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Laurel Crown Awards at Soul Food

The story goes that Apollo had fallen passionately in love with Daphne, the mountain nymph, a priestess of Mother Earth, the daughter of the river Peneius in Thessaly. He pursued her all over the countryside but just as he was about to overtake her Daphne cried out to Mother Earth who, in the nick of time spirited her away to Crete, where she became known as Pasiphae. Mother Earth left a laurel-tree in her place, and from its leaves Apollo made a wreath to console himself. It is this wreath that is placed on the heads of the victorious.

Winners of the great Panhellenic Games received only garlands - wild olive leaves at the Olympics, pine needles at the Ishmian Games at Corinth, laurel at the Pythian Games at Delphi.

The Soul Food Cafe proudly presents Laurel Crown awards to community members who came and have given their hearts to Soul Food and all that it represents. Training for the Pythian Games, like other events, was relentless work. These people have given thousands of hours of voluntary work to the site and deserve a special place of honor at the round table in Soul Food's Omphalos.

Meet Anita Marie Moscoso

Anita Marie Moscoso is a true votary of Soul Food and she has turned writing, on a daily basis, into a life style. Her blogs are constantly updated and at Christmas she produced a story a day at Riversleigh.

Cold Storage is Anita Marie's Soul Food Workbook, the place which she calls her own little cyber morgue. The only thing is, Cold Storage is very much alive, as indeed, are all the dead that A.M.M. so capably breathes life into.

It is hard to know just what use people do make of the creative stimuli at Soul Food but there is no doubt that Anita Marie has taken the prompts offered and given them a very special take. She always manages to surprise webmaster, Heather Blakey, who regularly asks if she 'is trying to frighten' the residents. However, the residents just keep asking for more so there is no saving them. They all conspire and Mrs Parson's House was a much visited property over Halloween.

Work of Anita Marie Moscoso

Soul Food Writer

Cold Storage
My family comes from The Cold and The Quiet and The Dark I am from a regrettable garden that is in the center of a green field where grey stones and granite leave it's mark above forever.

My family's tree is leafless and bent and it casts shadows across tables where no one feasts and everyone weeps.

I am from long dark halls and dream filled nights and my family name is short and bitter.
We are whispered about, and sung about and prayed against and for and sometimes we are invited in and sometimes shunned.

Even though we are many we are always alone.
My Family.
Anita's Owl Creek
A blog filled with the work of Anita Marie Moscoso.
Irregular Bones
Irregular Bones is Anita Marie's Writer's Journal.
Mrs Parson's House
Each October Anita Marie leads the Halloween activities and Mrs Parson's House was a favourite place for lots of Soul Food Writer's.

Meet Monika Roleff

aka Imogen Crest, Lemurian Hermit

In a profile for Soul Food Monika Roleff says: "A self-confessed workaholic at times, I have been writing for thirteen years in the world of novels, hopefully now on the verge of publication. Fascinated with turn of the 19th century thought and life, this is the period in which I write. The scene is always set somewhere in Victoria, Australia, the home state I know best and was born in, and many hours have been spent collating photo files, pictures, books, biographies, journals of country research trips, and having many a fascinating conversation. All of this creates a picture of the times, which have their origins firmly entrenched in history. I believe that everything is related and is birthed from the time that precedes it. Myth, psychology, personal dilemmas, and social mores and superstitions all feature in my work. I love colour, rich history and great stories, hence my liking for 18th and 19th century authors, the favourites have to be E.M. Forster and Jane Austen for people portraits. George Eliot and those like her, our local Miles Franklin and Henry Handel Richardson all feature in my rich tapestry of thought."

The Work of Monika Roleff

In her profile at Soul Food Monika Roleff says "So, it was with great fortune I arrived at the gates of the Lemurian Abbey, what seems like many moons ago. Actually, I felt like I was coming home. Welcomed so warmly by the Abbess and the residents, I slipped gratefully into the creative regions of this wonderland. My love of nature must have come from my great grandfather, who was conscious of man's need for green and to have creatures around him, also led me to study the healing properties of plants. Nature is a wonderland of endless surprises and spiritual growth, which drew me magnetically to the nature mystics, ancient and not so ancient. Emerson, Thoreau and Suzuki are great impressions. It was inevitable I would develop into the Hermit, Imogen Crest, who now runs the Hermitage and makes sure the green "sometimes" solitude is always there to nurture and provide respite for the weary traveller on the Soul Food Silk Road. Feel safe travellers, as you are guided by trusty hands in every region. Welcome to another world."

Roleff now has a significant body of work at Soul Food and is a tireless ambassador for the site and the philosophy behind Soul Food.
Soul Food Profile
Original Soul Food profile. Monika arrived before the blogger explosion and was here when webmaster, Heather Blakey, published participants work on web pages on the site.
Soul Food Cafe Press Shop
It is Monika Roleff who worked tirelessly and created the beautiful Soul Food Cafe Press shop. This joint venture with Heather Blakey is something both parties have gained enormous pleasure from.
Sustainability City
Monika Roleff is passionate about conservation and Sustainability City is an inspired blog that was seeded as a result of working in the Wild Garden
The Lemurian Hermitage
The Lemurian Hermitage is an amazingly rich resource, created by Monika Roleff as a place for regenerative solitude.
The Murmuring Woods
The Murmuring Woods, as created by Monika Roleff are perhaps one of the most sacred parts of Soul Food, loved by all Lemurians who have ventured there.
The Temple of Solace
The Temple of Solace is the work of Monika Roleff and Heather Blakey. This blog generates enormous interest on the internet and has become a very special, tranquil hospes where the wounded can find comfort.

Meet Lori Gloyd

When asked to write a profile Lori Gloyd said "I have always been involved in some sort of creative activity starting with the 64-color crayon set as a child, later on poetry, story and essay writing, and now digital montage work and photography.

A while back, I stumbled across the Soul Food Café while trolling the internet for writing prompts and found a virtual reality that fostered and nurtured my creative spirit. I have written and made more art in the short time I've been at the Soul Food Cafe than I have in the years prior to finding joining it.

If I were to sum up my creative self, I would say that I am a historian by education, an observer of the natural realm by inclination, and a voyager through the world of spirit by compulsion. Whether I write, take photographs, or do digital manipulations and collage work, these themes--history, nature, spirit-- are infused and explored in each of my creative pieces. I strive to transform reality through my words and images-such as transforming the photograph of an ordinary ocean sunset into the new reality of a mandala as shown above."

In the few years that Lori has been at Soul Food she has made a major contribution to the site and is a true votary of making writing and art a daily practice.

Lori Gloyd's Work At Soul Food

Apart from working on her own blogs, Lori has been instrumental in creating a cafe society at the Taverna di Muse, a food fest at Arte Culinaria and a wonderful resource for digital artists at Atelier Digital.
In To The Blue
In To The Blue is a portal to all the creative works of Lori Gloyd at Soul Food.
Return to the Garden
Return to the Garden, is a resource for growth and change that was inspired by the Wild Garden project.
Wayward Pelican Productions
A collection of videos made by Lori Gloyd using UTube.
Blogging Interview
When Priscilla stayed with Lori she interviewed her and learned a whole lot about blogging.
Taverna di Muse
The Taverna di Muse is a team blogger that Lori Gloyd created which provides a cafe society environment for Lemurians. Members of the Soul Food Community have enjoyed working in this environment.
Arteculinaria
Well Soul Food would not be Soul Food if it did not have a gourmet food site, now would it? Arte Culinaria is a team blogger that Lori Gloyd created which became very popular with the Soul Food Community.
Atelier Digital
Atelier Digital, created by Lori Gloyd, is a vibrant resource for digital artists. It has grown and developed and is a fine example of collaborative work at its best.

Meet Fran Sbrocchi Soul Food Poet Laureate

and Secretary of the Donkey Union and Owl Island

A Poet Laureate is a poet officially appointed by a government and is often expected to compose poems for State occasions and other government events. The plural form is poets laureate.

In England, the term has for centuries been the title of the official poet of the monarch, appointed for life since the time of Charles II. Poets laureate are appointed by many countries. In Britain there is also a Children's Laureate.

Here at Soul Food our Poet Laureate is Fran Sbrocchi who has been with Soul Food since the late 1990's
Her work has been a joy to everyone on the site.

Work of Fran Sbrocchi

Soul Food Laureate
No-one is quite sure how Fran Sbrocchi is doing it but she has formed a most effective union for the donkey's who have faithfully transported travellers to the House of the Serpents and other destinations on the Silk Road. Anyone planning to travel by donkey must make sure they have their papers up to date before heading out
Secretary of the Donkey Union
Fran has been the long serving secretary of the Donkey Union and has had to demonstrate the mediation skills of Henry Kissinger.
Poems from the Memory Bank
A beautiful collection of the digital art and poetry of Fran Sbrocchi, Soul Food's Crone and Poet Laureate.

Meet She Wolf

aka Jane Wolfinbarger

She Wolf - aka Jane Wolfinbarger - lives in the Rocky Mountain region of the western United States. Blessed (or cursed) with a vivid imagination, she has always taken great pleasure in all sorts of creative pursuits. Visual arts, embroidery and sewing, paper crafts, a little bit of stained glass, knitting and spinning, reading, digital photography and above all writing have all played important roles in her life. Jane likes to write fantasy, particularly fantasy aimed at a young adult audience.
Jane likes to garden and go for walks or hikes in the spring and summer. She curls up with quieter things during the long winters. Dragons and gargoyles and other sorts of strange creatures are frequently her companions along with the more mundane dogs and birds that populate her household.
Married for 29 years, She Wolf is the mother of four mostly grown children.

Jane's Work Online

Tales I Told Myself
A Collection of Tales and writing with Enchanteur
The Wandering Path
Welcome to the wandering path through Jane's garden. She finds it to be a place full of magic and wonder. Feel free to join her for a while in a quiet nook and enjoy her stories.
Wolf Dreaming
This is the companion blog to Jane's main blog, Wolf Dreams, where she shares stories (mostly fantasy) and The Wandering Path, which contains mostly photos of nature and flowers (it is hibernating for the winter.)

Meet Anne Mirtschin

Hawkesdale P - 12 Educator

I first met Anne at Hawkesdale in August 07. She enthusiastically embraced the concept of interacting online and engaging her students using blogs as a container. She has gone on to use a diverse range of Web 2.0 tools in her school. In just six months she has built an impressive collective of work that uses a diverse range of technology. Anne is a tireless ambassador of the work of Soul Food and Global Teacher and is an inspiration all who follow her work.

Collectives Anne is Building

at Hawkesdale P - 12 Secondary College

eJourneys With Techno Kids
An extraordinary collective of staff and student work at Hawkesdale P - 12 College, as compiled and gathered by Anne Mirtschin.
Our Back Yard
Our Back Yard grew from the Places of the Heart Project at Soul Food.

Greek Mythos

the story of Apollo and Daphne

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