Category: SacredSpaces
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Perspective Depends on Where You Stand
Perspective. It’s a hell of a thing, isn’t it? You think you know what you’re looking at. You see it every day. Some thing. Or some one. Like this tree on the farm back home. You walk by it every day. You’re vaguely aware that it’s damaged. You might even be aware of it…
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Gobekli Tepe: Ancient Pain & Expression
In Lorna Tedder’s absence, today’s Guest Blogger is Marc Rice. Years ago I befriended an older man, Chuck Kennedy, who volunteered much of his time at local hospitals. He made it a point to visit one particular therapy group every Thursday afternoon, a group of small children, ages 4 through 9, that were a…
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Sacred Spaces: Bathroom Makeover, Kitchen Touchup
Part of making my home into a “sacred space” has been putting my personality into the walls, floors, ceilings, with my latest inspiration room being a small bathroom makeover with a touchup in the kitchen. The unusal feature I had not seen before was the use of PVC Backsplash tile bought from Home Depot. The…
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Sacred Spaces: Stonehenge Herb Garden
I didn’t have much time a few years ago to put together an outdoor herb garden. I was working long hours at my job and a single mom to two teens. I didn’t have time to build an herb garden, dig up a chunk of the back yard, or fight weeds in the plot. So…
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Sacred Space: An Outdoor Altar
A simple and discreet outdoor altar To you, it’s a very simple, very discreet outdoor altar and stone circle. To your neighbors, your in-laws, your kids’ friends, and the meter reader, this arrangement looks like a stone bench or possibly a table in your garden, and a circular path. All you need to shift between…
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The Provisional New 7 Wonders of Nature: A Bucket List of Travel
The New 7 Wonders of Nature have been tentatively announced after the first count of votes on 11/11/11, though the final 7 may differ once the votes are confirmed. Being the Nature Girl that I am and finding wonders in everything in nature, I was intrigued by the idea of what 7 places in Nature…
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The Emotional Energy of Your Space: Empty Nests, Divorced Bedrooms, and Baby’s Rooms
Photo by Lorna Tedder, copyright 2011. Of course, people re-arrange rooms when a relationship breaks up or a child leaves home…or a relationship solidifies into shared space or a new addition is welcomed into the family! Spaces fill up with energy, usually the energy of the person who occupied it or with the energy of…
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Ley Lines and Streams of Energy (Part 1)
I have two ley lines in my house, and they are strong streams of energy that are very different. In addition, I have a few “power spots” that feel like pools of energy. The more I learn about these ley lines, the more questions I have, such as: – Do all ley…
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How to Visit Holy Ground
Whenever I’ve visited a place I consider sacred ground, I must both approach and leave it in a respectful way. Otherwise, I have a hard time absorbing the specialness of it and an even harder time breaking loose from it. I first discovered that I needed a technique for getting the most out of such…