my expansive, adventure-full 2009

dearest 2009,

on this last day of you, i honor thee.

the whole of expansive, adventure-full you.

this year of my being bRAVe in this.

this year of learning how to powerfully navigate the feeling of being "stuck" and strengthening my keeping-the-energy-flowing muscle.

you were this and more ~

the deep, pitch black darkness before the dawn;

The Portfolio Project;

herbal remedies;

watching, witnessing and allowing;

late winter visits from old friends ushering me into the dawn, the spring, renewal;

a trip to new england in april where an unseen future was unfolding and my nose was pierced, a baptism;

receiving a spirited invitation to consider moving north during my flight home from new england;

discerning and choosing to leap north;

a journey to honor bella and scatter some of her dust;

completing my five and a half years of work in the city of brotherly and sisterly love and saying goodbye to my work family;

new live music loves: Rose Cousins and Anais Mitchell;

free teleconference calls with Christine Kane;

mentoring an interfaith seminary student;

bags and bags full of goods to goodwill;

the movement of things in and out of storage;

finding my new home with two roomie dears;

the Mondo Beyondo e-course and local community;

clarifying my core values: voice, vitality, heart vision, gentleness and spaciousness;

Squam Art Workshops: finding my fire*side beauties, meeting some of my exquisite bloggie beauties and making art in the woods;

knitting again;

maintaining a daily morning practice;

weekly tea dates with Trish;

weekly meet-ups (mostly on sundays) with K., a fire*side beauty;

finding a place of worship;

becoming part of a women's spirituality/wisdom group;

an annual columbus day weekend heart*fest gathering in portland, maine;

my first roller derby;

solstice and equinox ceremonies;

building my practice;

being in process;

honoring my rhythm;

inHERviews;

asking for and receiving support in my leaping, adventuring and daily living, learning;

new and inspiring work to assist with generating income while building my practice;

an annual making merry, making christmas weekend with my bff and her partner;

Skype dates with ab, another fire*side beauty;

being big;

a harvest meal;

December Views 2009;

hosting christmas in my new new england home; and,

ending with tonight's full, blue moon.

with the biggest love and greatest thanks,

gem