Category: Stories

• Thanksgiving Day 2018

  

  Today is Thanksgiving Day here in the U.S., another of those complex holidays with dubious histories rooted firmly in settler imagination. The day is frigid, a deep snow pack and north wind adding to the pervasive chill. There are rabbit tracks near the house and the occasional determined bird flies by the window. The early…

  Michael Watson PhD

  November 22, 2018

  First Nations, Nature, Stories

  healing, Thanksgiving

• Rainy September Afternoon

  A rainy, cool day; the furnace came on briefly during the night. Autumn has descended on Vermont although here by the lake green remains the dominant color. Still, in bright evening light the trees now take on a markedly yellow tint.

  Michael Watson PhD

  September 25, 2018

  Arts, Landscape, Nature, Stories

  Arts, autumn, climate change, England, stories, travel

• Reading “Late Night on Air”

  Last night our neighborhood held our annual street party. The evening was bright and clear, with a breeze out of the north. The temperature was in the upper 50’s F, and some folks were wearing fall jackets and gloves. The cool was seasonable but shocking, as just Wednesday we had broken yet another all time…

  Michael Watson PhD

  September 9, 2018

  Arts, Stories, Travel, Urban Development

  Arts, healing, Late Night on Air, stories

• 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…

  Michael Watson PhD

  July 29, 2018

  First Nations, Nature, Shamanism, spirituality, Stories