by Chris Maddox | May 28, 2022 | WILD WOMAN
Gregoria Guerrero, mother of eight, matriarch supreme, mother of my mother, has left this world, and is on to her next, well-earned, adventure. In all the years I knew her, I never saw her be impatient or heard her say an unkind word. She was a gentle soul who...
by Chris Maddox | May 14, 2022 | WILD WOMAN
When the world seems to be in constant flux, when we are bombarded with one message of crisis after the next, when big changes – welcome & unwelcome – knock at the door, moving through life can feel like walking on shaky ground, or like trying to build...
by Chris Maddox | Apr 30, 2022 | WILD WOMAN
Dear One, Big New Moon howls to you wherever you are! Here, in the Blue Ridge Mountains, Spring is bursting forth with color and life. Inspired by nature’s fertility and the upcoming Mother’s Day, we have an incredibly rich poem to delve into...
by Chris Maddox | Apr 14, 2022 | WILD WOMAN
In my home place, my heart place, here in the Blue Ridge Mountains of Western North Carolina we are having our first Spring in three years. No matter how the flowers flowered or the bees have bee’d, the last two springs have felt gray. I could see Spring’s...
by Chris Maddox | Mar 30, 2022 | WILD WOMAN
Dear Ones, The very first New Moon of the Season is here! To celebrate & honor it, we have a very special prayer poem from Diane Ackerman, essayist, poet & naturalist, along with a couple of practices to go with. Ackerman explains the original intention...
by Chris Maddox | Mar 17, 2022 | WILD WOMAN
Dear One, The Full Moon has arrived & Spring is waiving her maiden hand over the horizon. Change is in the air. Do you feel it? Do you see it? This Full Moon, I offer you a Soul-treat: A meditation crafted and facilitated by Nina Paris. In these 20 minutes she...
