This week we’re joined for a heart filled conversation with the delightful author, writer and naturalist Mary Porter Kerns. In Marys words, “We are who we are because the flowers fell in love with us eons ago. Sentient and full of ancient wisdom, the flowers long to reconnect with us and help guide us forward in our changing world.” And we couldn’t agree more!

Find Mary on…
Substack https://maryporterkerns.substack.com/
Instagram https://www.instagram.com/marytalkstoflowers/
Her website https://theflowersarespeaking.com/

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Can you believe it, we’ve recorded a year’s worth of Little Gifts! In this weeks episode we share som reflections on the past year and share some of our personal coping mechanisms post election. You’re all in our hearts and if you need somewhere to share how you’re feeling our email is always open.

In this episode we share readings from…
The Wild Edge of Sorrow by Francis Weller
Waking Up To The Dark by Clark strand
Take Back The Magic By Perdita Finn

The poem “For When We Great Each Other” by Rosemerry Wahtola Trommer

Cited the 2021 Kalsched study Intersections of Personal vs Collective Trauma During the Covid 19 Pandemic: The Hijacking of the Human Imagination

Call to action recourses shared:
- ACLU resource list https://www.aclu.org/rtl-resources/resources
- National Network of Abortion Funds https://abortionfunds.org/
- @ykreborn on instagram, shares liberatory strategies and local resources

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Find Sue Ellens artwork at www.suellenparkinson.com or connect with her on instagram @sue.ellen.parkinson. And the same goes for Savanna! Find more about her practices at www.savannawonderwheel.com or connect on instagram @savannabeing.

We’re joined by the extraordinary ordinary Lara Villarreal Hutner to hear the story of how St. Clare of Assisi and St. Francis came together and forged a path that had yet to be trodden. Lara is a civil rights attorney, women’s rights activist, devotee to Spirit and one heck of a story teller.

Also… Sue Ellens coming to Portland, yay!

Sign up for her talk at the Ravens Wing on Saturday November 9th at 6:30pm https://theravenswing.com/events/2024/10/4/visio-divina-slideshow-and-meditation-with-artist-sue-ellen-parkinson

Join us for an afternoon of Soul Collage and community on Sunday November 10th from 1:00pm-5:00pm, email littlegiftspodcast@gmail.com to register

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Please rate and review us on Apple Podcasts and leave us some stars over on Spotify. You can email us at littlegiftspodcast@gmail.com or find us on isntagram @littlegiftspodcast.

Find Sue Ellens artwork at www.suellenparkinson.com or connect with her on instagram @sue.ellen.parkinson. And the same goes for Savanna! Find more about her practices at www.savannawonderwheel.com or connect on instagram @savannabeing.

Join Savanna and Sue Ellen for this giggle filled, Halloween, Day of the Dead inspired conversation!

Sue Ellens coming to Portland, yay!

Sign up for her talk at the Ravens Wing on Saturday November 9th at 6:30pm https://theravenswing.com/events/2024/10/4/visio-divina-slideshow-and-meditation-with-artist-sue-ellen-parkinson

Join us for an afternoon of Soul Collage and community on Sunday November 10th from 1:00pm-5:00pm, email littlegiftspodcast@gmail.com to register

Poems read by Sue Ellen and Savanna are…
Bat by Ellen Bass
Prayer by Marie Howe
And the Vulture meme by @cryptonature

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Find Sue Ellens artwork at www.suellenparkinson.com or connect with her on instagram @sue.ellen.parkinson. And the same goes for Savanna! Find more about her practices at www.savannawonderwheel.com or connect on instagram @savannabeing.

This week we talk about Gramma Sue’s priestess ordainment by the Church of Isis and how powerful it is to honor the people around you. AND Sue Ellens coming to Portland!

Sign up for her talk at the Ravens Wing on Saturday November 9th at 6:30pm https://theravenswing.com/events/2024/10/4/visio-divina-slideshow-and-meditation-with-artist-sue-ellen-parkinson

Join us for an afternoon of Soul Collage and community on Sunday November 10th from 1:00pm-5:00pm, email littlegiftspodcast@gmail.com to register

We talk about Lauren Raines beuatiful masks of the goddess https://www.masksofthegoddess.com/

Melissa Monroes incredible rug tufting https://www.instagram.com/melissamonroeart/

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Find Sue Ellens artwork at www.suellenparkinson.com or connect with her on instagram @sue.ellen.parkinson. And the same goes for Savanna! Find more about her practices at www.savannawonderwheel.com or connect on instagram @savannabeing.

In this weeks conversation we’re reflecting on last weeks episode with Clark Strand. Grandma Sue tells the story of when she heard a voice herself and the intimate relationship she developed with an entity she met in her dreams. This weeks episode is deep and juicy and so much fun.

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This week we delight in a wonderfully mystical conversation with Clark Strand.

Clark Strand is an intrepid spiritual explorer, writer and poet. He is the author of many books such as Now is the Hour of her return, Waking the Buddha, How to Believe in God: Whether You Believe in Religion or Not, Meditation Without Gurus, Seeds from a Birch tree, The Way of the Rose (which was coauthored by his wife and one of our favorite guests Perdita Finn), as well as the book were going to be talking about in this episode Waking up to the dark, the black madonnas gospel for an age of extinction and collapse.

Clark and Perdita also founded the community the Way of the Rose, a growing nonsectarian rosary fellowship open to people of any spiritual background, with members from around the world.

You can find Clark on instagram @clarkstrand
And join the Way of the Rose at https://wayoftherose.org/

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Find Sue Ellens artwork at www.suellenparkinson.com or connect with her on instagram @sue.ellen.parkinson. And the same goes for Savanna! Find more about her practices at www.savannawonderwheel.com or connect on instagram @savannabeing.

In this weeks episode we’re inspired by one of our guests Rosemerry Wahtola Trommer’s poems “After All These Years” to talk about body image, and the pressure from society to be just right.

We also share Rosemerrys poem temple.

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Find Sue Ellens artwork at www.suellenparkinson.com or connect with her on instagram @sue.ellen.parkinson. And the same goes for Savanna! Find more about her practices at www.savannawonderwheel.com or connect on instagram @savannabeing.