I It was already dark as we entered the path of the circle. Drawn into the ancient riverbed was a great Medicine Wheel in the fresh December snow. At its center rested a Grandfather Drum, and beneath it, a Manitou stone from a sacred site in far mountains. I had made the Medicine Wheel for our friends and…
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Rothko
Among New England’s treasures are its stone Calendar sites. Archeologists, historians, and natives disagree on the origins of these structures and their history of use. The chambers are often formed of large stones, stacked around a lintel doorway. The roof may consist of long flat stones weighing two tons each. At one site the first…
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The Heart of the Bear
Bear Medicine is a large part of my life. There is a place here we call The Heart of the Bear. I have stood at the doorway of the den, and listened to them sleeping from above. I welcome them into my dreams, and feel them when they are near. I hear them dreaming of the…
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Equinox
Bathed in sunlight at water’s edge, I came to make an offering. At the confluence, everything abounds. It is as if any thing can be seen, or heard, or known there. Like rays of amber, light was pouring in through the pines and hemlocks, through the still water, golden from the fallen leaves. The remains of…
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