Oh My Love by John Lennon

Oh my love, for the first time in my life
My eyes are wide open
Oh my lover, for the first time in my life
My eyes can see

I see the wind, oh, I see the trees
Every thing is clear in my heart
I see the clouds, oh, I see the sky
Everything is clear in our world

Oh my lover, for the first time in my life
My mind is wide open
Oh my love, for the first time in my life
My mind can feel

I feel the sorrow, oh, I feel dreams
Everything is clear in my heart
I feel life, oh, I feel love
Everything is clear in our world

All Yours by Widowspeak

I stopped looking for you
I stopped looking for you
And the places I won't go to

Cause they're all yours
They're all yours
They're all yours
And I was once all yours
They're all yours
They're all yours
They're all yours
And I was once all yours

Too
Too
Too
Too

There was something else on your mind
There was someone else on your mind
And fell behind

They're all yours
They're all yours
They're all yours
And I was once all yours
They're all yours
They're all yours
They're all yours
And I was once all yours

Too
Too
Too
Too

What Happened, Miss Simone

Found this documentary on Nina Simone a powerful portrayal of this amazing woman's genius and trauma. 

Opening to the Other

“ It is not natural for our minds to be open to what is other. We have to cultivate it.”

— Carol Bly

Loved this link on Myth & Moor that a dear friend passed along regarding the importance of communing with nature as found in fairytales. 

The Universal by Blur

Having a throwback moment. 

This is the next century
The Universal is free
You can find it anywhere
Yes, the future has been sold
Every night we are gone
And to karaoke songs
We like to sing along
Although the words are wrong

It really, really, really could happen
Yes, it really, really, really could happen
When the days seem to fall straight through you
Just let them go

No one here is alone
Satellites in every home
The Universal is here
Here for everyone
Every paper that you read
Says tomorrow is your lucky day
Well, here's your lucky day

Songwriters: STEVEN ALEXANDER JAMES, DAVID ROWNTREE, DAMON ALBARN, GRAHAM COXONThe Universal lyrics © Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC, Warner/Chappell Music, Inc.

Stay in my Corner by The Arcs

I won't always be a winner, babe
In fact, I'm bound to burn
All these bumps in the road, dear
They're just lessons we learned
We learned
Stay in my corner, babe
Stay in my corner, please
Stay in my corner, babe
I will fight for you if you fight for me too
They can steal away my soul
Hang me dangerously low
I don't care for the gold
'Cause I've been down there before
Before
Stay in my corner, babe
Stay in my corner, please
Stay in my corner, babe
I will fight for you if you fight for me too
We sit together forever
By the colour TV glow
Telling stories, allegories
Letting ourselves go
Stay in my corner, babe
Stay in my corner, please
Stay in my corner, babe
I will fight for you if you fight for me too

San Diego Milagros

Had a short stint in San Diego and stumbled on some gems. Had a lovely conversation with a shop owner who gifted me a retablo, a devotional folkart painting that usually depicts a scene with a patron saint offering divine intervention, after sharing a story about my father escaping a rabid dog as a child. I first fell in love with this type of folkart when I became aware of Frida Kahlo's collection of these at her La Casa Azul in Mexico City. Can't wait to explore more retablos and the rich stories of the miraculous they hold.

Moontime

“Traditionally, the Moontime is the sacred time of woman when she is honored as a Mother of the Creative Force. During this time she is allowed to release the old energy her body has carried and prepare for reconnection to the Earth Mother’s fertility that she will carry in the next Moon or month. Our Ancestors understood the importance of allowing each woman to have her Sacred Space during this time of reconnection, because women were the carriers of abundance and fertility…”

“As Grandmother Moon is the weaver of tides ( the water or blood of our Earth Mother) so a woman’s cycles follow the rhythm of that weaving. When women live together in a common space, their bodies begin to regulate their menses and all will eventually have their Moontime concurrently. This natural rhythm is one of the bonds of Sisterhood.”

“Women honor their sacred path when they acknowledge the intuitive knowing inherent in their receptive nature. In trusting the cycles of their bodies and allowing the feelings to emerge within them, women have been Seers and Oracles for their tribes for centuries.”

~Jamie Sams from Sacred Path Cards: The Discovery of Self Through Native Teachings

VIA: Mystic Mamma Blog