Category: spirituality
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Soothing Hungry Spirits
We have moved into the season of the spirits, including the Ancestors. True to form the past few days have been dark and chill. We’ve had enough rain to raise the rivers but perhaps not enough to replenish our greatly stressed aquifer. The news of the past many weeks has been grim and that has…
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Initial Conditions
We awoke this morning to the chatter of birds and the fiddling of crickets, a good way to wake! The sky is overcast; a west breeze moves through the house, ruffling papers. It picks up a few loose sheets and deposits them on the floor. This was a week of more record heat and the…
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Shamans: Joyfully Singing in the Coal Mine
Yet another hot and humid day. As the it progressed the promise of rain became a mere threat, then receded even further. The garden is thirsty; everyone and everything sweats. Jennie has to fill the bird bath frequently and it is heavily and happily used by large flocks. Hot and humid conditions are difficult for…
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Blood Lines and Blood Quotients
Way back in 2010 I posted the following piece. Given all that has happened in the world since then, this seems like a good time to reprise it. I do want to let you all know that this week we finally had a good deal of rain, and the landscape has sprung back to life.It…
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