joined on 06/18/06
last updated 04/29/08
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about me
Right now I have the job of my dreams: Director of program development at a community art center and coordinator of an arts and environment program. Core parts of my identity: Musician, drummer, mother, community organizer, artist, writer. Cultivator of emotional intimacy. Intrepid explorer of the ecstatic realm. Co-conspirator in creating a new culture.
This Year's Phoenix Fire
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What is it about this year’s Phoenix Fire that made me tell friends that it was the best fire circle I have ever experienced?
At the fire, I was fully present and engaged, totally centered in my Being with every nerve ending plugged into the Al...
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"The Cultural Creatives" - Another oldie but goodie from 2002
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For the last week, I have been completely immersed in a book: “The Cultural Creatives” by Paul Ray and Sherry Ruth Anderson. Perhaps you’ve heard about the findings of their long-term sociological study of American culture, in which they “discover...
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unearthing gems
(blog entry)
I've been going through a lot of my old writing while reconstructing a chronology and history of the early years of Earth Drum Council. Here's a little bit of an article I wrote in late 1995 for the EDC Newsletter, titled A Spiritual Revolution, f...
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On the occasion of my son's pending 13th birthday
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I recently came across this piece that I wrote a few years ago. It still resonates! This is for all you new moms out there among my friends.
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Mothering my Son and Nurturing Myself
Retaining my sense of identity while parenting a small c...
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memories to savor
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Over 100 people showed up for the last Drum and Dance Saturday in Cambridge on Saturday, December 15, 2007. There was a wonderful mix of old friends and new faces; at the middle circle, more than ten people raised their hand when asked “how many p...
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What is it about this year’s Phoenix Fire that made me tell friends that it was the best fire circle I have ever experienced?
At the fire, I was fully present and engaged, totally centered in my Being with every nerve ending plugged into the All. Each moment unfolded from its own perfect center, again and again. Everywhere I turned I saw and heard and felt people in their bliss. Shining smiles blazed out from face after face. Even the shadows came out unafraid and made the dark beautiful, ...
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For the last week, I have been completely immersed in a book: “The Cultural Creatives” by Paul Ray and Sherry Ruth Anderson. Perhaps you’ve heard about the findings of their long-term sociological study of American culture, in which they “discovered” a new subculture being created now by people just like us. In fact, the most astonishing thing about this book is that I see myself reflected on page after page. They say there are 50 million of us, and we all feel like misfits and outsiders beca...
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I've been going through a lot of my old writing while reconstructing a chronology and history of the early years of Earth Drum Council. Here's a little bit of an article I wrote in late 1995 for the EDC Newsletter, titled A Spiritual Revolution, for those who are interested in this sort of thing. (I figure Tribe is the place for this! It's really fascinating to see how far we have come.)
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Because drumming by its very nature opens the way to ecstasy and deep communion with the sacre...
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I recently came across this piece that I wrote a few years ago. It still resonates! This is for all you new moms out there among my friends.
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Mothering my Son and Nurturing Myself
Retaining my sense of identity while parenting a small child has been quite a dance. Soon after my son was born, I made a list of “things that make me feel like myself,” and wrote in large letters at the bottom: “I can do all these things with (my child’s name)!” Not for a couple of years did I see the do...
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Over 100 people showed up for the last Drum and Dance Saturday in Cambridge on Saturday, December 15, 2007. There was a wonderful mix of old friends and new faces; at the middle circle, more than ten people raised their hand when asked “how many people are here for the first time?” Then – “how many people are here for the last time?” We all looked around, taken aback. Everyone in the circle was there for the last time.
So many years, so many rhythms, so many voices raised high, so many smi...
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Drum & Dance Sat,
Drums and Revolution,
Earth Drum Council,
Fire Drum Circle,
Fire Family Gathering,
North East Pagan Festivals,
Sacred All-Night Fire Circle,
Soul Fire,
Western MA Pagans,
Yummagewear,
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