Past Musings

This time of year is always deeply reflective for me as I end a very busy season of teaching, gardening and traveling. In keeping with the seasonal cycle I pay homage to my ancestors and hold them close to my heart. I wonder about their lives most of whom lived a land based existence. I […]

“Anyone can be thrown into hell and suffer. That doesn’t take talent or skill. The challenge we’re faced with here is being thrown into hell and thriving. Now there’s a challenge worth taking on.” Roger Fritz This past year has been quite challenging for many people on many levels. The challenges range from slippery politics

  Spring is such a special time of year, perhaps, because I am blessed with my own birth during these days so I personally feel an especially potent quality to this time of renewal. This year, on the morning of my birth, I rise early and am at my “sit spot” along Sweetwater stream just

Fire has always been the element that seems magical to me. It astounds me that wood of the earth along with air transforms into light and heat and then water douses the flame. What an amazing interchange fire has with the three other foundational elements! The other quality of fire that is unlike the other

During these late autumn days when the fruits of our labors have been harvested and the days become shorter we turn toward the west to honor the season of our ancestors through the cross quarter day of Samhain or Hallowmas and the more ancient Day of the Dead. We were blessed to find ourselves about

Isn’t it wonderful when you step outside the door and a spring breeze wafts through the air caressing your skin with its warm embrace? In that moment you stand still with your face upturned to the sun and you take a deep breath that becomes an ah-h-h-h. In this subtle but undeniable moment you feel