but i don't have a home...

i was a lil incredulous when my pendulum stopped there...

i currently live on the futon at my sister's house...

and i am HAPPY to be there!

though i am deeply looking forward to being more settled in my own space

i've been a gypsy for the last year or so...

and yet ANOTHER opportunity has opened up for me to travel

this time it's to one of my dream places to live...

it's been a distant fantasy for SO so long and as i write this... i'm thinking that perhaps what i really need to do is to concieve what type of space i want to be in and focus my energy on creating that...

i am DEEPLY excited but also quite afraid... so i'm going to have to get out of my own way and move beyond what i think of as possible dabble a lil bit in the realm of the "IMpossible"

initially when i realized that was in this gateway i was like WHAT in the world???

and i thought to myself...but i have SEVERAL "virtual spaces"

So my Mother and I were talking today and fell into a disagreement of sorts. That is not unusual for us...we both tend to be very firm and vocal in our beliefs. At any rate the discussion today was about the "rightness" of having a traditional wedding ceremony along with all the accompanying parties and gatherings after "shacking up" for several years. She feels that after "shacking" one should just go to the JP and tie the knot. More over she claims this is the "right" thing to do. Now you must understand that my parents are ministers so of course they would never condone "shacking". Imagine the turmoil we went through roughly 4 years ago when I made the decision to "shack"!

Blessings SiStars,

I am happy to announce that Becoming Peers by DeAnna L'am whom I interviewed on Wisdom Talks is now available through my website http://wombshaman.com. You will find it in the Book Store Section...of course. :-)

Here is a little something about the book...

An inspirational guide for mothers, grandmothers, stepmothers,
aunts, cousins, or any woman
wishing to nurture a girl through her coming of age
(while empowering herself!)

This book provides practical guidelines for mentoring a girl into womanhood. It offers creative ceremonies and activities designed to honor a girl’s transition and call her to new levels of maturity.

At the same time, it presents the adult woman/mentor with powerful tools for enhancing her inner and outer life.

The book is motivated by the belief that for a girl to enter womanhood in a meaningful way, it is essential that her mother
and other special women in her life cultivate a new way of relating that will gradually help her to become their peer.

Wow Thank You! I have been really into relaxation music as of late. I have lots of stress going on right now and it keeps me from unraveling . I especially like that you have Norah Jones I forgot all about her . I have to break out my CD and slide her in the player on the drive home today!

Thanks!

Hey everyone!

Yay! I think I'm in a place in my life to start posting a bit! I hope this post finds you awesomely well and that you find some information you can use. Any questions, definitely ask me!

Best blessings!

Leah
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How many of us suffer from eczema? It's an all too common ailment of modern living and most of us have had some experience with it, direct or otherwise. For me, eczema has been a part of my life since I can remember. As a young girl, my mother often turned to hydrocortisone and Milk of Magnesia to provide relief. Now as a natural health proponent I turn to the many natural remedies available and receive just the same if not better results. And the added benefit is that I know I'm doing synergistic goodness for my body!

Sun Eczema
Lavender and Tea Tree Oil Spray/Oil

ACTUALLY I'M NOT SURE WHAT CATEGORY THIS FALLS UNDER, BUT IF YOUR AS OBSESSED WITH KNOWLEDGE OF SELF AS I AM THE YOU MUST CHECK OUT AFRICAN ANCESTRY.COM

BASICALLY WHAT THEY DO IS SWAB YOUR MOUTH (THEY SEND YOU THIS SWAB IN THE MAIL) AND YOU SEND IT BACK AND LIKE 2-3 WEEKS LATER BOOM

YOU KNOW WHERE YOUR ORIGINALY FROM, I THINK THIS IS WONDERFUL!!

IT COSTS ABOUT 349.00 I THINK FOR ONE TEST, THEY CAN DO YOUR PATERNAL OR YOUR MATERNAL OR BOTH BUT THEN ITS DOUBLE THE COST.

ITS A LITTLE PRICEY FOR DOLLA' POOR FOLK BUT WORTH IT I'M SURE I'M SAVIN' UP RIGHT NOW!!!

PEACE AND BLESSINGS GODDESSES!!

HALEEMAH-ESTRELLA

Where's our justice as women?

Are we justified by simply being women? Are we justified when we're born from our mother's who a woman?

Are we justified because we are needed to recreate and keep human beings on this earth?

With this male driven world it seems so evident that our justification has been put to the back burner. Where's our time to get justice for being raped,abused,and used?

Where's our justice as single mothers from "baby-daddies" who abandoned them and her five children? Or did we forget that justice matters because we're to busy having to feed the mouths and clothe the backs our her fatherless babies?Maybe we forgot when the courts insist that we dumb-down the abuse and hell we went through because he has legal "rights" to visitation of the children.

Where's our justice as women hoping that she will have enough food to feed her children that day? Is it the promise that she can go to college and earn a degree to be financial free that brings hope of justice?

Cosmetics and perfumes have been popular since the dawn of civilization. Yet in these days and times a certain standard for beauty has been set, a set image and style. If you don’t fit into that category of beauty, then you are considered ugly. This is why so many Nubians put on too much make up and Perm (which is not really permanent so you have to keep getting it done over and over again) or relax your kingly crown (9 ether hair).

You put on fake nails, fake eyelashes and even alter the structure of your faces by cosmetically or surgically thinning your nose and lips to make yourselves over in the image other than self and kind.

Gods, I greet you here on the banks of Mother in the time of NOW. First, I shall pour libation, oh ancestors thank you for bringing me here. I am here because of you all. Your invitation traveled far and wide through my blood line from Tamare or what many like to call Kemet or Egypt to NOW. I have a mission as do we all. I have seen enough to know that our problem is not unique. The time is now to remember my, your our greatness. We were robed of our land and our culture, and look what we have become, what MOTHER has become. She cries out every day, ....do you hear? The time is now to use our minds, open our eyes and see all, with three, form your pyramid. The saying is that the revolution will not be televised ...do YOU know what that REALLY means....are you a part of that mission. The time is NOW (2008)...how far have we come since 1712, is Willie still talking?

As I have been learning how to live in my power of self-permission, I have collected a list of slogans over the years. My most recent is: "The Strength of My Words, The Power of Your Will." I recently had a conversation with Spoken Word musical artist RhapsodE regarding her upcoming CD and she shared with me a recent poem she wrote-birth out of a pruning of the heart that produced growth. I was moved by it because it is a testament that while there is strength in words, the greater power is in the will. ENJOY!

I have alot of natural friends in my life, some of which have been natural for like years and years and some who have been for just a few months. What i notice is that alot of them have made it their perogative to convert as many permies as they can before they die. I mean it isn't like polite encouragment, more like an excorcism. And i understand that they are coming from a positive place but going natural has to be a personal choice. Case in point my cousin hairxercised her room mate and like got her so worked up that the girl went all the way and let my cousin cut off all her hair that night. She wakes up the next mrning and like flips on my cousin. She is full out screaming, crying, cursing mad. Needless to say she was not ready and their friendship was dead. I'm told that she permed it again a little while after and has sort of a fantasia look. So i guess i wanted to just share that story as sort of a cautionary tale to remember when we are spreading the good truth.

Blessings SiStars,

The newest interview is ready for your listening pleasure http://www.mosaradio.net/Wisdom%20Talks%20PL.htm

It is a conversation with DeAnna L'am who is Blood SiStar who has been working with the blood mysteries for the past 13 years. She visited Israel and gathered both Israeli and Palestinian women together in the Red Tent.

If you would like to subscribe to the podcast, you can do so at http://mosaradio.net you'll see the banner on the right hand side of the site. This way, you can listen on your iPod.

Enjoy the sharing.

Blessings SiStars,

Good4Girls is an organization that sends natural cloth pad kits to parts of Africa where the women need it most. Large companies like Always and Tampax have started campaigns to send menstrual pads but those pads that are laden with chemicals must be burned because there are no proper waste facilities in those areas.

Many women are using rags and young girls are not attending school during their cycle (they should be going to the Moon Hut or the Women's Hut) but since society has ruled out resting during the most sacred time of the month for a woman, something else must take place.

This organization is asking women to donate natural cloth pads that they sew or money if they don't sew to help women experience a more graceful moontime.

Here is the link to learn more... http://www.goods4girls.org/

Smell Goods ‘98™ is using their business as a positive tool to uplift and empower this generation of young ladies. Purveyors of bath and body products, they have created Stay Sweet Sugar Whips, to enhance the INSIDE, outside beauty of preteens to young females. Each Stay Sweet Sugar Whip has a pink card attached inscribed with a powerful, positive affirmation! The owners of Smell Goods ‘98™ are advocates for organizations that cater to the needs of young ladies and teen mothers. Therefore, Stay Sweet Sugar Whips are used to support such organizations, through fundraising, product donations, and charitable donations.

For the next two months, Smell Goods will be donating a large percentage of all sales of Stay Sweet Sugar Whips to Moving Young Ladies Forward. We ask you to join us in this positive cause. Visit the Smell Goods' website today to be a part of the solution.

About Moving Young Ladies Forward:

Sometimes when people ask me why i went natural i say its because i had reached the edge. I had been on the relaxer/Braiding joint for most of my growing up. and had just hit the ceiling. I wanted more then anything to have that freedom i saw in woman of other races. I wanted to swim and not wear a cap, i wanted to play in the rain, i wanted to never again take that long bus ride to brampton and sit in the basement salon and be tortured. I wanted my hair to be healthy not just presentable. Now i keep my hair in short yarn twists during the semester and afro it out in the summer. I thank God everyday for blessing me with this hair and the feeling of pride and joy i feel everymorning when i tend to it is so valuable to me that now i couldn't even imagine myself without it.

I am so in love with him.... the God incarnate I feel was created for me. He is my air, I am divinely blessed to know him.... Kush....

Ode to Kush….

As you entered into my soul…
My flesh quivered and of you took hold…
Trembling and shivering as you flowed…
In and Outward…
Making me fly…
Taking me high…
-er….
Cloud nine…
Past comparable pleaaaasures…
I explore my mind to find…

None exists though…
My first experience of bliss, is this…. sooo…
I’m drowning in this mo…..ment….
Submerged in our flow’s scent
Giving you my innocence…
I’m cognizant….
Knowing the effects on me you’d create
The next move I impatiently anticipate

I-can’t-wait-for
You-to-captivate-me-more
Conciliate-my-mental-core

Free me, Release me…..From these

Pangs and desires
Relinquish my fire
Passion from you I require
My being is yours to devour
Spirit is yours to enrapture
I’m a prisoner within your capture
Willing to adapt your….

Ways…
I could get lost in you for days….
Become your personal slave…
I’m amazed…
‘Tis true love
Not a lustful phase

I’m genuinely mesmerized…

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