I’m making my shoulders strong for the young to stand upon
Stepping lightly on the backs of those who hold me up
It’s a chain of life unending ever new and ever bending
Grateful is the heart for the chance to be alive . . .
(by Susan Osborn)
See Susan Osborn’s website at www.susanosborn.com
by Janine Donnellan
With the media constantly portraying women as thin, young and beautiful, this unrealistic ideal adds growing pressure on women to cosmetically stay young rather than go with the flow and age gracefully. Take a look at Hollywood productions which constantly feature sex goddesses as the norm and you see an emerging development of complicated icons of female sexuality which distort the sacred nature of femininity and female sexuality. Continue reading
by Crick
Over the years I have always advocated for a genuine pagan community, but as the years pass my hopes for such a community is beginning to falter. Continue reading
by Janine Donnellan
I have never been the type to be concerned about my age, although at times I think it is quite incredulous that I managed to get to this age in my life so quickly; time certainly flies when you are having fun.
Personally I have never thought of age as being a barrier to anything that I wanted to do. My father had instilled in me from an early age that I have the ability do anything that I put my mind to. This wonderful advice has stayed with me all my life and has been the impetus for me breaking through several glass ceilings placed before me throughout my working life. Continue reading
