women’s issues – Joan Ellen Gage

Joan Ellen Gage to read at BodySense in Hiawassee, GA, Wednesday, June 19, 2019, at 5:00 PM

Published on June 6, 2019September 29, 2020 by Digital Art--I'm using All of the CrayonsLeave a comment

Hello friends!

Please join me as I read at BodySense spa in Hiawassee, Georgia, on Wednesday, June 19, 2019, at 5:00 PM. BodySense will supply wine and appetizers.

Come on out and bring a friend!

Joan

Their link is here: https://www.bodysenseonline.com/

You can reach them at:

706-896-6457

bodysense@windstream.net

2226 Ridge Crest Circle

Hiawassee, GA 30546

Finding your heart’s seed and nurturing it; Eau de Woman, digital art & poem, by Joan Ellen Gage

Published on January 11, 2019October 1, 2020 by Digital Art--I'm using All of the CrayonsLeave a comment

Original Photo-creation by Joan Ellen Gage

Eau de Woman

Trying to make things happen with sheer will, is a little

like trying to jump-start an engine with a feather.

Never-the-less, I am trying just that.

Progress is slow; however, there is progress,

even if that change is internal, and is

recognized by myself and no-one else.

Perhaps this is the secret revealed,

discovering a difference, an awakening within, a seed

unfolding that I, myself, planted.

From this seed, a flower grows. It is

delicate, yet strong, gentle, yet bold. I

feel this unfurling within me,

filling my body cavity with beauty, and purpose. I

breathe deeply and inhale its heady perfume.

Women, find your heart’s seed and nurture it.

Keep it safe until you are ready to bloom.

Feed it hope, cradle it with love, and

let the light of your heart’s desire awaken it.

Let your joy blossom!

from the book, Embracing Your Inner Cheerleader,

by Joan Ellen Gage

OTHER WEBSITE: https://joans-zone.com/

FACEBOOK: https://www.facebook.com/yourpersonalcheerleaderJoanEllenGage/

BOOKS:

EMBRACING YOUR INNER CHEERLEADER: http://www.amazon.com/Embracing-Your-Inner-Cheerleader-ebook/dp/B0086WW7AA/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&

qid=1340641839&sr=8-1&keywords=Embracing+Your+Inner+Cheerleader

STRANGER IN A STRANGE SKIN: http://www.smashwords.com/books/view/95140

WATER RUNNING DOWNHILL, ROSE EDITION: http://www.amazon.com/Water-Running-Downhill-Words-Empowerment/dp/0692571965/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1447021563&sr=1-1&keywords=water+running+downhill%2C+words+of+empowerment%2C+rose+edition

A Redhead Looks at 60: http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_noss/189-7867874-1973650?url=search-alias%3Daps&field-keywords=a+redhead+looks+at+60

©All creative works by Joan Ellen Gage are her exclusive property, and Joan maintains the legal rights to them.

Women Who Serve; Digital Art and Poetry for Caregivers, by Joan Ellen Gage

Published on May 30, 2018October 1, 2020 by Digital Art--I'm using All of the CrayonsLeave a comment

WOMEN WHO SERVE

Daily, they bring me

The stories of their

Lives and loves

These tales speak

To me on a very

Personal level, as

These stories may

Evolve to include mine

These women tell me

Of lives spent

Taking care of everyone

Beginning with raising children

Encompassing perhaps twenty years

And of their being a helpmate

To their spouses, and doing

The never-ending household chores

But, these years of child-rearing

Were closely followed with

The care taking of these women’s

Failing parents; a role reversal where

The parents seemed

To become the children

This was a difficult duty

But it was a duty done out of love

Lastly, the women spoke of

The deterioration of their spouses

Many of these women

Had no funds for outside help

And often were frail themselves

But they bravely served

At their spouses sides

And offered up their

Often-thankless support

Waging a war until the end

There are no purple hearts

For care-giving, and no memorials

This is the reality of women’s lives

This may become your existence and mine

Please, learn by this lesson

This is our time; fly and be free!

Joan Ellen Gage

from the book

Water Running Downhill!

For my dear friend, Elisa. Rest in peace, Dario.

WEBSITE: https://joanszoneblogalicious.com/

FACEBOOK:https://www.facebook.com/yourpersonalcheerleaderJoanEllenGage/

BOOKS:

EMBRACING YOUR INNER CHEERLEADER: http://www.amazon.com/Embracing-Your-Inner-Cheerleader-ebook/dp/B0086WW7AA/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&

qid=1340641839&sr=8-1&keywords=Embracing+Your+Inner+Cheerleader

STRANGER IN A STRANGE SKIN: http://www.smashwords.com/books/view/95140

A Redhead Looks at 60: http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_noss/189-7867874-1973650?url=search-alias%3Daps&field-keywords=a+redhead+looks+at+60

Patch, patch, patch!

Published on August 3, 2016 by Digital Art--I'm using All of the Crayons1 Comment

Joan about to run off the road!

Patch, Patch, Patch!

Why is it?

Just when you think things are going to be

Rosy

Life sideswipes you, and throws you in the

Ditch!

I seem to spend

Half of my life patching things back

Together

The other half I spend worrying

About

Whether the patch will hold!

Oh, no!

Don’t tell me!

Is that another leak

I hear?

From Embracing Your Inner Cheerleader, by Joan Ellen Gage

Hi, I hope everyone is having a good day, no flat tires! May your blessings be bountiful and your cares be few.

Ciao!

Joan

OTHER WEBSITE: https://joanszoneblogalicious.wordpress.com/

FACEBOOK PAGE: https://www.facebook.com/pages/Joan-Ellen-Gage/158895910832925

JOAN’S BOOKS:

EMBRACING YOUR INNER CHEERLEADER: http://www.amazon.com/Embracing-Your-Inner-Cheerleader-ebook/dp/B0086WW7AA/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&

qid=1340641839&sr=8-1&keywords=Embracing+Your+Inner+Cheerleader

STRANGER IN A STRANGE SKIN: http://www.smashwords.com/books/view/95140

A Redhead Looks at 60: http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_noss/189-7867874-1973650?url=search-alias%3Daps&field-keywords=a+redhead+looks+at+60