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Gratitude: (the car accident)

tasara — Thu, 28 Nov 2024 02:48:42 +0000

Last night, I miraculously walked away from a five-car accident on the freeway in downtown Seattle.

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11th Trip to the Redwoods

tasara — Sun, 09 Oct 2022 00:29:27 +0000

When you come here,you may be reminded of movies you’ve seen,books you’ve read.You may take impressive selfies. While you are thinking,your body will feel the weightof the skyscraper-sized,living beings who tower over you.Your body will register the silence,will sense the profundity. You may want to run to your car and turn on some music. You … Continue reading 11th Trip to the Redwoods →

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Sea Hag

tasara — Sun, 09 Oct 2022 00:02:46 +0000

Unfathomable,ancient crone of the sea,broodinginexplicable dark silence.Skies, silent breaths, above her. Near the shore,she boils over,white foam spews on black rock, black rock which itself was spewedeons agohot, coursing, deep from the Mother. This Ancient one does not use words.She growls and foams and pounds. The hill rumbles.No one offers explanation. She takesin the flash … Continue reading Sea Hag →

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Bow Down to the Power Within You

tasara — Sun, 07 Mar 2021 02:42:32 +0000

“Ah, yes. This one,” I said as I bent over the wide rim of my cauldron, bubbling in cool, thick liquid. For months, I’d been charging myself with intention, reaching into the goop, and pulling out instruments of power, with voices of the age, crying, “Find your power!” at my back. I took a good … Continue reading Bow Down to the Power Within You →

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The White Bird Rising

tasara — Fri, 06 Sep 2019 03:59:58 +0000

I am the white bird rising, she who rose in the sky over my body when my back was broken, whose feathery gust sent grace into my life. I have listened to the cackling of crows. I have risen from the cauldron with the white raven, and now, I am told, it is time to be … Continue reading The White Bird Rising →

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Raven II

tasara — Tue, 24 Dec 2013 21:11:08 +0000

The Raven, she embodies the hollow night. She sits in the blindness next to you, quiet, yet unspeakably noticed. She peers into the spaces between your bones, and she sees everything about you. She sees it all, and then she envelops you with great comfort. A glow escapes her feathers, whose crevices are unable to … Continue reading Raven II →

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