Red Thread Circles

  I first met Rosie and Olivia when I journied to California for our Color of Woman graduation in 2015. Rosie - coming from New Zealand -booked our stay in a lovely lodge on the Russian River!  In 2025, Rosie is coming to the states again, and will connect with SiStars along the way too co-facilitate classes in our respective states, and i n Oregon, Olivia and I will be her co-hosts! It's crazy to think it's been a decade since we meet (& 4 years since I offered a painting class in person.) In the Still Room - 1st Apothecary   For our theme, Rosie suggested we offer  Apothecary, a process of ' alchemizing our access to inner knowing, using creativity as the path and vessel.'   We will   set out to explore how each of us gains access to this inner knowing, and uses it to transform old stories into healing elixirs . Early this week, Olivia and I met at the lovely Milieu Gallery at Bridgeport, where many of her amazing paintings are on display...

  In November we often celebrate the abundance of harvest season.  A Cornucopia is a hollow container, shaped like a sheep or goats horn filled with an abundance of fruit and vegetables. (Cornu copiæ - literally, 'horn of Plenty') The term was first used in English in the 1600s, denoting a sense of overflowing abundance.  Jacobs sheep - Bideawee farm Some inquiries to consider as you contemplate abundance:  What fills your basket? Who and what are you grateful for? What gifts do you have to share? Cornucopia My cornucopia is filled with abundance from the gardens, and I looked up the flower essence definitions for each, and added their names in ᏣᎳᎩ (tsalagi / Cherokee) Syllabary.  Apple for sweetness 🍎  Corn for Earth connection/ grounding 🌽  Kale - remembering past skills Borage for comfort and courage Grapes to help us see our gifts 🍇  Filbert - speaking our truth / seeing into shadows I used my Inktense pencils and neocolor 2 crayons, ...