5th December 2005 My Dear friends – Doesn’t it seem like we’re just careening at 180 mph toward the end of 2005? I feel like I need a seatbelt to sit at my desk these days and answer my emails. Whew! This past year has been quite a journey for many of us – more like a roller coaster ride than a drive in the country. There have been many twists and turns, devastating natural and man-made disasters, a critical turn toward ending the war in Iraq (Thanks, Rep. Murtha!), and particular challenges to women (reproductive rights), poor people in the Gulf Coast region and gay people (equal access to… Read More
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13th October 2005 Dear Friends – It’s hard to describe what it’s been like to release this new project. First there was the inspiration to create a 7-minute meditation combining my photography of the Callanish Stones and the instrumental version of “Avalon.” During the past three years, I have taken hundreds of photographs of this ancient Scottish site on repeated visits to the Outer Hebrides. However, it was only when Sheryl Erickson of the Collective Wisdom Initiative suggested that I put music to the images that I was shaken awake to the possibility of sharing this photography with others. Then came the realization that I could create a brand new… Read More
Continue ReadingRocketing into the 4th Dimension… Ye-e-e-ow!!!!!!!
18th August 2005 Hello all – What a journey! I am recently back from another trip to Scotland – called yet again to visit the Callanish Stones in the Outer Hebrides, way out in the North Atlantic. The experience has filled me with such joy and contentment it’s hard to know what to do with the feelings. My travels over the past few years have moved me deeply and literally – to Chartres, France and the labyrinth there, to Glastonbury, England and South Wales, to Iona, to the neolithic playground of Rannoch Moor, the Isle of Skye with its Black Cuillins, the Torridon Mountains and Loch Maree… all exquisite landscapes… Read More
Continue ReadingA Word From Margie II
11th March 2005 One of the wonderful parts of being on the road is that each concert experience has its own unique attributes. In a few days I will be posting photos of the most extraordinary hotel room I’ve ever had occasion to occupy. I was in Grand Marais, MN at the end of January doing a concert fund-raiser and the producer, a powerhouse crone named Joan Drury, put me up in the East Bay Hotel. She made sure the hotel reserved “the best room in the house” for me. When I entered the room, I looked out onto Lake Michigan, past lovely rustic furniture, a hot tub and couch.… Read More
Continue ReadingThe PORTAL Experience
2005 Many people feel great concern about assaults on peace and justice occurring around the world. Finding positive energy to resist and persist in the midst of these challenges seems difficult and exhausting. Margie has created a cultural event for this moment. The PORTAL Experience includes two events folded into one: a concert followed by a community labyrinth peace walk. In addition, Margie has developed a two-hour labyrinth workshop intertwining labyrinth history and community-building with applications for our healing, peace and justice work. This workshop includes a presentation, facilitated walk and a post-walk dialog. Whether sharing The PORTAL Experience, a labyrinth workshop or a simple, intimate evening of music, humor… Read More
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