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~~ full circle ~~ charred wood hagstone (a stone with a naturally-occuring hole) Jo Miller: I am so enjoying these, Karen. the creativity, the meaning…

~~ turtle ~~ limestone picture of a box turtle quotation: “I’m here to find out how long it’s going to take me to ride this amazing route.” Kent Peterson, The Way of the Mountain Turtle stack of 5 balanced stones  The altar is symmetric — the photo was taken offset so the stack of stones wouldn’t hide the…

~~ pleasure ~~ purple crushed velvet small ceramic bowl black bean seeds (which I grew, harvested and saved the seed for) 9 purple jaspers dried orris root in the center

~~ cleansing ~~ bowl of sea-salt water (Salt water and seawater is used in cleansing rituals all over the world. In my own Jewish heritage salt water is also used as a commemoration of grieving, in the Pesach Seder.) quartz crystal sphere placed in the water hawk feather  Jeanne Hewell-Chambers: this is so tender and so profound.…

~~ rose-felt love ~~  rose my husband gave me earlier this week sunlight shining through the bowl with the rose dried rose petals in the shape of a heart  my husband’s birthday today  Jeanne Hewell-Chambers: oh my goodness, this is spectacular. so soft. so special. thank you, Karen Wohl for brightening and broadening my world. xo

the single red rose was given to me earlier this week by my husbandthe candlesticks have been in my family back to my great grandmother, who used them to light the candles of Shabbatthat’s my husband’s arm, and wine, and salad we had slow-cooked chili for dinner. “Peace upon you, oh ministering angels. .שלום עליכם מלאכי…

~~ you are welcome to be here ~~ raw silk fiber blue stone (I no longer remember what kind of stone it is, although it’s been with me for over 20 years) flint (it’s mostly obscured by the silk and the blue stone, but it’s clearly been hand-worked. It might have been for a cutting tool.) small piece…

~~ we are where we are ~~ horsetail (Equisetum arvense) — ally of flexible structure sunbleached bone with yin/yang symbol painted on it sunstone

~~ flexible movement ~~ small bowl with horsetail (aka shavegrass) — ally of flexible structure elephant figurine, in honor of Ganesha Remover of Obstacles 

~~ elephant and bear ~~ osha root (bear medicine) elephant figurine in honor of Ganesha Remover of Obstacles 4 quarts points