You, dear Carol, are warm and lovely and I'm so happy you're here making Steemit welcoming, cozy and fun for me!
About megaliths, I like to say, "When life knocks on your door with a sledge hammer, become a Megalith!"
In the below link you'll find countless documentaries on world wide megaliths - so much so you might not want to do much else besides watch - kindred spirits indeed!
https://www.youtube.com/user/everhungriescatgang
Sleeping under the stars changes our DNA. Quite activating and stress relieving!! Magic, really.
Yes, do introduce me to your niece. Where does she live? How many children does she have? She sounds fun (like her aunt)!
A thousand thank yous for the warm welcome and friendship on this, so far, so great journey!! 🌺
@mysticmaya, Maya, has one baby girl, and she hasn't posted here for 2 months. I like her poem on the dichotomy of water: https://steemit.com/poetry/@mysticmaya/water
She's in Germany with her mom (my sister) and her two sisters.
I totally believe in the magic of sleeping under the stars - being close to nature - our children seem to be hermetically sealed off from it. We've lost so much of our wildness, being civilized. Maya and I are big fans of Clarissa Pinkola Estés, Ph.D., author of Women Who Run With the Wolves: Myths and Stories of the Wild Woman Archetype. Estés is also an award-winning poet, Jungian psychoanalyst, and a cantadora (keeper of the old stories) in the Hispanic tradition.
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B01N7YOGAD/ref=dbs_a_def_rwt_hsch_vapi_tkin_p1_i0
But other people find this book annoying and unrealistic. I can see that, too, but I still love the book.
Est‚s finds evidence in the most diverse tales of the necessity for women to reclaim their wildness. The precise nature of this wildness is difficult to fathom, but, at best, it seems to include a genuine capacity to access feelings and to accept one's contradictions, while, at worst, it appears to amount to the kind of self-indulgence that prevailed during the
me'' generation. Est‚s claims that her book is for every woman,whether you be spicy or somber, regal or roughshod''; but her underlying assumption that every woman is free to abandon what holds her back seems ignorant of social and economic realities. The author provides few concrete examples that might help women understand what she expects them to do, and her prose abounds in generalizations and oddities (``the ambitious woman...who is heartfelt toward her accomplishments'') that further undermine her credibility and her considerable scholarship. Hortatory, ecstatic, and, ultimately, irritating. -- Copyright ©1992, Kirkus Associates, LP. All rights reserved.When I have more time I'll read her poetry :) I hope she has time to come back on here :) With a baby (how old?) she probably has her hands full. :)
I very much want to read that book!!! It's been recommended to me before by a good friend. Thanks for sharing the info!!
It's a great book! I've found copies online via bookfinder.com to send to friends.
The baby is 8 months old now. Keeping her mama very busy.
Someday you will meet Maya online, or maybe in person - with Steemit anything can happen! :)
Love it! And thanks again for your friendship on here. It makes me feel at home :)
This is home - call on The Alliance or a fellow freewriter or just me anytime! We're all glad to have you here. :)
"When life knocks on your door with a sledge hammer, become a Megalith!"
Maya will love that as much as I do!
Off to check out that video now (thanks!).
Thanks!!!!!!
"We wear these costumes known as human bodies" - love it!
and
"For the superficial modern man, History has turned into an ocean of (often highly questionable) stories - which do not even match with the historic sites and artifacts they are supposedly based on. "
AH!! Which one did you watch? I love watching all her videos on megaliths!!
I'd have to revisit google history to answer that.....one link led to another. I think this is the one I saw the most of:
Looking forward to checking it out!! Thanks!!