Calling writers, artists and photographers...

Invitation for Submissions for 2014

Starflower Living (a digital magazine) is now seeking submissions for issue 2, publishing July 26th. Due date for articles, photographs or art, July 10^th. Please send to: office (at) starflowerpress (dot) com

Themes sought for our New Moon in Leo issue include: the heart, courage, pride, fierce determination, fire, passion, love and romance, playfulness, creativity and celebration. (Health-related topics: back and spine, heart, exhaustion, inflammations.)

We seek articles that are original, and haven’t been published (or submitted) elsewhere in print or digitally. Please ensure the work is your own, and is of a professional standard. (Attach articles in word doc NOT docx) If submitting art or photographs, please make sure you have written permission from the owner.

Issue 3 themes for the New Moon in Virgo (due date August 8^th): healing, healers, helpfulness, service, mentoring, diet/exercise, perfectionism, discrimination, efficiency, weight management, mind/body/soul, alternative health care. Health: solar plexus, bowels and intestines, digestion.

Issue 4 themes for the New Moon in Libra (due date, September 6^th): Love, partnership, marriage, kindness, balance, fairness, co-dependency, harmony, beauty, counselling, peace, décor, diplomacy, companionship, grace, luxury and elegance. Health: kidneys, adrenals, sugar imbalance.

Issue 5 themes for the New Moon in Scorpio (due date, October 4^th): soul mates, sexuality, transformation, empowerment, letting go, old baggage, psychology, secrets, depth of character, compulsions, deep emotional connections, ancestors, debt, inheritance, jealousy, abandonment. Health: sexual organs, organs of elimination, menstrual cycle, sexual diseases.

Issue 6 themes for the New Moon in Sagittarius (due date, November 2^nd): optimism, faith, adventure, freedom, truth, travel, publishing, horses, expansion, higher learning, Nature, conscience, friendliness, universities, philosophy. Health: thighs, sciatica, liver, hips.

Issue 7 themes for the New Moon in Capricorn (due date, December 1^st): self-discipline, commitment, public image, aging, success, reaching goals, financial security, ambition, respect, fathers, and tradition. Health: knees, skin, bones, joints, gall bladder/stones, arthritis.

Starflower is also known as borage. Borage comes from the Celtic word borrach which means courage. Starflower Living is a publication dedicated to holistic and courageous living. www.starflowerpress.com

Starflower Living, Naturally

Starflower Living, Naturally is a new publication from Starflower Press. Published monthly, this digital magazine is inspired by the meaning of borage (starflower), which means: courage.

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Cycle to the Moon

Cycle to the Moon: celebrating the menstrual trinity, by Veronika Sophia Robinson, and illustrated by Susan Merric, is publishing June 2014. Available to order from www.starflowerpress.com

Blue Jeans

Blue Jeans, written by Veronika Sophia Robinson, and illustrated by Susan Merrick

www.veronikarobinson.com

www.susanmerrick.co.uk

Review of Blue Jeans in The Mother magazine

Blue Jeans is a heart warming story that at its heart tugs at every mother’s heart. It’s the story of how children grow too quickly as is evidenced by the rate they grow out of their clothing.

Written from the perspective of a pair of blue jeans, this book covers quite a number of themes: moving, making new friends, accepting changes, letting go of someone we love, and the value of recycling and upcycling. While probably not meant to be the central themes of this book, they do come up and would make great talking points with younger children.

Blue Jeans belonged to a city family, but when he was outgrown, he moved to the country as hand-me-down jeans for a country cousin. On the farm at his new home, he quickly grows to love the differences between city and country and falls in love with the country way of life.

The book paints an idyllic picture of life, with TV-free evenings, children doing chores on the farm, gathering wood, collecting herbs and vegetables to store for the Winter and sell at the market.

When the mother in the story patches his knees and passes him on to a younger sibling, Blue Jeans is happy again to have a few more years of adventures with his country family.

Blue Jeans is perfect for those who enjoy a longer bed time story.

Featuring our artist, Susan Merrick

Children become what they see by Starr Meneely

http://hippiehousewife.blogspot.co.uk/2013/12/children-become-what-they-see.html

Join our writer, Starr Meneely, for her guest blog post following the publication of her wonderful new book What a Lovely Sound! 

 

Judging a book by its cover....

Shhhhhh! Artist at work! 

With special thanks to the very talented Sara Simon www.sarasimon.co.uk for illustrating the cover of another Starflower Press publication.