# The Great Turning & My Graduation: Personal & Professional (big changes)

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Podcast: [Tea with the Muse](https://stenobird.com/podcast/tea-with-the-muse-5776279)
Published: 2026-03-19T17:18:00+00:00
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Reading of the Red Guild book of the Graduates of Intentional Creativity-since 2014 we have been signing this book at in person gatherings, this is at Wild Water Creek. Graduation as a Curate - being blessed by a red stole embroidered by Naa Kwarley and given to me by Liz. This is at Stardust Ranch. The ring of roses is the circle the graduates stepped into….including me. On the Cusp of Equinox: A Turning of the Lineage “You will be bathed in stardust” Carmen Baraka to Caron McCloud We are on the cusp of the equinox and the new Spring moon. The cherry trees are blooming, and a fine yellow dust from the oak trees settles over everything—including me, if I sit here long enough. I’ve just come back from a swim. I’m sitting in the sun. And as usual, my thoughts turn to you. Yes, you. The Love That Chose Another Path I didn’t get to have children. After many miscarriages, I found myself holding so much love—so much desire to nurture—and nowhere traditional to place it. I had been so deeply loved, so well nurtured, that consciously or unconsciously, I chose to channel that love into community. But I didn’t want something temporary. I wanted something enduring. Not people who came and went—but people who might stay for a lifetime. Or maybe even longer. Our Elder Carmen Baraka used to say, at the most meaningful gatherings: “Maybe we agreed to meet here.” I’ve always loved that idea. This idea weaves into the ancient knowing of the red thread—that we are already connected, already called. That each of us carries a piece, and that we are here to witness one another’s stories. Today, I invite you to witness mine. A personal and professional graduation.I recently got to Graduate with the last graduating class for Color of Woman (as it now exists). I graduated with 80 women (who w…

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