Category: First Nations

• Summer Solstice

  

  A few days ago we set yet another record high for the date, but this morning is cool and showery. This afternoon we may have sun, but right now the sky is dramatic, cumulus clouds billowing between areas of brilliant, cerulean blue sky. Today marks the summer solstice in the Northern Hemisphere, that moment in…

  Michael Watson PhD

  June 21, 2017

  Climate Change, Ecopsychology, Sacred Lands, Shamanism, spirituality

  climate change, landscape ecology, Shamanism, summer solstice

• Foggy Morning

  We woke before five to discover a dense fog had settled over our neighborhood. A short while ago the early summer sun rose through the mist, illuminating the garden and woodlands. On our neighbor’s roof, an American Robin stands guard over his territory. The wet spring has resulted in a verdant garden and forest. The…

  Michael Watson PhD

  June 7, 2017

  Nature, Sacred Lands

  fog, garden, stories, Summer

• Book Drilling

  

  The day began bright; now thick cloud has rolled in, promising rain. One of the odd aspects of spring is the rather stunning fatigue that descends on me. I imagine this profound tiredness is the accumulation of exposure to winter cold. Cold intolerance is a very common symptom of Post Polio. (I also experience the…

  Michael Watson PhD

  April 26, 2017

  Arts, Disability, First Nations

  Arts, books, disability, First Nations, spring

• Report from Vermont: April Showers

  

  We are well into April, and true to form, it has been a showery month. Between rain and snow melt, the rivers and lake are at low flood stage, and the lawns and fiends are a rich, happy green. We heard this week that even with the winter’s abundant moisture our ground water supplies remain…

  Michael Watson PhD

  April 20, 2017

  First Nations, Sacred Lands, Shamanism, spirituality

  seasons, Shamanism, spring