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Glamour, Goddesses and More!

Recently, Sally Bend commented on the Cyrsti's Condo "Glamour Magazine" article: Can't say as I normally read Glamour, but I'll be out looking for the September issue today. Fantastic! 

Sally, I can't say I am a regular reader of Glamour either, but my partner is.  Obviously, neither of us are going to achieve the beauty standards of most of the women in the magazine but I have learned we are not supposed to.  When I did hit that part of my girl learning curve, I began to have a little fun and work with what I did have.  I just happen to have a ton of my own hair, so I can look for colors and styles which may be fun for me and perhaps make me look a little better.  Then again if I was still wearing wigs, I could get ideas also.

To put it in a male perspective, Glamour is the feminine version of one of the car parts magazines I used to look at back in the day when I was a "motor head."  Most of everything I saw, I couldn't ever hope to have but it was fun to dream!  Plus, another example of how I use Glamour is spending time looking for fall fashion ideas I can wear. Most I can't wear, but then again, some I can!

 ( **Hint-For those of you who are still in the closet, just hide your Glamour issue in a stack of old Playboys!)

In another post, I wrote about a group of spiritual women who embrace their inner Goddess and how impressed I was when they included anyone who lived their day to day life as a woman.  I wanted to pass along to all of you a picture of Rachel Kilgore . (left)  Her inner Goddess is shining through!

A Pleasant Surprise!

As my partner Liz and I were looking for possible earth based spiritual places and events to possibly sample later this fall,  this one came to our attention, not too far away from us in Indiana.

The Women's Goddess Retreat was created for all women who want to pause and honor the Goddess in their lives and in themselves. 

While I know the word goddess is open to many different translations and feelings, I look at my inner goddess as my core being who I have seen the world from my entire life- no matter how poorly she "synced up" with my exterior being.  As I read the first several paragraphs though, I began to worry if I would be welcome at all and would run into any resistance from the rest of the group.  I was wary of the weekend being similar to the "terfs" run "get together" such as "Michfest." Before I could voice my concerns to Liz though, I read this: 

This retreat is open to anyone who lives their daily life as a woman. This year's theme is The Norse Goddesses
Learn more at our website: http://www.asteriabooks.com/retreat

Seems as if the group may have welcomed a transgender woman or two into their circle in the past!