when is NOW

As 2022 winds down and we approach the holidays it's time to assess the year and plan for 2023. 

A recent post from the Agam Agenda seemed most apt. 

Culture is about how we relate with each other, and with the Earth. It holds our living stories—outside any walls or any conference.

Why rewrite COP27?

We have grown too attached to our habits and creature comforts and because most of us live in crowded bustling urban centers - we are sadly remotely distanced from nature and natural cycles - hardly conscious of subtle shifts and central cycles. 

The tendency is to constantly disrupt or make demands on our environment and relationships. To have these adjust to our needs and wants rather than closely monitoring and collaborating among each other. 

community & collaboration

wonder | wander | women are lucky to have been born and raised into a close knit extended family that loves to adopt causes and strays of all stripes and leanings. Chaotic and confusing as this can sometimes be, it keeps us all young and on our toes.

tools of sound healing

Early February we blogged about building community at Englewood Health. Now we extend this conversation to our collaborative wellness efforts at Holy Name Medical Center where we now offer Sound Healing and Reiki sessions monthly.

Holy Name is the go-to medical center for our whole family. From birth to illness to wellness it has served many of our loved ones and we have returned its love in as many ways. 

Halloween Tarot: The Four Royal Advisors

This year I got a beautiful Tarot card set by one of our favourite artists Yoshitaka Amano for my birthday.

Amano Tarot on Amazon

Halloween is one of the rare nights where traditionally the border between material and spirit world thins, and is the best for seeking guidance to right actions and clear insight in the darkening year. So what better time to do that most Halloween-like activity, the Tarot card reading? Only this one is special: it uses all 78 cards.

Island afterlife: San Michele

The island of San Michele has served as a haven for fishermen and travellers, a monastery, a prison, and finally since 1807, a cemetery.

The art of non-attachment: sand mandala

The practice of non-attachment is the work of a lifetime, and takes some very elaborate forms. The book and film Seven Years In Tibet introduced the lay public to the concept of the sand mandala, made by hours of dribbling loose grains of sand into beautifully detailed patterns - only to wipe the masterpiece away in seconds once it was completed.