In past blogs I have talked about aging, becoming an elder, and the respect we need to have for elders in our families and communities. I have mentioned that being old does not automatically alot you respect from those who are younger. It is not enough to just be old. You have to have also […]
Gratitude
There was, one day, a woman and her toddler son walking down the beach, enjoying the beautiful, sunny day as the waves rolled in, and back. They built sand castles with large walls around them and turrets standing tall. And then, as they began to walk hand in hand once again, there was an enormous […]
None of My Business
Fairy Ointment Once upon a time there was, in the town of Tavistock, an old woman who was a midwife. One night, she had just got into bed when rap, rap, rap came on her cottage door. The summoner was a strange, squint-eyed, ugly little fellow, but she dared not resist the command to come […]
Hard Work
People have often been surprised by my work ethic. This may be because of the generation from which I come. In my generation we did not look for an escape from work, or for the easiest way to do that work. We simply rolled up our sleeves and did the work. We knew that to […]
The Pretenders
In the realm of Shamanism, as I am sure is true of other realms as well, one will sometimes find themselves encountering a “pretender.” This is a person who claims to be a shamanic practitioner when, in fact, they are not. I recently discovered that someone in the “spiritual community” is, once again, claiming to […]
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