Monthly Archives: May 2021

“over and over announcing your place in the family of things.” Some few years ago,  I was catching up with an old friend after too long a hiatus.  I tracked his email address and found a batch of emails.  In three … Continue reading →

“to cry for a visionis a sacred task” The Lakota expression “hanblechia” means “he or she cries out for a vision.” It is the name of one of the most sacred Lakota rituals.  It begins with a sweat bath, singing … Continue reading →

Wednesday May 12 “The River is Famous to the fish” Soon after Mother’s day with its fountains of affection and admiration, I woke early (5:00 am) as Sandhill Cranes and falcons dancing across their several altitude layers – wind columns playing … Continue reading →

April 30 Posted on April 22, 2019 Must be spring; time to check Weather.com’s allergy tracker. Tasting the wind makes a respiratory spring ritual for me and many others.  Worth it, though.   Campus trees and flowers begin to show … Continue reading →

Friday, May 7 “Before you know kindness as the deepest thing inside, you must know sorrow as the other deepest thing.” Several years ago, in early March, a friend emailed me some lines from Naomi Shihab Nye’s poem “Kindness.” She … Continue reading →