Stone Soup Adventures

04/06/2024

One minute of Texas nature sounds...

03/01/2024

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08/07/2023

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06/01/2022

For those who were thrilled by the new blockbuster "Top Gun: Maverick," here's a real-life Navy pilot to inspire: Lieutenant Madeline Swegle, who became the U.S. Navy's first African American female tactical jet pilot! Swegle, a U.S. Naval Academy graduate from Burke, Virginia, dreamed of becoming a pilot ever since her parents took her to see the Blue Angels as a young girl. She received her "Wings of Gold" in 2020 after she completed her final training flight in a T-45C Goshawk. While Rosemary Mariner became the first woman to fly a tactical fighter jet in 1974, women are still highly underrepresented among the pilot ranks today; as of 2018, less than 7% of all Navy pilots were female. Reflecting on this historic milestone after the ceremony, Swegle observed, "I never intended to be the first. I hope it’s encouraging to other people."

For a fascinating book for adult readers about the courageous women pilots of WWII, we highly recommend "The Women with Silver Wings," at https://www.amightygirl.com/the-women-with-silver-wings

For tweens and teens, we recommend "Fly Girls: The Daring American Women Pilots Who Helped Win WWII" for ages 10 and up at https://www.amightygirl.com/fly-girls-women-pilots

There are also two inspiring books for younger kids, ages 5 to 9, "Dorothy the Brave" (https://www.amightygirl.com/dorothy-the-brave) and "The Fearless Flights of Hazel Ying Lee" (https://www.amightygirl.com/fearless-flights-hazel-ying-lee)

For more children's books about trailblazing female pilots, visit our blog post, "30 Books About Boundary-Breaking Female Pilots," at https://www.amightygirl.com/blog?p=20960

For books for children and teens that honor the service of women in the military, check out our blog post "The Price of Peace: A Mighty Girl Recognizes Veterans" at https://www.amightygirl.com/blog?p=12356

Photo: U.S. Navy photo by Lt. Michelle Tucker

03/16/2022

What you say matters.

01/19/2022

Here is a one minute meditation in the San Francisco Japanese Tea Garden. The music from Golden Gate Park is blowing by in the breeze as well... turn up the sound.

11/21/2021

Pick one randomly from each list and give yourself a little pep talk today. 💗
Share your pep talk ⬇️below⬇️

10/31/2021

Have a pleasant Halloween!

10/27/2021

"It was not witches who burned.

It was women.

Women who were seen as

Too beautiful
Too outspoken
Had too much water in the well (yes, seriously)
Who had a birthmark
Women who were too skilled with herbal medicine
Too loud
Too quite
Too much red in her hair
Women who had a strong nature connection
Women who danced
Women who sung
or anything else, really.

ANY WOMAN WAS AT RISK BURNING IN THE SIXTEEN HUNDREDS

Sisters testified and turned on each other when their babies were held under ice.
Children were tortured to confess their experiences with “witches” by being fake executed in ovens.
Women were held under water and if they float, they were guilty and executed.
If they sunk and drowned they were innocent.

Women were thrown off cliffs.

Women were put in deep holes in the ground.

The start of this madness was years of famine, war between religions and lots of fear. The churches said that witches, demons and the devil did exist and women were nothing but trouble. As we see even today, there is often a scape goat created, and the chaos escalated in Sweden when the Bible became law and everything that did not line up with what the church said became lethal. The Bible fanaticism killed thousands of women.

Everything connected to a women became feared, especially her sexuality.

It became labelled as dark and dangerous and was the core of the witch trials through out the world.

Why do I write this?

Because I think the usage of words are important, especially when we are doing the work to pull these murky, repressed and forgotten about stories to the surface. Because knowing our history is important when we are building the new world. When we are doing the healing work of our lineages and as women. To give the women who were slaughtered a voice, to give them redress and a chance of peace.

It was not witches who burned.

It was women."

Author: Fia Forsström

Original Art: OOAK Painting by Terri Foss

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09/28/2021

Gratitude is scientifically proven to increase Seratonin, Dopamine, and Oxytocin when you share it. If you share it often, it can increase your overall happiness.