If we could lift understandingto indigenous teachingsexpand our loveto earth, sky, and seaMake personal gain tabooand Ancients a weigh point If we could witness the mountainsslow floating across the skyand touch the dolphin’s soulanxiously swimmingwhere tuna are netted Would we cower at our insignificanceor move forward, learning to acceptthat all of life is deeply woveninto […]
I know a little girl,whose hair in ringletsfalls, unkempt from lackof brushing; who standswhen she should be sitting;who laughs with defiance whenchallenged, her dark eyes gleamingwith mischief; who holds her chin uphigh and stamps her feet, arms foldedin protest when she does not get her way. I see that little girl,have watched her play,with a […]
Ask me how I’m doingand I’ll say “fine”, notbecause I’m actually fine,but because “fine” is the onlysocially acceptable response. If I said that I have been lyinghere, for three hours now,willing my body to move,that would elicit unsolicitedadvice and tarnish my “fine”. I’d berate myself for breakingmy promise not to moan,knowing that complainingprovokes a compulsive […]
One Woman's Quest II 
The birds are so beautiful.
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They really are, thanks.
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Wow, I’ve never seen Jays that colour! Just beautiful.
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Aren’t they amazing? I didn’t know they existed either until we spent time in Texas.
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love those birds – real colourful characters!
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Their character matches their colour too.
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Beautiful photos. Love,love,love the colours!!
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Thanks, Sarah and congrats on your two articles in the SCN Journal.
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Love them all but those first birds are amazing!
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I agree. The colours are unreal.
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Those green birds are so pretty! I’ve never seen anything like it!
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Aren’t they pretty?
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