you Journal Wreckers!! I'll have to catch up with all your blogs, as I missed our final week.

Peace!
**I so totally want to live here!!!!!