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#wonderwanderwomen trace the #Advent calendar history as we countdown to Christmas #revelation #calendar #Christmas2025 #gifts #history medium.com/@woawomen/ad...

advent calendars

In the past few years, the popularity of the Advent calendar has grown enormously, not just for children either. Alcoholic and various…

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December 17, 2025 at 12:26 PM

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#changewarrior joins the global celebration of Terra Madre Day with good, clean & fair food systems in our communities. #TMAP2025 #earthmarkets #organicfarmers #arkoftaste #BAOtales medium.com/change-warri...

global fair food festival

The Terra Madre global Slow Food community cane together to celebrate the people, traditions, and food systems of the Asia and Pacific…

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December 10, 2025 at 10:01 AM

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#wonderwonderwomen recall the festival at #Christmas time, known in the most ancient #Mysteries of all religions everywhere, has been celebrated throughout the ages #holidays #seasons #cheer #TreeOfLife #wintersolstice #festivities #signs #symbols woawomen.medium.com/festive-ligh...

December 8, 2025 at 6:46 AM

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#wonderwonderwomen in a whirlwind of pre #Christmas preparations to be together again #CoalDropsYard #GranarySquare #KingsCross #London #streetmarket #holiday #season #cheer
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Christmas at Coal Drops Yard, London

Winter falls on London, with blistering winds, early sunsets, and grey days. But the city lights up everywhere for the holiday season…

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December 2, 2025 at 4:11 AM

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When conflict escalates or trust is tested, create a structured space to understand, heal, and rebuild. #eastwestwomen #seeksolution #conflict #therapy #insight medium.com/east-west-wo...

bonds, bounds & barriers

“Conflict is connection. It’s how we figure out who we are, what we want, who our partners are and who they are becoming, and what they…

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November 29, 2025 at 9:29 AM

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#wonderwonderwomen celebrate Filipino cuisine & our food heritage - cookbooks we value most hold well-crafted stories and unearth adventurous finds #cookbooks #cuisines #chronicles #kitchenforays #FilipinoFood medium.com/@woawomen/co...

comfort food

wonder | wander | women are not cooks by nature. Only learning to cook in our mid-thirties, when we had our own kitchens to putz around in…

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November 27, 2025 at 2:18 AM

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#wonderwanderwomen bask in the golden poetry of Autumn in #KensingtonGardens #Hyde Park #Serpentine #London #urbantreks #royalparks woawomen.medium.com/autumn-in-ke...

Autumn in Kensington Gardens

After living so long in the tropics, wonder | wander | women love the turn of the seasons. Of course summer is the season that feels like…

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November 19, 2025 at 1:26 AM

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In a world that increasingly tilts toward transactional gain - consideration and compassion are qualities that are quickly eclipsed and overpowered. #changewarrior #politics #principles #problems #public #progress medium.com/change-warri...

principles & politics

I am stealing the wise words of this impressive young warrior friend.

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November 18, 2025 at 5:06 AM

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Happy Sunday to all & birthday greetings to Millie Kilayko! #BAO & #NSC celebrate a #Negrense pillar, community builder & nutrition advocate who started and built a #carabao #collection #brava #kudos #calamity #reflief #community #advocacy #service medium.com/bao-the-unbo...

selfless service

Happy Birthday, Millie Kilayko!

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November 16, 2025 at 6:01 AM

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#wonderwanderwomen encourage all to explore new & improved ways of relating with the #Earth - our bodies, our potential, our resources #nature #climate #cosmos #community #collaboration #humanity #microcosm #macrocosm woawomen.medium.com/collective-c...

collective constituent change

On November 7 at 9:22 p.m. EST, Uranus returned to Taurus for the final chapter of his transit through the sign of the Bull.

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November 10, 2025 at 3:15 AM

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#wonderwanderwomen share drawing exercises & sketching studies for illustrators & animators #designs #reference #artjournals #artbyMahalaUrra medium.com/art-by-mahal...

dancing with paint

How do animators create such iconic characters as Bugs Bunny, Stitch, Pikachu or the Disney Princesses?

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November 6, 2025 at 4:17 AM

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as 2025 ends, we renew #BAO’s presence in the community - to the endurance and perseverance of a thriving and evolving culture - rooted in a land of rich and profound bounty. #UrbanArt #PublicInstallation #Bacolod #emblem #OurCarabao #BOW medium.com/bao-the-unbo...

taking a bow

Shortly after BAO’s debut, in the time of COVID lockdown and great uncertainty — a majestic mosaic carabao took residency at the front…

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October 30, 2025 at 3:40 AM

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#wonderwanderwomen acclaim our local food markets & the toiling growers who provide generous bounty & fresh produce for our home fare & community feasts #slowfood #terramadre #asia #pacific #NegrosIsland #BacolodCity woawomen.medium.com/ber-months-a...

ber months are here

Our island home in Western Visayas, Philippines celebrate our ber months in honor of our local harvests. Local food markets acclaim the…

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October 28, 2025 at 9:15 AM

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#blatantlyBHAKTI where I share, learn, heal & sit in community - gateway & portal - entrance & exit into & out of me #mother #nature #permission #potential #protest medium.com/blatantly-bh...

permission

Amah has several interpretations through the ages and around the world. Mostly meaning mother in most contexts — mothers, mothered…

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October 26, 2025 at 5:14 AM

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#wonderwanderwomen cycle thru another change of seasons in our beloved London #summer2025 #memories #sunnydays #fragmented #colours #fleeting #sensations #artbyMahalaUrra woawomen.medium.com/goodbye-summ...

goodbye summer

wonder | wander | women love the change of seasons but this year autumn fell like evening, too fast. It feels like we were barely able to…

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October 15, 2025 at 3:32 AM

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#changewarrior call on all to focus where it counts most - person & people, community & country #weTHEpeople #bearWITNESS #naturalWORLD #humanity #ALLcreatures #indigenous #wisdom
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short & long tales

Short term tantrums of typical tyrants like Trump can seem insurmountable in their in-your-face tactics. Unless viewed through the long…

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October 14, 2025 at 4:20 AM

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#wonderwanderwomen explore & implore the powers that be to guide and guard us thru trying times #memories #memorials #mystical #moments #momentous #mountains woawomen.medium.com/monumental-d...

monumental drift

Being back in the Philippines after almost two decades away can be an assault to the senses. It is a double edged sword of dualities and…

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October 6, 2025 at 8:16 AM

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love & hugs to infinity and beyond 💖

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an ode to our father in celebration of a long life well lived & much loved - xoxo #wonderwanderwomen bid A'Dios to our beloved patriarch & 100 year old icon #family #travels #memories #goodtimes #worldtours woawomen.medium.com/travels-with...