The Soulistry Blog

MAiD (Medical Assistance in Dying) became law in Canada in June, 2016 with a variety of responses. It has been welcomed, ignored, misunderstood, controversial, deemed to be anathema.Many years ago, the request by a friend to sign as a witness on her MAiD document,...

Welcome Spring ... Vernal Equinox ... to this part of the world.   You arrived today!  Hurray! You're technically here, Spring Equinox, so may we have ... a little less cold ... no more frost (or snow!) ...  more sunshine ... blossoming flowers and shrubs and plants...

Semocracy is on the edge of disappearing in many countries. Added to that is the rising homelessness; war; addiction; climate refugees; increasing hatred at work, school board meetings, local community gatherings; escalating polarization among family members,...

A friend posted this a while ago, and with her permission, I share it here.  She wrote: "To tell me I'm not family because my political views are different from yours, is beyond sad. To wish me dead, simply because I have gay friends and support gay rights, because I...

"I'm scared - afraid - terrified. J'ai peur." These are words the world is hearing every day - on the news, around the office, on social media, in our own heads.For centuries throughout the world, there have been hurricanes, landslides, earthquakes, tornadoes,...

A long time ago, a child lived while the world around her was exploding with hatred, violence, evil. At that time, one man had risen to power ... a man who hated ... a man who lied ... a man who was the catalyst for violence. ... a man through whom evil spread. That...

I watched tonight's news. Sure don't like doing that, but know I need to keep informed because things are moving sooooo quickly - not just in the United States, or Canada, or Ukraine, or ... but everywhere. What can we do? We can "be each other's strength"... by being...

A friend wrote: "I don’t know how the world is going to manage four years of this. I really honestly don’t know, because if this is just the beginning, what’s going to happen from here?" Neither does anyone else know what's going to happen.But whatever happens, we...

Dear friends, This is not like the kind of post you would normally expect to find here on "Soulistry-Artistry of the Soul". And yet - and yet, when I think about Soulistry, (its origins, purpose, raison d'être), I think of spirituality and recognize that for me, the...

Another month begins ... February 1st ... and this year, it's a day and month with a number of things to mark ... St. Brigid's Day (more about her, below) ... Imbolc/Imbolg, a Gaelic festival which celebrates the arrival in longer, warmer days and early signs of...

There she was,perched on the fenceas I drove by.She looked so peaceful.I hadn't noticed her beforethough I'm sure she was there when I had driven by that place, many times before.She was a welcome respite in a dayseemingly empty of peace. Images of peace are...

It's difficult to be grateful~ when going through a difficult time personally; ~ when politics seem to occupy the attention of news and social media; ~ when phones become a barrier to conversations between parents and children, between friends and are even a safety...

She spoke on January 21, 2025 with courage. Feeling self-confident or not,she stood before Goliathusing the 'sling and stones' of word, of gentle voice, of eye-to-eye contact.Her sermon has been shared countless times. Her words have been quoted and debatedand...

I will never forget the conversation. "You are so lucky to be a Canadian and living in Canada. We are terrified of what will happen with our country if Obama doesn't get into the White House." The fear expressed at the time was palpable.  I could feel it! That was...

aches and painscan become realitynot always easydeathcan become reality not always easygrieving personal lossescan become realitynot always easysaddened by losses of others who have lost family/friends/homes/employment/relationshipsnot always easypoliticsbecomes...

January 20, 2025 is Inauguration Day in the United States. It is also Martin Luther King Jr. Day.It is not a co-incidence that the two are happening on the same day this year.While it is true that what is coming is darkness,it is also true, as Martin Luther King Jr...

May there be blessingsmore than can be askedor imaginedforall things are possible. © june maffin

Are the kids / grandkids getting mischievous? restless? can't wait for Santa? How about having them make some Dot Mandala tags? They're easy and fun to make - look great on gifts, the Christmas trees and as a Jewish friend told me - on her Hanukkah bush. :-)Here's how...

Somewhere this moment,there is a wee one, uttering a prayer forTwo-Legged creatures she sees on her travels. "O Creator-Of-Us-All,I pray for the Two-Legged creatureswho foolishly ignore the signs that are all around.Signs which, if they aren't acted upon,will result...