'Tis the month to LOVE!!

“We love because it's the only true adventure.”

Nikki Giovanni

Spreading the magic of women ...

Where there is a woman there is magic 

Ntozake Shange

Let there be magic!!!

 I believe where there are women, there is magic and I plan to celebrate and spread that magic!!! 

a celebration of #womenwonders

In 2019 I started #100daysofwomenwonders where I posted quotes by women with an illustration, an origami dress or other graphic. I have decided to revisit this project now, 2025, as one way to deal with the insanity that this year will bring!  I am terrified about the havoc the new administration will wreak on humanity and the world. 

I am a firm believer in the power and energy of words so my plan is to flood the internet, ether and universe with feminine energy, be it quotes by women, accomplishments by women or maybe just information about women wonders. 

I am not exactly sure of how this project will unfold but I believe passionately that it is very important at this moment in history. I will be posting on instagram and on a blog dedicated to this project - see the button above on the right.

peace

There is a vitality in YOU!!! use yours now!!

““There is a vitality, a life force, an energy, a quickening that is translated through you into action, and because there is only one of you in all time, this expression is unique. ”

— Martha Graham

Happy New Year …

feel free to print and use for your personal enjoyment ~ peace

As we enter into 2025 many of us have great trepidation. A good way to deal with trepidation or fear is to act and so that is my plan.

I am a firm believer in the power of the energy that you put into the world and so for 2025 I plan to send out into the world ~ wise words from women wonders. I know that we need to add feminine energy and I tend to do this my sharing quotes from/by women.

This idea is not new as most of my work celebrates women. I have shared women quotes on a most of these monthly calendars for the past years. But my intention is share quotes by women much more frequently.

There is much I want to say about this project, and I will share more in future posts.

I am still figuring out the logistics of the how but I know the why!!!

Use your vote for positive change ....

“It doesn’t matter how strong your opinions are. If you don’t use your power for positive change, you are, indeed, part of the problem.”

— Coretta Scott King

feel free to print and use for your personal enjoyment ~ peace

Next Tuesday is Election Day here in the USA. I am embarrassed that this presidential race is in any way, shape or form, a close race. I believe that this election is a contest of basic humanity vs. hatred, divisiveness, vengeance and fear mongering. It is so important that everyone goes to the polls and votes! I am terrified by hearing that many are so frustrated by the political system that they are planning not to vote!!! That decision will hurt everyone! The system might be flawed but it is the system that allows our participation in our government. However if the Republican candidate and his radical right-wing goose steppers succeed, it is safe to say that many freedoms will be lost to those who do not agree with or follow that administration.

I created this month’s collage to represent the beauty of diversity. I believe in the dignity of each individual and would like to live in a country where each citizen is represented and celebrated.

Below is a variation of this month’s collage that you can print and display. Please reach out if you wish it to say, ‘I believe’, or ‘in this house we believe’ or a variation that you wish to display.

Thank you & peace, Virginia

feel free to print and use for your personal enjoyment ~ peace

Just be yourself ....

““No need to hurry. No need to sparkle. No need to be anybody but oneself.”

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— Virginia Woolf, A Room of One's Own / Three Guineas

(Adeline) Virginia Woolf was an English novelist and essayist regarded as one of the foremost modernist literary figures of the twentieth century.

During the interwar period, Woolf was a significant figure in London literary society and a member of the Bloomsbury Group. Her most famous works include the novels Mrs. Dalloway (1925), To the Lighthouse (1927), and Orlando (1928), and the book-length essay A Room of One's Own (1929) with its famous dictum, "a woman must have money and a room of her own if she is to write fiction." goodreads

A favorite author of mine - I believe “A Room of One’s Own” should be required reading for all.

Let us all be more daring!

“I believe that the most important single thing, beyond discipline and creativity is daring to dare.”
― Maya Angelou

feel free to print and use for your personal enjoyment ~ peace

Happy August ~ I am happily on the road, without my computer or printer, so this month’s calendar is a bit of an experiment. I usually do a test print of the calendar to make sure of colors and sizing, however I haven’t been able to that. So I advise that when you’re printing your calendar to check the printer option to ‘fit paper’ ~ or something like that. Good luck and I’d love to know how the printing process worked. Next month I should be back with my usual technology, but for now I’m traveling light! Happy August! And let us all be more daring!!!

Be yourself and change the world ...

“You change the world by being yourself.”

— Yoko Ono

feel free to print and use for your personal enjoyment ~ peace

Create whatever causes a revolution in your heart ...

“Do whatever brings you to life, then. Follow your own fascinations, obsessions, and compulsions. Trust them. Create whatever causes a revolution in your heart.”
― Elizabeth Gilbert, Big Magic: Creative Living Beyond Fear

This month’s quote is from the wise and most wonderful Elizabeth Gilbert!! She is famous for her memoir, “Eat, Pray, Love” which is a truly inspiring read. However she has contributed so much more inspiring and passionate words about living a creative life. Her most recently contributions can be found in her Letters from Love on Substack.

This month’s quote comes from another of her books, Big Magic: Creative Living Beyond Fear. This is one of those books that I return to when I need a reminder to just CREATE!! If you haven’t read anything by her I highly recommend reading some.

Happy May, thank you & peace, Virginia