A Sacred Pause

by ingrid on March 1, 2010

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From within or from behind
a light shines through us upon things,
and makes us aware that we are nothing,
but the light is all.

~Ralph Waldo Emerson

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It’s my birthday: happy birthday discount

by ingrid on March 1, 2010

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(illuminata glitter card…new…so fun!)

This month I will celebrate my 47th birthday.  47 has always been my favorite number for exaggeration.  For some reason, I love this number.  I want to celebrate by offering a 10% discount on all products for the month of March.  Simply use coupon code: birthday

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Illuminata Glitter Cards

by ingrid on March 1, 2010

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Creating these new cards has brought so much color and light and cheer into my winter months.  It has been a total joy.  I’m in love with glitter- with the texture and depth it lends to the overall gift of the card.  There are Eight in all so far.  I think you’ll love them- to keep or to send.

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CLICK HERE FOR PRODUCT PAGE

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Walking along the shore at Lucy Vincent

by ingrid on February 26, 2010

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Sometimes a Kiss Can Do That

by ingrid on February 12, 2010

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Sometimes A Kiss Can Do That:

 

unhinge a rusted gate

to let the moonlight in;

 

send rain to a parched field,

to play the dust like a drum;

 

release a hollow ache;

warm a stubborn chill;

 

build a bridge, a raft,

a momentary trust.

 

Sometimes, through a kiss

we open

 

to the infinite world

that holds us.

 

I’m not saying all the time,

but sometimes.

 

And sometimes

this is enough.

~Ingrid

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Light Verse for my Valentine

by ingrid on February 5, 2010

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You, Love, are my earthly joy,

My village and my song,

My reason, my belonging,

And the good that makes me strong.

With your arms around me

My heart knows blessings, blessed.

With you here beside me

Is how I love life best.

~Ingrid

 

 

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I love you like a fiddle tune.

I love you like a jig.

I love you like the month of June.

I love you like a fig.

I love you like a hoppy brew.

And a warm down feather bed.

I love you like a dream come true

And berries and butter and bread….

 

( Ingrid’s note: I don’t actually love figs…but it went so well with jig.  Now my secret is out, I promise I am still sincere.  … These wonderful candleholders are made by The Mad Potter on Martha’s Vineyard.  The video below was sent to me by my friend Heather.  It’s so joyful and free and, well, it made me cry happy tears.)

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20%off through February

by ingrid on February 5, 2010

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To say thank-you and I love you:
20% off all orders in February.
Use coupon code: valentine

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Sabbath Poem

by ingrid on February 5, 2010

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I rested into the morning, caressed,

deep pleasure, measureless being,

I rested until I heard

the song of the day call me out.

Come.  Take joy.  Awake.

Come and see my treasures. 

Only then did I rise to take

my pleasure into the world.

 

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First Winter Poem

by ingrid on January 6, 2010

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I love how Winter takes me
in its cool white arms, and
holds me in a seduction
of silence and elation;
full emptiness hangs in the air
after a night of heavy snow:
the breath of morning comes
a promise, or desire.
And I open as if haunted
for this deep and rich receiving,
inviting the seeds of darkness
to enter the mud of my womb
for a time of fertile waiting
I can not push or name, until
flows a spring of emergence,
celebration, birth, or fire.
Sometimes after months it flows.
Sometimes after one hot prayer.

~Ingrid Goff-Maidoff

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A Sacred Pause ~ Two lovely quotes

by ingrid on January 6, 2010

istock_000008859296xsmallWisdom is the art of living
in rhythm with your soul, your life,
and with the Divine….Wisdom is
the way you learn to decipher
the unknown which is our
closest companion.”

~John O’Donohue, in an interview with
Krista Tippet, Speaking of Faith

“After you jump and
before you land
is God.”

~Gabrielle Roth, Maps To Ecstasy

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