Another season begins as another one ends. By all intents and purposes, you might imagine that the line between them is clearcut. In some ways they are, while in other ways they are not. That is a very big part […]
Category: Column
Column, Mountain Meditation
Mountain Mediation: Gifts of sensitivity
We will return to the bear cave next week for Bear’s enlightening messages, but I’m feeling called to interject some teachings I’ve learned and would like to share. I consulted my Power Animal Oracle Cards for a confirmation. Raven […]
Column, Looking Back
Looking Back: Remembering Halloween from yesteryear
It’s almost time for Halloween and sometimes adults have as much fun as kids on this holiday. Looking back to the 1950s when I went “trick-or-treating” the costumes were pretty simple. Most kids dressed as witches, ghosts, hobos or […]
Living the Dream
Livin’ the Dream: Stars in a dark night sky
No matter the time of day, I love laying on my blanket in the middle of a field and staring up at the sky. While you are the one that walks through the forest to create movement, the sky appears […]
Column, The Outside Story
The Outside Story: Moose in rut
On an October day years ago, my husband and I were canoeing on a pond in the Green Mountain National Forest. We heard crashing in the bushes along the shoreline just before a magnificent bull moose with large antlers appeared. […]
Column, Movie Diary
The Movie Diary: A decorated affair
When I was a kid, my mother stored all our holiday decorations in an attic room just off her bedroom. It was a small, cramped spot that was difficult to move around in due to the slanted ceiling, […]
Column
Poetry is Power: One of the wild
The raindrops hit my face, Slowly, Showing me nature. I open my eyes, Taking it all in, The beauty of the world, The beauty of nature, The leaves, All golden yellow, And fiery orange and red, A bird comes […]
Column, Cosmic catalogue
Cosmic Catalogue: Breaking open
As is usual during the time in between eclipses, there’s an eerie reduction of planetary movement. That being said, the sky isn’t completely devoid of consideration. A big part of this week is contemplating all that you’ve been taught and […]
Living the Dream
Living the Dream: Earth is a teacher, if you tune in
A few steps beyond my front door and I am engulfed in a swarm of leaves. The wind lifts their lifeless yet multicolored selves off of the cold ground and they swirl around me. My hair flies all around […]
Movie Diary
The Movie Diary: Exorcising your demons
My nephew came over this past weekend to visit. He’s a great kid with a solid head on his shoulders who’s trying to figure out his next steps in life. With football playing on my TV in the background, the […]