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About the name: 

The moon, in many cultures, is thought to be a feminine force, with it’s twenty-eight day cycle around the earth controlling the tides of the ocean and women’s menstrual flow. Women have long gathered to celebrate themselves and their connection to the phases of the moon, often beneath a full moon….which is said to represent fertility. In my own experience, time spent beneath the full moon by myself or with others is always very centering, peaceful, renewing & inspiring…. especially as it reflects over the water here at Freedom Pond. So the art that I was doing at the time we moved here in 1996, the herbal blends I made, the beeswax candles I dipped, the women’s gatherings, and all that sprang forth from me, I half jokingly called “Freedom Pond Moon-works“... long before I had any ideas of having a business.   Here I want the women’s full moon gatherings to be like food for the soul, with each month being another celebration of the small or grand changes of the seasons and of our lives.   There are names to each month’s particular moon, and though you've probably heard of the “Harvest Moon”,there are others such as “Cold Moon” and “Seed Moon” and many more, and we try to observe them each in our own ways. To honor a very special full May moon one year, our circle of women decided that month’s moon would be called “Mothers Moon”, as all of us gathered that night were mothers.  And I thought that was just so beautiful.

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