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Here I am, looking out the window at my chickens, typing on my iPad (because my computer won’t stop crashing every few minutes), avoiding...
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Chaya Shual
May 16, 20224 min read
Human Souls and Birth
The entrance of a new human into this earth is not as light-switchy as many might think, in my opinion. There is a soul, there is a body,...
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Chaya Shual
May 9, 20223 min read
Working with my Fertility Cycle - Part 2
Continuing along with the experiment of living amongst the flows of nature, I discovered that my earlier theories (found in my original...
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Chaya Shual
May 2, 20222 min read
Spring Forth Lessons
This Spring has been a strange one for those of us in the north, but I think that has also been the case all over the map. It’s been...
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Chaya Shual
Apr 18, 20223 min read
After Niddah
We’re getting really up-close and personal, today, so shield your mind if the word “sex” or “menstruation” makes you want to run for the...
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Chaya Shual
Apr 11, 20224 min read
The Unkindness in Being "Too Kind"
There’s a phrase that has always been offered to me in an explanation as to why some women might treat me a certain way, specifically,...
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Chaya Shual
Apr 4, 20222 min read
Working with my Fertility Cycle
For a while now, I’ve been fascinated by this idea of letting the cycles of nature guide my creative flow. If you’ve been reading my...
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Chaya Shual
Mar 28, 20223 min read
To My Fellow Black Sheep
I cried a lot this week and once I had processed a couple of important things yesterday, I raked my yard a bit. Now my nose is obscenely...
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Chaya Shual
Mar 21, 20222 min read
The Medicine of Boredom
I was fairly bored in the beginning of this winter. Of course there’s always something going on and something to be done, as an at-home...
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Chaya Shual
Mar 14, 20224 min read
On Conversion and Mishpacha
I’ve been asked on several occasions why I decided to convert to Judaism and I have often given the quick answer of, “for community”. To...
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Chaya Shual
Mar 7, 20223 min read
An Offering to Receive
At dawn this morning, I noticed a mist rolling into my backyard, so I took a moment to step outside. Being rural Montana, “my backyard”...
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Chaya Shual
Feb 7, 20222 min read
What is "Ritual"?
Ritual is a charged word, isn’t it? I know many people in my life who would likely cringe at it due to its common association with...
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Chaya Shual
Jan 10, 20223 min read
What's in a Name?
Where is the line between “embodying” and simply checking off a series of boxes that are intended to describe who we are? When does the...
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Chaya Shual
Dec 10, 20212 min read
From Autumn to Winter
Boy, did I sign up for a rollercoaster ride or what? When I spoke about “living Autumn,” I somehow did not anticipate the serious amount...
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Chaya Shual
Nov 29, 20213 min read
Dedication
The other day, I was approached by someone at a gathering with people I did not know very well. This person demanded, quite literally,...
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Chaya Shual
Nov 15, 20212 min read
Stranger Than Friction
Something has struck me lately — several somethings have come together in my mind that have made me feel a renewed call to “be who I am”....
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Chaya Shual
Nov 1, 20212 min read
Wait and See
I am a giant question mark, as of late. Last night, when I wrote in my journal for the first time in a few weeks, I approached the task...
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Chaya Shual
Oct 18, 20212 min read
I See You
Oh my gosh, this seasonal living thing is no joke. Now that I’m aware of— or maybe just now connected to?— the annual cycle of nature, I...
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Chaya Shual
Oct 11, 20212 min read
The Wind Blows
Isn’t it funny how the wind whips the leaves of a tree around the way it does? In the beginning of autumn, the temperatures drop, which...
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Chaya Shual
Sep 27, 20212 min read
The River Flows
Today, I had a bit of a meltdown. Overwhelmed with trying to Do and Decide and Be something for the sudden onslaught of requests,...
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