I am walking in the wilderness the moon disappears into shadow above the rooftops owl screeching carries away a hapless soul my spirit guide says beware beats his wings against the side of his cage my spirit guide is a small yellow bird I send ahead of me into the mine… Continue reading street of dreams
Category: ruminations
some random thoughts.
i dreamed i was on a boat
Once I dreamed I was on a boat in the middle of a wide river, floating toward the sea. My boat was a very small boat, nothing more than a raft, really. I felt overwhelmed. Sometimes the river became so expansive, or the fog so thick, that I couldn’t see the bank. I traveled along… Continue reading i dreamed i was on a boat
fundamentalisms
Whether of the left, right or center, ideological absolutists (purists, fundamentalists, whatever you want to call them), have a few things in common. Among these is an intolerance which is inconsistant with democracy. There is One Truth, and whoever deviates is either the devil, or on the road to hell. You’re either with us or… Continue reading fundamentalisms
stories of the ancestors
There are two Cherokee Tribes. One is represented by the Cherokee Nation, east & west, and other groups, recognized and unrecognized. This tribe is overwhelmingly made up of mixed-bloods; many, like me, are part of the Cherokee diaspora, tied only by blood, and some family stories. But even most of those who grew up in… Continue reading stories of the ancestors
the next ice age — an excerpt
The transit, the chain, the compass. Those were the instruments of the land surveyor, before geo-positioning and such electronic wizardry. My Cherokee ancestors had a word for compass, duyuda kahonvsgi. It meant “land stealer.” That’s what land ownership is really. It is about taking something that belongs to everyone, and saying, “This is mine. I… Continue reading the next ice age — an excerpt
crossing borders
What border, what contrivance of culture is it that prevents us from standing in the middle of the street, all of us, and saying stop? Stop! We have to change this world. If we don’t change this world, there will be no world. And if we don’t believe that, can’t we see what is happening… Continue reading crossing borders