Diana Somerville is undoubtedly the only person to have taught both Women Studies and Science Writing at the University of Colorado -- which helps explain her unusual world view. Nearly twenty years of meeting weekly in a women's circle exploring female spirituality has provided her real-life grounding in feminist theology and cosmic spirituality. Raising two daughters as a single mother while learning to write about science and research, Diana developed a multifaceted idealism that suffuses her published work and fuels her community involvement. Teaching in universities and community colleges, she inspires both graduate and non-traditional students. Leading workshops on creating spiritual sabbaticals and leading political actions keep her in touch with what's often called "the real world." Diana writes regularly on sustainability and the environment and lives on Washington's Olympic Peninsula overlooking the Strait of Juan de Fuca and Victoria, British Columbia. Find more about Diana at www.DianaSomerville.com
		Cover Artist Carmel Middletent is the only Australian Aboriginal artist known to be painting in the U.S. today. Working in the powerfully symbolic Aboriginal tradition for expressing the ancient origins of life and land, she creates vivid works that have won numerous awards and been featured in solo shows on the West coast. Orion depicts a story from her mother’s country.  “It is said long ago in our Aboriginal mythological stories that there were blonde-haired people with blue eyes wearing dolphin pendants who would come and visit the Aboriginal people in an area in Gympie. The story is also that these people came from the star system Orion, and that they built the pyramids which are still here today in Gympie, called the Glass House Mountains.” Born in Brisbane of Aboriginal ancestry, Carmel moved to the US in 1988 and is writing and illustrating an autobiography. Her own experiences of personal displacement lie at the heart of her work as she continues seeking new ways to reconnect with her past, keep her cultural heritage alive, and advance as an artist. Contact her at: carmelpacificblue@yahoo.com