When Viola Davis, sculpted and strengthened after  months of training, first stood in the garb of the Agojie warrior women, with her bare feet in the African soil, it was the apex of not just the seven-year push to produce The Woman King, but of a lifelong battle to fully express her warrior nature. “Whenever you’re doing anything new,” Davis told the AP News, “it requires … [Read more...]

  What message might the crow have for you at this Full Moon? Recently, I was watching a show with my cat on my lap when we were startled by three loud crow caws outside the window just behind our heads. This was unusual, as crows are rarely out at night. Three caws can signify danger, so I resolved to be extra careful in the near future. The Druid Animal Oracle … [Read more...]

The world took a collective gasp last week when volunteer rescuers pulled a two-month-old baby from the rubble of the catastrophic earthquake in Antakya, Turkey. The poor tyke had been trapped for 128 hours – over five days! – underground. Dusty and hungry but otherwise unharmed, the little boy with the limpid grey eyes immediately became a viral sensation. Beaming from ear to … [Read more...]

Let your childlike sense of wonder be your guide…you never know what you might find!   Nine-year-old Molly Sampson has dreamed of becoming a paleontologist for most of her life. She often hunts for fossils in Chesapeake Bay’s Calvert Cliffs, Maryland, with her father Bruce. And she’s always had one specific goal in mind: To find a tooth from a 15 million year old … [Read more...]

A wonderful documentary on Netflix called Mission: Joy – Finding Happiness in Troubled Times, illuminates the sweet, playful friendship shared by the late Archbishop Desmond Tutu and His Holiness, the Dalai Lama. Based on their 2016 collaboration, The Book of Joy, the film showcases these eighty-something spiritual masters who had been through so much, yet still managed to … [Read more...]