2019 Moontimer Calendar SOLD OUT

Happy Winter Solstice 2018!
We are sold out for this year. Thank you to all my wonderful customers!! MoonTimer calendars may still be found at the outlets listed below.

Bella Luna Gifts & Gallery 2045 N. Downing St., 80205
Alchemy Ritual Goods 2536 Champa St., 80205
All Its Own 9703 W. Colfax Ave, 80215
Herbs and Arts, Colfax & Vine, Denver
Karma Yoga, 1705 S Pearl St, Denver, CO 80210
Dragonfly, Salida
All Booked Up, Salida
The Gift Horse, Crestone
Between the Covers, Telluride
Art in the Park, Ridgeway
Mona Lisa, Glenwood Springs
Indian Hot Springs Gift Shop, Idaho Springs
and in Albuquerque at
Blue Eagle Metaphysical Emporium
2422 Juan Tabo Boulevard NE.

(All very unique small shops with eclectic art & gift options, delightful shopping outside of the malls! My vendors are awesome!)

Friends,

Once again the year escapes with my having made insufficient postings. In looking at how this happens, I think I must make the blog more informal and less scholarly. Otherwise it becomes chore-ish, possibly bore-ish, and I'd rather enjoy it more-ish.

But - regardless of these shortcomings, the news of the hour is that the 2019 MoonTimer calendar has sold out, at least for ordering from me personally.

This year has seen an innovation in the design. The moon phases, previously constrained within the square 'block' of the month, have been released! Now they sail through the Milky Way, float over the mountains, and swim under the sea.

Here are a few examples of what you can expect from the 2019 edition (click to enlarge).

After one friend said that she didn't have enough room to write in her appointments, I started deleting last year's 'wacky' holidays (all of which are real, by the way). But there was an uproar from the multitudes (!) so I'm putting them back in - and even adding some. Still, this year you'll see more commentary relevant to moontime, from cultural and scientific sources. 

As always, the moon phases are emphasized to help you easily recognize the recurring pattern. 

Some panels are dedicated to particularly compelling real women...and this edition is dedicated to Sobonfu Somé, a teacher to me and many others.

...and there seems to always be one, usually landing in
NO-vember... addressing conditions of great concern.

dedicated to the ongoing abductions of First Nations women

Somehow, without my noticing, three Princesses have found their way into this edition. One is Torghut (Central Asia), one is Duwamish (Northwest Coast First Nations), and another - who is metaphoric rather than historic - is having difficulty sleeping, even on a huge pile of mattresses.

And this year I introduce an idea that I want to begin nurturing now, for the future - for anyone who would like to help me give away calendars to low-income, at-risk women and girls. Last year, calendars were donated to four local non-profits, and one out-of-state.

As much as anything, I am trying to gauge interest in this kind of partnering, where a donor could specify a particular non-profit agency to receive a gift of calendars. Someone might like to support homeless teens at Urban Peak, or sexual assault survivors served by The Blue Bench. A donor could deliver the calendars personally, or have us handle it, and could choose whether to give anonymously, or have their identity revealed to the recipients. Bundling these donations together ahead of time will bring down printing expenses, allowing more calendars to be given away.  I am looking into lower-cost printing alternatives to maximize quantities for giving next year.

A donation could also be designated to provide a workshop to the community needing support.

Perhaps this effort should be called the Christmas Special (you will be the one to make it special, for someone you have never met).

I am looking to engage collaborators, conspiring to synchronize women all over the world. Let's get our giving ON. Drop me a line in the Contact Form (at top of this page) if interested in participating. I'm installing a DONATION button for those who would like to contribute now to the 2019 calendars I will give away, and I thank you for the support.

Blessings to you as we head into the darkest nights of the year, celebrating the Return of the Light at Solstice. Illuminate the New Year with a calendar - the gift that keeps giving all year long.

'If you know the way, light it for others.'

                                   ---  anonymous

Thank you for your patronage (er....make that Matronage).
Christmas is solved!