by Kristen Scholfield-Sweet | Jul 8, 2020 | Journey Oracle
Were you fortunate enough to have parents who said to your child self things like, “ Don’t eat with your elbows on the table. Sit up straight. Don’t litter. Say thank you to the nice lady for helping you.” If so, even if you resisted some when you were 5,...
by Kristen Scholfield-Sweet | Jun 30, 2020 | Journey Oracle
A friend described this time of pandemic as “introvert heaven.” I suspect it is also “artist heaven.” At least it seems so for me. This is not to diminish the genuine suffering caused by our current global situation, but here on Cortes...
by Kristen Scholfield-Sweet | Jun 20, 2020 | Journey Oracle
Letting nature take its course is possible “when one is aware of and aligned with the forces of nature.” This quote from Tao Te Ching, translated by R.L. Wing, continues: “We already know that it is rarely worth the effort to swim upstream but do we...
by Kristen Scholfield-Sweet | Jun 10, 2020 | Journey Oracle
Losha, the momma cat and queen of our household, looks calmly asleep on the household altar. But what a story to get here. As you can see, she is wearing something odd. Part of a sock. With a classy turquoise neck piece. But she is not newly employed as a kitty...
by Kristen Scholfield-Sweet | May 30, 2020 | Journey Oracle
Everything needs a home. Especially the art of making. So this home where the deer was just walking by, is a good home for making a drum. If you asked me what caused a middle aged white woman to leave a University teaching post to become a drum maker– I would...
by Kristen Scholfield-Sweet | May 24, 2020 | Journey Oracle
Will you listen? A simple enough question. Or so it seems until one contemplates “Listen to whom, listen to what? It seems easy enough to listen to fear. Much is being destroyed. We always seem to be at war with something. Nature if not each other. Usually...