My Artemis energy is really vabooming today as the parent company of Vaboomer became legal. Last fall when I first began to conceptualize Vaboomer, some friends who are more left brain oriented, advised me to FOCUS!
I am FOCUSED!! I replied. Mine is a
wholistically focused thought process. My vision was multifaceted:
first as a Vaboomer blog and then as a larger web-based business
that could "save lives" by providing a channel for creative boomers to
VABOOM! To encourage Boomers to find their particular vavavaboom. And
for Boomer educators to help other boomers with information and support
on a wide range of topics--from finances to sex.
But what do I mean about my Artemis energy? I mean those energetic qualities that work on the deep psychic archetypal level to inspire and serve as guides for living.
Artemis is better known as the Roman Goddess of the Hunt--or Diana.
She loves adventure and creation. She loves to work with others, especially women. Artemis' association with the natural world, the
wilderness, symbolizes her own untamed spirit. The
most independent of the goddesses, she roamed the forests in her role as huntress.
She is undaunted.
And the Bear is her pal.
That one made me open my eyes--remember my past posts about having dreamed about bears for 30 years? Aphrodite is the Goddess of Love and Passion. She loves to spread love and has passion for her mission. Hera is the Goddess of the Hearth and tend the home fires, protects her family and nourishes others. See Jean Shinoda Bolen's "Goddesses in Everywoman" to find your constellation of goddess energies. Bolen has written "Gods in Everyman" as well. http://www.jeanbolen.com
So together these archetypes demonstrate my undaunted passion to provide a channel for others (and myself) to express themselves, gain support and feel the (financial and appreciative) love!! that nourishes in a wholistic way. These energies are what are inspiring me and my partner, Nancy, to expand Vaboomer in August.
UPCOMING: You will begin to see more Boomer produced art, books, music, educational topics and support that you are already seeing appear on the Vaboomer blog. You will be able to browse the Vaboomer Book Cafe and Tea Shop, read some sample pages of how-to, sci-fi, inspiration while you knosh some fresh baked goodies,
and listen to some R and B, Jazz or a Spoken Word Artists.
In the Vabooming Times Two Art Gallery, you will see unique ceramics, fiber arts pieces, flower photography, abstracts and other lovely works. And all by Boomer artists who are finding their "second but true" voices. Club Gig will bring you spectacular musicians who have been playing the clubs for decades, but who have never been in the Top 40.
In
The Words of the Wise Education Center you'll be able to learn that it is never too late financially, you'll be able to attend a Creativity Workshop with yours truely, or get your tech hand held on that tricky question you've been too embarrassed to ask.
Want to know about fabulous sex or where you can go to get a cheap vacation in the winter...you'll be able to check in with us. And then for all you Nostalgia Buffs--bring your cup of fair trade and organic Earl Grey over to Nostalgia Central Viosk (virtual kiosk!) and get a tie-dyed onesie for your littlest hippie-baby.
Soon, you'll be able to see and hear some samples of what is to come.
Something to think about...the national holiday is a bittersweet one for those of us of partial Native American heritage.I'm a little bit Cherokee and always have mixed feelings about celebrating a holiday that marks the demise of native people's nations...
Sandra Frosti got a real wakeup call when she was visited by an 8 foot alligator in her Florida home on Tuesday. No one but the alligator was hurt. It got a cut from a broken plate. 
