{"id":4628,"date":"2012-02-08T18:08:05","date_gmt":"2012-02-09T00:08:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.gaiasgarden.com\/blog\/?p=4628"},"modified":"2012-02-15T00:13:12","modified_gmt":"2012-02-15T06:13:12","slug":"february-musings","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.gaiasgarden.com\/blog\/2012\/02\/08\/february-musings\/","title":{"rendered":"February Musings"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-4629\" title=\"Way of the Wyrd\" src=\"http:\/\/www.gaiasgarden.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/wayofthewyrd.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"440\" height=\"257\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.gaiasgarden.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/wayofthewyrd.jpg 440w, https:\/\/www.gaiasgarden.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/wayofthewyrd-300x175.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 440px) 100vw, 440px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><em><strong>&#8220;I don&#8217;t want you to just sit down at the table.<\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><em><strong> I don&#8217;t want you to just eat and be content.<\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><em><strong> I want you to walk out into the fields<\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><em><strong> Where the water is shining and the rice has risen.<\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><em><strong> I want you to stand there far from this white tablecloth.<\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><em><strong> I want you to fill your hands with mud, like a blessing.&#8221;\u00a0<\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><em><strong> ~ Mary Oliver<\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.gaiasgarden.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/creekside2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-5106\" title=\"Creekside\" src=\"http:\/\/www.gaiasgarden.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/creekside2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"435\" height=\"293\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.gaiasgarden.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/creekside2.jpg 435w, https:\/\/www.gaiasgarden.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/creekside2-300x202.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.gaiasgarden.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/creekside2-140x94.jpg 140w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 435px) 100vw, 435px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><em><strong>Interacting with the landscape can heal us, and<br \/>\n<\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><em><strong>\u00a0bring us deeper into the mystery of who we are<\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><strong><em>by restoring our kinship with the Earth<\/em><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-5107\" title=\"Bird in a tree\" src=\"http:\/\/www.gaiasgarden.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/birdinatree.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"344\" height=\"368\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.gaiasgarden.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/birdinatree.jpg 344w, https:\/\/www.gaiasgarden.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/birdinatree-280x300.jpg 280w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 344px) 100vw, 344px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><em><strong>The bird whispered to the tree . . . the tree whispered to the land<\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><em><strong>Awaken . . .\u00a0 Manifest . . .\u00a0 Bloom<\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-5112\" title=\"Sparkling Orange\" src=\"http:\/\/www.gaiasgarden.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/sparklingorange.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"410\" height=\"307\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.gaiasgarden.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/sparklingorange.jpg 410w, https:\/\/www.gaiasgarden.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/sparklingorange-300x224.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 410px) 100vw, 410px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><em><span style=\"color: #808080;\">Read the messages written on the land<\/span><\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-5115\" title=\"Roots &amp; stones\" src=\"http:\/\/www.gaiasgarden.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/runesandstones.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"410\" height=\"307\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.gaiasgarden.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/runesandstones.jpg 410w, https:\/\/www.gaiasgarden.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/runesandstones-300x224.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 410px) 100vw, 410px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><em><strong>. . .\u00a0\u00a0 Signs . . . Portents\u00a0 . . .\u00a0 Omens\u00a0 . . .<\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><em><strong>Listen to the voices on the wind<\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-5170\" title=\"Inbetween\" src=\"http:\/\/www.gaiasgarden.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/blogborder1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"261\" height=\"47\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.gaiasgarden.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/blogborder1.jpg 261w, https:\/\/www.gaiasgarden.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/blogborder1-260x47.jpg 260w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 261px) 100vw, 261px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><em><strong>The\u00a0 gentle murmur of\u00a0 rain prayers<\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><strong><em>The rivers carrying blessings to where they are needed<\/em><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><em><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone  wp-image-5134\" title=\"Between land &amp; sea\" src=\"http:\/\/www.gaiasgarden.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/betweenlandandsea.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"451\" height=\"318\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.gaiasgarden.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/betweenlandandsea.jpg 480w, https:\/\/www.gaiasgarden.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/betweenlandandsea-300x211.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 451px) 100vw, 451px\" \/><\/span><\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em><strong><span style=\"color: #808080;\">\u00a0 The ongoing conversations between the sea and land<\/span><\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em><strong><span style=\"color: #808080;\"> between the visible and invisible worlds<\/span><\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><em><strong><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-5176\" title=\"Celtic symbol\" src=\"http:\/\/www.gaiasgarden.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/celticsymbollgt.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"149\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.gaiasgarden.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/celticsymbollgt.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.gaiasgarden.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/celticsymbollgt-62x62.jpg 62w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><em><strong>Musings on a 64 degree February day with blue skies and lots of sunshine.<\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><em><strong>Joy &amp; Blessings to all<br \/>\n<\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #800080;\">\u00a0<strong><em>\u201cEveryday Goddessing\u00a0 is about sharing magical techniques and sacred wisdom with other beautiful Goddess women. I believe that within every woman there is a goddess, a wise woman, beautiful, creative, powerful, with a deep soul, and that everything we need and are looking for is already inside\u00a0 each of us.\u201d ~ Rose Arizmendi<\/em><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;I don&#8217;t want you to just sit down at the table. I don&#8217;t want you to just eat and be content. I want you to walk out into the fields Where the water is shining and the rice has risen. I want you to stand there far from this white tablecloth. I want you to [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[624,4,19],"tags":[874,231,894,873,816],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.gaiasgarden.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4628"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.gaiasgarden.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.gaiasgarden.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gaiasgarden.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gaiasgarden.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4628"}],"version-history":[{"count":91,"href":"https:\/\/www.gaiasgarden.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4628\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5196,"href":"https:\/\/www.gaiasgarden.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4628\/revisions\/5196"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.gaiasgarden.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4628"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gaiasgarden.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4628"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gaiasgarden.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4628"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}