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Perspective Shift!

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So, you may not have heard from me this week, as you usually do. And I missed you! You see, the tech-elves ran amok! I won’t bore you with all the details. Just two things…

If you’re reading this, I’m grateful for your persistence!!!

And, I – apparently – needed some reminders about not giving up on me!!!

If you’ve been around more than about 10 minutes, you’ve probably heard me mention that I consider myself tech-challenged. It’s a processing thing. I don’t understand any of this stuff. For me, it’s all which finger I move to get the next right thing to happen?

So, after considerable shaming and blaming, along with stomping and swearing, I got some help. An old friend who’s harder to find these days than she used to be, but understands way more tech magic than I do.

Kit was apparently having a come-apart.

What I didn’t know, when we were fixing things online was that some of my old favorite style choices would get a lot harder to find. Like the fairy-tale-ish much larger letter at the beginning of a post which I finally figured out just now!

Yay, me!!!

(I gave up thinking it was rude to celebrate myself ages ago!)

Somewhere in the midst of all that frustration I reached for the only helpful thing I could think of… my very own MetaMod Wisdom Cards!

I shuffled a bunch and passed them – with hope – through my hands, eyes closed, until one called to me.

Yep! Matilda and Aslan… my Warrior Archetype buddies, right up there at the top!

The WOO really can help!!! Even in the fighting for good over evil!

They, of course, came bearing a question.

What are you/we trying to accomplish?

My list is pretty long at the moment, what with a book launch approaching and all. Here’s the bottom line, though…

I am trying to accomplish HOPE! In as many ways and for as many people as I can, starting with the tweens and teens we love. And the new book is all about that!

Here’s a peek…

For now, though… if you’d like to brush up a bit on perspective and tools, check out all the goodies, including my Meta Mod Wisdom Cards… at WingedEyeWisdom.com

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Well, yesterday was quite the adventure!

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It started off normally, enough. Tea. Mail. News. You hear me…

Then, an excursion to physical therapy. Let’s just say that sometimes things are helpful and not fun! We’ll skip the yelling in the parking lot and the hard to convince elevator. I got there! And then I headed home.

I was probably about a third of the way there, just under the bridge and headed up Columbia Drive, when the noise began. One of those kind of noises. Never having taken auto repair class, it took me a bit to figure it out. A tire with nowhere near enough air! The right front one to be exact. And the noise kept getting louder, which didn’t feel encouraging.

There was no good place to pull off. Fortunately, there was a safe place just a bit farther on. The front circle at Columbia Seminary.

I pulled in and parked and got out to go exploring.

The tire wasn’t just leaking. Or low. It was flat as flat can be! (Even I know that’s not a good thing!)

Fast forward through rescue by Legendary Husband. Some time sensitive meetings. Hunting for – you know – tools.

The next part wasn’t at all fun, but we actually got the tire changed. Well, Bill got the tire changed! I handed him things and made supportive comments. (There’s no way my wrists and shoulders could cope with the jack!)

And, we made it home!

Clearly there will be more hassle to cope with before this adventure is over. For now, though, book progress. (I know way more about that than tires!)

My friend, above, looks a lot like the way this moment in time feels, especially if you add in – you know – the news!

A new friend asked me, today, if she was afraid of being robbed!

She is not! What she is – in her work-in-progress way – is praying! Praying for hope and grace in the middle of all the crazy! Let me know if you’d like your name added to the prayer list!

For now, food. More paint. A background to design for a video shoot.

Keep sticking with you!

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Are you ready???

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Okay, technically, we’ve already begun, but we’ve saved a special space for YOU, and time for you to dance your way to caught up! Really!!!

And, yes… we’re talking Red Madonna… the Womb of Living Waters!

You know… painting, dancing, and helping to heal the energy of the world. Really!!!

The photo is what Shiloh & Havi, our fearless leaders, had on their canvases at the end of day two…

My canvas is empty. These first two days, my job was to be what’s known as Eyes & Ears. Kinda camp counselor for a fabulous group of woman from all over the world! (Camp Counselor is my thing!!!) We had lots of music, too.

This is a year-long adventure and we’d love to have you join us.

Frankly, my hand is way past cranky about typing just now, so I’m going to count on you to click the link and just go exploring. And I’m going to say, in all seriousness, that this is what we holders of hope and healers of humanity need in this moment!!!

https://musea.org/red-madonna-womb-of-living-waters

ps… there are options for paying along the way, and a whole lot of wild women to walk with you. And, it really, really, really doesn’t matter if you’ve never painted before, or your mom told you that you weren’t the artistic kid… we’ve got you!!!

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Of darkness… and light!

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First, let me apologize to my Southern Hemisphere sisters! I didn’t learn much about Moon Magic in school. Back in those days, we “smart” kids – read that “college-bound” – didn’t have time for such things. (Though I did memorize the entire periodic table of the elements as we knew it in those days!)

Fortunately life is for learning, and that’s just about my favorite part of the journey, so I’m declaring this to be Moon Post Wednesday! Specifically, in this hemisphere, the night before Crone Moon just before the total eclipse due on August 12.

Spiritually, this night could be considered an “ultimate cleansing” opportunity for letting go of toxic patterns or clutter or things that drain us, rather than fill us.

What comes to mind for you as you’re reading along???

The clearing, of course, leaves Owl – or Athena – space for truths that have been hidden. For planning and for winning through wisdom.

In this moment, though, we’re having contextual darkness of a different sort. I’m going to assume that you know as much about the news as you’re choosing to handle and not add any of that here, except to say that I did notice a smidge of hope earlier today!

Fortunately, space for practical creating also goes along with Crone Moons, and I have lots of that to do! The photo at the top is currently directing some major plastic surgery on my #wip painting. And I’m heading back to that, as long as the power holds out in the storm that just began rattling our neighborhood.

First, though, a message from a #wip glimpse at my #RedMadonna 2025 painting, Mother Nature. She – and Athena of the Crone Moons – are so hoping you’ll come check out the adventure with Primordial Waters that’s about to begin. Just click here for all the info… A safe circle of wise women, new perspectives, community, and actual medicine for your basket!!!

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Words for this moment, from a special guest…

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Today it is my great joy to share these deeply magical and poetic words from my sister, teacher, and friend, Shiloh Sophia McCloud, with YOU! Fix yourself a cuppa and settle in…

Do you know Her?
The One who carries creation?

The One from whom we arose?
The One that nursed us alive?

Her Milky Way feeds us sweet milk

Do you know Her?

The Protector of Animals

The Protector of Children
The Protecter of Trees

Her Milky Way feeds us sweet milk 


She is Our Lady of Creation

The Great Ma of all Great Mamas

The Great Mystery of the sky, the land,

the primordial watery womb of all creation 

Her Milky Way feeds us sweet milk


Will you lift your face to drink?

Will you lift your mind to love?

Will you let Her in?

She is standing at the door of your heart

The Divine Feminine isn ‘t returning –

She never went anywhere

It is us who are returning.

-Shiloh Sophia

 

Click here for all the info… Join us for Red Madonna – Womb of Living Waters 

 We open with a professionally filmed Live Stream from MUSEA in Sonoma with Curate Shiloh Sophia and Havi Mandell. Here is a message from Shiloh to each of us…

Dear One…

In 2011, I found myself on my knees. You could say I was in prayer, but it fel more like despair on the hardwood floor. The lowest I have ever been in my life. I prayed to the Blessed Mother – show me what to do – how do I get out of this place I am in?

I heard a clear instruction – to gather women around Her. To tell Her story. To paint Her. Who she is – lives differently in all of us. Since then thousands of women have painted Her – she who appears in your heart. 

The Red Madonna sisterhood was born from my tears. Women from all spiritual traditions gathered to answer the call and we have not stopped gathering since then. Red Madonna is the longest standing membership circle in the community. Because – we need it.

A creative spiritual path rooted in the practice of painting, prayer, poetry and community. This is sanctuary and sisterhood. 

What happens when a Jewish Shaman, a Reluctant Priestess, a Mystical Christian Reverend, a Queer Storyteller, a Elemental Ceremonialist and a Magdalenian put their hearts and hands together? Red Madonna.

Who we are is different each cycle we gather – and it will be different again because of you. We will be painting the womb of primordial waters, the Sacred Feminine through your eyes. If you are seeking solace and circle – you found it. 

Perhaps it is your time to join us for this 13 moon path. I look forward to Havi, who has been with us since day 1 – travelling to the ranch to paint with me for the live opening weekend. We will begin with a blessing of the waters. Everything is instantly recorded so you don’t have to join in real time – but the energy is real time. I hope to see you in this sacred circle. This is the only consistent circle of painting for our community until 2027. Hop on in – we have been calling you in – perhaps you have been calling us too!


Shiloh Sophia 

This next bit is me… Sue. It is my huge joy to be preparing for my seventh journey in the land of Red Madonna and my deep honor to be part of the team. I honestly can’t think of a place I’d rather be, in the midst of this moment! Come wade in the waters of the courage and community to go on!

My watery friends and I are so hoping you’ll say yes!!!

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BIG Questions…

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Yep! I’ve been pondering, again. Musing. The waking kind and the sleeping kind. (Also, the writing kind!) And, yes, I’ve also been watching the news.

Don’t go! The rest of this is musing, NOT newsing! I promise!!!

As you probably guessed, questions are in order! The kind the world wants us to forget to ask!

What do I need?

What do I want?

What is the next right thing?

And I’m inviting you to actually ask yourself those same questions – in YOUR voice – out loud, if at all possible. (Read on now, if you need to, and come back here, if you need to, when the out loud thing works.) And, yes… you can, indeed, have more than one answer to each question!

For demo purposes, I’ll start with answers that both matter and don’t go on for 14 pages!

My first deep inner response about what I need came quickly… I need to take care of my body! It is, afterall, the doorway to all the other things on my list!

Next came… I want my book-in-progress to matter to as many people as possible! And, yes, that means dealing with the mythical deadline dragons! (I’m on it!)

Then the one that really goes to meddlin’… that whole next right thing thing!

My inner answer came in a dream and it surprised me. A lot! Flower Class in the land of Intentional Creativity®! And, yes… I signed up!

Full disclosure… there is, indeed, a logical back story to the whole flower thing right now. My head knows what I’m trying to accomplish – and why. I just need some muscle memory to help it along! So, I’m going to add exactly that to my Medicine Basket!

Now, since we’re being real, we need to acknowledge that not all the things we need and want can be solved with a gathering of paint sisters making flowers.

And SOME of them can, if we’ll just take the next right step.

I’d love to hear what comes up for you as you follow along… Here’s a piece of the puzzle you might not have learned as a Little:

It IS okay to need and want. To claim what we need and want. To do something that gets us closer and helps us learn along the way. In fact, that’s probably why Daphne and her buddies decided to show up today, too!

I am able to choose.

You are able to choose.

We are able to choose. And the world need us to choose with all our being and wisdom!

ps… August is going to be pretty wild around here so I’m going to practice the whole choosing thing! I’m going to wait until September to invite new clients into my circle so I can really show up! And, if you have a big dream, some magic to manifest, a sense of the place where you are called, stay tuned! This world needs all of us on the road to that place where we are called and it helps to have some experienced company along the way! For this moment, be sure you’re signed up on the mailing list pop-up thingy!

pps… one more thing! The book is officially un-stuck. For real!!!

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A different kind of family reunion…

Posted on by sue boardman

Dear Blog Relative,

We lived in Wheaton, IL for a bit, when I was in 4th and 5th grades. Lots of my dad’s family had deep roots there, and they were big fans of reunions. What I remember most was pie. Also Baptist churches and school playgrounds. And about a zillion cousins!

Today, I spent time at family reunions, too. Different than the ones I grew up with! Today, July 22, is known by many folks as the feast day of Mary Magdalene. (And, no… most of those folks aren’t Baptists! Or Presbyterians, either, for that matter!)

I have another “reunion” meeting coming up shortly so I’ll keep this quick.

Question: What do Mermaids and Mary Magdalene have in common???

Answer: Magic!

Now, this is where things get tricky because there are lots of people with lots of widely differing notions of all those “M” words. And the one thing I know for sure is that we all have to sort issues this big out for ourselves! Images have been very helpful to this word person along the way!

The one we began with was a huge door for me. I painted her during the Red Madonna journey @ 2019. Officially, she is Our Lady of Fierce Compassion. She was one of 5 paintings we did that year and I was really new at all the art stuff. While I was working on her, there was a huge crisis going on at the US/Mexican border. Well, a huge crisis for people who care about people! My Lady materialized sheltering Mexican children, separated from their families, within her embrace of compassion.

About 3 years later, I – in the midst of learning more new things – realized that she is The Magdalene!

You’ve probably met my friend, Destiny Joan, along the way… the Mermaid part of the family!

Then, there’s my current #wip! Officially, #Threshold. The official title, according to my dreams is “I Am Legend” and she says she’s me! (That’s more to sort than we have time for just now… and, as you might be reading this story for the 2nd or 3rd time, recently, you can assume that I, too, am still sorting all this!)

This is, indeed, where we are in this moment and it feels like huge progress even though it doesn’t much look like it, yet. She and I are so hoping you’ll stay tuned. (We are also making big progress on the tweens and teens book-in-progress!)

My next reunion, for this day, begins in about 20 minutes. More stories. More cousins. More magic!

ps… if you’re ready for some magic, too, check this invitation out! And, hurry!!!