The evening green bursts rapture on my skin, luminous warm breath on trees. I am undone, fingertips to dark soil I swim, Awakening to soft kisses from leaves. Bare Skin and the leaves; they are one and the same. The body is our very own patch of earth. How you speak, feel, and interact with […]

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Back to Her Nature | Alberta Photography Education

To worship with abandon means to fully let go of pretenses; to come to the feet of the divine and allow yourself to be seen. That is what I experienced at the Wild Roses Festival in July. Women came together and removed the masks they wear in the world and let each other touch the […]

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Wild Roses | Photographs from Alberta’s Women’s Festival

Winters up here on the Canadian prairies send me into hibernation mode. I don’t want to be outside once the temperature drops below -10, and so last summer, I asked the Earth how I could stay connected to her during the winter. She answered, “through your body”. But what does it mean to connect with […]

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A Landscape in Winter | How to Stay Connected to Nature in Cold Seasons

Oh snap, a word that makes “appropriate” people squeamish. But since I’m all but positive no “appropriate” people read this blog, let’s get to it. Pussy. Say it out loud. Pussy. Pussy, pussy pussy pussy pussy. “I hate that word” someone recently told me. It almost feels like you shouldn’t say it. Or maybe you […]

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What Pussy said | A Reclamation of the Sacred Feminine