by Sharon Balsamo | Sep 6, 2019 | Journal
The tears well up in my eyes before I even know what’s happening; the lump in my throat tightens and travels to my chest. “Don’t lose it, not here, not right now…” an unspoken message, a muscle memory of what is allowed and what is not allowed here. The tears come...
by Sharon Balsamo | Aug 19, 2019 | Journal
I am a priestess. A priestess of this land, of the cedar tree, of the waterfall. I give offerings of heart-shaped stones. My heart. I am stone. I carry the wisdom of generations. Of centuries. I carry memories of tumbling rivers and lava flows and...
by Sharon Balsamo | Jul 23, 2019 | Journal
This isn’t only about you. This is about all of us. Do you ever get the nagging feeling that things just aren’t right? Do you wonder why suicide rates are increasing and the rates of anxiety and depression are now becoming an epidemic? Do you wonder why you don’t feel...
by Sharon Balsamo | Jul 19, 2019 | Journal
In dreamtime, the witch came to her. Journey was sitting at the edge of the ocean, dark and churning at her feet. She felt the familiar fear, and saw the wave rushing towards the shore, a wall of water, towering over her. Journey looked up, knowing the ocean was going...
by Sharon Balsamo | Jul 19, 2019 | Journal
A little girl awakens with the rising sun, her brow knit with worry. So much to tend, she begins her day curled in her nest of blankets, dreading the work ahead of her. She is the mistress of this great house, and each day is a weary walking of hallways, peeking in...
by Sharon Balsamo | Jun 20, 2019 | Journal
I hear howls on the wind as dusk falls; it has been blustery today, on the cusp of summer. Unseasonably cool, the air is thick with pollen as it settles in my lungs and lights me up with an inner warning: protect thyself, nurture thyself, go within and see where...