Persephone, please walk with me. May I honor shadowed truths, silent dreams, and hidden mysteries. May I be patient with this time beneath the surface quietly incubating the seeds of possibility until the time is right to rise into the blossoming. ~ Molly Remer ** See Molly’s books on Etsy **Art is Clear and […]
Pain and Pausing by Molly Remer
“I pin my hopes to quiet processes and small circles, in which vital and transforming events take place.” —Rufus Jones Last year in August, I wrote here at FAR about my own pattern of getting sick each July and the steps I have been taking over the last three years to change that pattern for […]
Beltane Moon by Molly Remer
I didn’t just stop to smell the lilacs I sang to them too praising their beauty as I pressed my nose into their blooms. I rolled redbud flowers across my tongue and ate dandelions straight from the stem feeling yellow petals in my teeth. I savored the flavor of a violet and rubbed mint leaves […]
Book Review by Molly Remer on The Other Side of the River: Stories of Women, Water and the World by Eila Carrico
“Braids, tapestries, and currents in the river show us the way again and again–it cannot be one clear way or another, it has got to be both ways and together.” ~ Eila Carrico, The Other Side of the River It took me many months to review this book and as I sit down to write about […]
Magic and Sustenance by Molly Remer
“Eating the first corn, cutting the first ripe tomato, grilling fresh fish in the open air: if done consciously, these can become rituals of love and thanksgiving to the earth that sustains us.” – Patricia Monaghan, The Goddess Companion What is sustaining you lately? We went to the river over the weekend and I laid on my […]
Summer Love by Molly Remer
Summer Love Too busy. Too buzzy. Not enough time. To do. To do. To do. Scramble. Hurry. Tight chest Tight breath Tight heart WAIT! Listen to Summer. Languid. Warm. Sweaty. Hot. Petals soften Juice drips Kissed by sunlight Bathed with rain Sweet stickiness. Passion. Summer is heavy. Hot and ready. Blooming and dripping. Unfolding. Becoming. […]
Kissing the Earth by Molly Remer
Let the beauty we love Be what we do There are hundreds of ways to kneel and kiss the Earth.” ~ Rumi Introductory note: At the end of 2016, my parents purchased a piece of land about one mile from where I already live (they live one mile further away than that). In addition to […]
The Gaian Tarot Deck Review {Molly Remer}
I distinctly remember my first Tarot deck and the sense of anticipation, “danger,” and intrigue it held for me. I was about 13 when I got it, a Rider-Waite in the yellow box, and I did NOT like it. I never connected with the deck, the book was way too esoteric and, frankly, boring, and […]
Dream Blossoms {Molly Remer}
“Instead of planting our solitude with our own dream blossoms, we choke the space with continuous music, chatter, and companionship to which we do not even listen. It is simply there to fill the vacuum. When the noise stops there is not inner music to take its place.” –Anne Morrow Lindbergh, Gift from the Sea What […]
Thealogy of the Ordinary {Molly Remer}
The Goddess Gaia is alive In this time and in this space She speaks in sunrises And waves against the shore She sings with the wind She dances in moonlight She holds you close Your heart beats in time with hers A great, grand hope and possibility For this planet… Recently, I was listening to a […]