STRONG WOMAN WALKING

  STRONG WOMAN WALKING   •••  The ground thundered with grief, wings broken, burned, disfigured; Our Daughter. A beautiful bird, the target of rage. The bulls-eye of an ugly truth. A grinding and unimaginable storm of desperation. Let us speak to this. Let...

IN THE BEGINNING

  IN THE BEGINNING     •••  The hardest work I have ever done is to unburden the child. My child has many experiences, ugly experiences, and the work for me was to go back, to embrace the little boy that suffered so much. I cut a slit in my heart and I...

RED TULIPS and BLUE VASE

  RED TULIPS and BLUE VASE     •••  I wait for the spring awakening of the Great Mother. Birds return bringing with them their ancient song. Buds sprout, bursting open. Tulips are one of the first to press forward out of dark sleep into bright joy. The...

WOMAN PIPE CARRIER

  WOMAN PIPE CARRIER     •••  There are many bundles that we talk about; the pipe, the drum, the rattle, medicines, and our children. Those are all sacred. But I believe the most sacred bundle of all is the little girl and little boy that lives inside...

TEACHINGS OF THE RAVEN

    TEACHINGS OF THE RAVEN     •••  You are seated in front, Behind you a long line of ancestors, back to the beginning. The struggle of the ancestors Made it possible for you to be here, to be clear. Once blinded, now coming out of the dark, I see...