Today my first born turns 16. I naturally ruminate on the events that led up to this day, the anniversary of his birth. It was a hard day that revealed a lot about both of our most basic traits. My pregnancy was flawless…I LOVED being pregnant. I felt powerful...
first published on 12-4-06 on www.liciaberry.com I had an interaction last night that was such a blessing to me; I went to a cookie exchange party here in the valley and got into a conversation with a woman that was simultaneously sad and affirming for me, causing me...
Like so many GOOD things that have been twisted, misinterpreted, and manipulated, the conclusion that I am coming to about the word “WITCH” is that it needs to be shed of its nasty connotations (at least in my own mind), and that the word needs to be reclaimed. In the...
My last post has struck a nerve for some of you, and I’m glad to know I’m far from alone in critically examining this word “witch” and trying to understand what it means in an original sense, rather than a pop culture, commercial, colonial, Christian or patriarchal...
I saw the movie that is taking the world by storm the other night, and it has taken me several days to have some words to be able to describe my experience. First let me say that I am not so much a popular movie buff. I do like some movies that happen to have fallen...