Today Americans across the nation are celebrating Independence Day. Today, I'm inviting all of my friends from around the world to celebrate the freedom that comes when we free our creative spirit!
Yesterday seven dream-doers gathered in Winchester, MA.
We had never met before in person. Most of us met in SARK's newest online class, DREAM BOOGIE and two of us in Kelly Rae Robert's class, FLYING LESSONS. I put the call out to join me in a FREEDOM CELEBRATION only one week ago!
To prepare for our magical and juicy gathering, I pulled out a few of my SARK books. I love how she writes,
"Your desire to feel creatively free is very important."
She continues,
"I've learned to ask for whatever I want,
and trusting that the universe wants me to have it."
One of my creative dreams (I have many and they are all super BIG) is to gather with other beautiful, creative souls to share and play and cheer each other on. Community is so very important, especially for us creative types.
With less than a week to prepare, I made these magical YES! wands. I wanted to design a gift that would be a fun prop to use during our dream digging session. We took turns sharing our dream and we all waved our YES! wands ~ it was so encouraging and fun!
I also made these little journals. I picked up some rather plain journals from a store and added my friendship circle design to them. It was so fun to see my new friends writing in their friendship circle journals. Yes!
Here is our beautiful group of DREAM-DOERS with their magical YES! wands.
Debbie (pictured on the left) sent us all home with little goodie bags. Tucked inside were cookies that tasted JUST like the one's my grandmother made. A little scroll was tied to the package that told the story of
The Legend of Joe Froggers.
A couple known as Aunt Crease and Black Joe lived at the edge of a pond in Marblehead, Massachusetts. Joe had fought in the Revolution as a young man. On election night, they would open their house, which on occasion was also a local tavern, where they served grog. Joe would play the fiddle and Aunt Crease would cook.
One of her specialties was a molasses cookie the size of a modern-day salad plate. She made them for the fishermen, who found they stowed well in barrels during long sea voyages.
In the early 1800s, the election took place at the end of May, a time when frogs were peeping in the pond, and by association the cookies were called Joe's Froggers. Over time to possessive was dropped, and the name today is Joe Froggers.
I want to thank
SARK for being the catalyst and ultimate inspirer whose magic brought us all together. I know that many of you couldn't join us, it is after all a holiday weekend. Not to worry! More outings will be planned. Send me an e-mail at
kathrynantyr@mac.com if you would like to be on our mailing list. This is a group for those living in New England who want to gather for magical meetings to share and support your dreams.
