2009: What a year
January: Blessing at pre-Inauguration Ceremony by Earth-based Community
February: Becoming Ordination, finally sharing the Tu B’shevat seder
March: Completed 5th Anniversary edition of PeelaPom Passover Haggadah
April: Passover – shared menu, Shared the story behind Peeling a Pomegranate, wrote about Healing Herbs in Judaism
June: Held impromptu service for Officer Stephen Tyrone Johns, realized my morning kavanah was messing with my head
July: Kohenet Smicha
August: Elul Torah Study, Discovered new women’s prayer history (Seyder Tekhines), and developed Archangel Tarot Spread
September: Lead Rosh Hashanah ritual for 7th year, started to really get my role as “corporate priestess”, dove more deeply into jewish practice,
October: facilitated 2 baby blessings and one wedding
November: Funeral of Kohenet Yosefa Rafaela Greenberg-Strouss (aka Gypsy Jill)
December: Begin discussion around developing sustainable spiritual practice
— all year: monthly rosh chodesh guide, begin explore cards as way to understand wheel of year, lead Becoming circle every other month, completed 5-7 pieces of artwork