Category: Stories
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Maple Sugaring

On Easter we visited friends at their sugar house in the mountains in the eastern part of the state. The day started out cloudy and raw, but the afternoon turned comfortable and the sun was bright and warm. We were delayed, and reached the sugar house a bit late. Inside, the sugar house was…
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The Medicine Wheel: Learning to Walk

The fog is burning off. Being March, it is warm one day and cold another; rain, sun, and snow take turns moving across the landscape. Sunday marks the Vernal Equinox, a time for remembering to walk in balance. Of course, this walking is no easy task. When we watch children learn to walk, we notice…
Michael Watson PhD
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A Great Mystery
I’ve been contemplating the mystery of life, and how very lucky we are to experience it. This is a good thing to do as winter wanes and spring has yet to bloom across the landscape. We do not know how frequently life develops; we know only that planets like our own seem to be quite…
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Won’t You Be My Neighbor?

A few days ago, I found myself in a conversation with a young visionary. Somehow the subject of what a shaman might be came up, as it so often does, and I found myself reminiscing about some of the things my teachers taught me about the tasks of the shaman. Listening to my own stories,…
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