Category: native american

• Turning Within Time

  Winter has settled in; this is the Turning Within Time. I’m sitting at a table with five others. It’s Thursday evening, after a long work day. Tonight is our monthly winter artists/writers group. Everyone at the table is busily creating. Beside me, a writer sits with open notebook, pondering. On my right side a visual…

  Michael Watson PhD

  January 8, 2016

  native american, Shamanism, Stories

  Native American, Shamanism, Turning Within Time, Winter

• The Miracle of a Body

  New Years Eve; outside, a dramatic sunset. The weather has turned chilly and damp, almost seasonal, and there are finally a few inches of snow on the ground. This evening we will visit with friends, bringing in the New Year with games, food, and a good fire. I began writing this in daylight and must…

  Michael Watson PhD

  December 31, 2015

  Disability, native american, Shamanism, Social issues

  body, Christmas, disability, Solstice

• Traces

  We went downtown last night to walk and enjoy the lights. As we drove home the snow began. This morning, for the first time this season, there are a couple of inches of snow on the ground. It appears to be snowing still in the mountains where snow fell most of yesterday. Christmas Eve the…

  Michael Watson PhD

  December 20, 2015

  Climate Change, Ecopsychology, Healing, native american, Stories

  Aldo Leopold, healing, Lauret Savoy, Native American, racism

• Thanksgiving: A Road Trip

  

  It’s been a while since I last posted. We’ve arrived at that time of year when everything seems to happen at once, including the end of the academic term. Somehow, in spite of this, Jennie and I drove the 2400 miles to and from my daughter’s home in Illinois for Thanksgiving. The drive over was…

  Michael Watson PhD

  December 4, 2015

  Arts, native american, Travel

  Native American, Thanksgiving, travel