Category: native american

• Finding Balance

  Spring is near, although the weather remains cold and snowy. The maple sap is flowing intermittently and, on warmish, sunny days, birdsong fills the air. The equinox arrives Friday, and Passover and Easter follow. This morning I had coffee with a dear friend who is Mohawk. He was adopted into a European family and, like…

  Michael Watson PhD

  March 16, 2015

  First Nations, Healing, native american

  civil rights, healing, Native American, Selma

• Food

  This post is in fond memory of two men who greatly contributed to my life: my father, and Ipu (Dr. Bernardo Peixoto). I’ve come down with a cold, one of those sinus filling, lethargy generating viruses that linger. I try not to be too judgmental of myself or the virus, after all, we share this…

  Michael Watson PhD

  March 1, 2015

  native american, Shamanism, Stories

  food, gratitude, Native American, Shamanism

• Advent

  Today marks the second Sunday in Advent. Yesterday was a day of rain and snow, with temperatures in the mid-thirties. This morning is cold with broken cloud. As I type the snow line is working its way down the mountains.Last night darkness fell early, even by our northerly standards, giving us a taste of how…

  Michael Watson PhD

  December 7, 2014

  native american, Stories

  Advent, Christmas, Native American, Phrophesy

• It’s Deer Season and Native American Heritage Month!

  November is Native American Heritage Month and deer season. There are innumerable resources on the web if you want to learn more about Native America, and lots of old timers about who will tell you stories of deer camp. Today is a stereotypical New England November day, overcast, damp, and chilly. Being the end of…

  Michael Watson PhD

  November 23, 2014

  First Nations, native american

  deer season, heritage, Native American