Today (or some say November 1) is Samhain, the ancient Celtic celebration observed in later times as Halloween. The transformation of the early holiday to what it is now reveals the undercurrents of fear and denial in our culture. Samhain was dedicated to honoring the ancestors and asking for their guidance. Those most adept at […]
The winter rains hit hard last night and when I went up to feed the animals this morning and ran my hand over them in greeting, Chloe’s and Charlotte’s wool was soaking wet, Wonder’s and Isabel’s only dampish, and Pegasus’s horsehair coat hardly even damp—indication of where they spent their time in the rain. So […]
Native Americans call it medicine, as in Bear medicine, Wolf medicine, Eagle medicine—the healing each animal, bird, or other element of nature has to offer if the human chooses to take it in. I call it messages—what the elements of nature can show us in ourselves, highlight for us, alert us to, if we only […]
I experienced a remarkable healing this week.
Charlotte’s condition worsened this past weekend, her udder swollen from the untreatable staph mastitis (teat blocked by scar tissue, so no way to clear the udder except surgically and she is too old for that) to the point that walking was painful for her. She stopped trying to […]