Category: Shamanism
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After The Heat Wave

A day of intense sunlight. A few fair weather clouds drift here and yon across the great arc of blue sky. The local birds are raising their second or third broods while the osprey appear to be feeding chicks and more forcefully guarding their nests. We had three days of intense heat, which broke yesterday.…
Michael Watson PhD
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In the Presence of Mystery

Early evening and the light literally dances softly to the breezes. There is just the thinnest of overcasts. Yesterday was so windy that the air was filled with flying green leaves, as though we had jumped right to early fall. The wind brought down an immense pine tree at a nearby church, and with it,…
Michael Watson PhD
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At the Solstice

Taking a moment to acknowledge the year’s turning.
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All Things Arise and Fade Away

We awoke to bright sun, instead of the forecast dense cloud. The birds have been oddly quiet after being rowdy yesterday. As we watched, a starling stuck its head into the sparrows’ bird house, perhaps after chicks or eggs, then flew away. Now the sparrows are chirping loudly. This morning I sat down in the…
Michael Watson PhD