Self reliance Permaculturists feel the puzzle pieces are now in the box. All we need are artists to put them together. Water Woman Festival purpose is to rebirth the land that has been stripped of it’s natural resources and nutrients, to enable plants,animals and people to co-exist sustainably. WWF mission is to rebirth our natural earth with the help of permaculture, people and the collective spirit of sustainable art. WWF enables land to regenerate it’s water shed and balance to sustain l... read more

There is an old woman who lives in a hidden place that everyone knows but few have ever seen. As in the fairy tales of Eastern Europe, she seems to wait for lost or wandering people and seekers to come to her place.
She is circumspect, often hairy, always fat, and especially wishes to evade most company. She is both a crower and a cackler, generally having more animal sounds than human ones.
They say she lives among the rotten granite slopes in Tarahumara Indian Territory. They say ... read more

I am mending
the tattered web of my heart, the world,
with plush emerald yarn
of compassion and generosity.
I darn holes torn by blame and judgment
with soft and sturdy strands
of kindness and understanding.

May I repair jagged rips
torn by despair and grief
with braided grasses of gratitude
and deep purple reeds of acceptance
of things as they are.

And where anger and fear burned gaping holes,
may I reweave
with golden threads of forgiveness,
gleaming with copper cords of ... read more

I am the beauty of the green earth
and the white moon among the stars
and the mysteries of the waters.
I call upon your soul to arise and come unto me
For I am the soul of nature that gives life to the Universe.
From Me all things proceed and unto Me they must return.
Let My worship be in the heart that rejoices, for behold-
all acts of love and pleasure are My rituals.
Let there be beauty and strength, power and compassion,
honor and humility, mirth and reverence within you.
And yo... read more