“The Spirit of the Land is not sad. Even though we may be on the path to destruction, the Land is not sad. This is the way of death and life and death and life. Do we grieve the loss of dinosaurs? There will again be life, even if it is not human life. ThereContinue reading “The Land is Not Sad”
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Lament for a Civilization
There is no change, no plan, no amputation,No nurse with power to heal,None to take us by the shoulderto look us in the eye and warnof danger there insidethis fascination to wring every ounce of lifefrom this slow death. There is no hope of change, no coming back.This death will come, must come.Is it notContinue reading “Lament for a Civilization”
Twenty years ago this month, I fell into politics.
Twenty years ago this month, I fell into politics. I’d known for some time that something was coming, something was changing in my life. Every time I felt into it, I got an image of myself in a canoe, being told to lie down, and not even peek over the edge to see where theContinue reading “Twenty years ago this month, I fell into politics.”
Willow’s Message
Of all the willows on this land,one is very old.Years ago, she fell.She lies broken,partially uprooted,but flourishing. She told me of the falling,of the happy movementthrough the air,and then — the crash,the multiple fractures,the silence. She rejoices,closer than everto her beloved Earth.She reaches down, down,into the mud,and up, up into the sky. She weavesthin branchesContinue reading “Willow’s Message”
On the Threshold of the Unknown
I love this post from the Centre for Action and Contemplation. We are all in a place of transition, whether we realize it or not. We all stand on a threshold not knowing what is on the other side of this door that is opening in our lives. Every one of us stands with ourContinue reading “On the Threshold of the Unknown”
Dream Bringer’s Studio 