Category: Feminism

Daily Inspirations: Hope

March 15, 2012

“”Hope” is the thing with feathers

That perches in the soul —

And sings the tune without

And never stops — at all.”

– Emily Dickinson

(Painting: Letting Go by Lisa Marquis Bradbury)

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International Women’s Day 2012: Watch Us Stand Strong

March 8, 2012

Today is International Women’s Day:

I wrote Watch Us Stand Strong in 1994. I’ve shared it here before but felt today was a good day to share it again:

Watch Us Stand Strong

Long have we walked
Through the valley of our sadness,
Searching for a way
To end all the madness.
Long have we toiled,
Silent and unnoticed,
Suppressing our knowledge
And our gift to heal the world.
We are large by number,
We are small through the ages,
There are few that have spoken,
Few that dare to read
Our pages.
We are mothers,
We are daughters,
We are sisters,
We are friends;
We contain the lifeblood,
And the passion
Of all the universe
In our souls.
We are women,
Full of knowledge,
And beauty;
The Queens of our planet.
We are home now,
Watch us stand strong,
It is time to heal
Our world.

Check here for 10 Ways to Celebrate International Women’s Day. I spent a good part of International Women’s Day outside in my yard enjoying to 70 degree day here on the river. A little time communing with the Great Mother Goddess is always balm to the soul.

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Chris Isaak Performs Blue Spanish Sky

March 1, 2012

Chris Isaak in a 1991 appearance on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno sitting in for Johnny Carson. Doc Severinsen is featured on trumpet for this live performance of Blue Spanish Sky:

One of my favorite Chris Isaak songs… I must admit to being a big fan of Chris Isaak for many years, always making a point of catching one of his performances in L.A. year after year.

I’ll never forget the first time I saw Chris perform at what was then the Universal Amphitheater (now the Gibson), the audience was filled with a lot of 30-something year old women all swooning over him… self included. That show was probably around the same time as this performance was filmed.

Enjoy…