A Hummingbird Named Birch
My resident male Anna’s hummingbird is a cheeky fellow. He might be small, but he has no fear. And he’s worked out a brilliant solution on what to do on…
Manitou and the Christmas Lights Caper
It was time to hang up the Christmas lights, and as I wove them through the fence and wisteria vine I saw Manitou peeking around the edge of the fence…
The Night Before Christmas read to Dog and Cat
"The Night Before Christmas" was written by Clement C. Moore in 1823, and has become a children's Christmas classic. In 2009 I created this video as a gift for my…
Zoo Animal Ambassadors Are Inviting Us to Listen
Mountain Lion Miksa, Cougar Mountain Zoo For many years my students and I have walked among the Animal Ambassadors at zoos across the U.S., gathering their prayers, listening, and doing…
Manitou and Dancing with the Stars
I had an unexpectedly emotional start to my day today. After my morning Reiki, I like to do my stretching exercises while catching up on recordings of my favorite TV…
Invitation to Heal Yourself, Heal the Earth Conference
Do you feel like everything needs to change? Can you hear Pachamama (Mother Earth) calling you? The old ways are no longer working: business as usual in an "extraction economy,"…
Your Heart Knows and Bobcat Blessings
As I was searching for how to condense the many wonderful things that have happened since my last newsletter into a written form that would not take hours to read,…
Crows versus Seagull at the Wild Rose Café
Every morning, after feeding my cats, I put some nuts out for my Crow Family. Some days there's something extra. Today I had half of an Italian sub to share…
GoFundMe for Ceremony Answering the Call of Wildlife
For nine years I have traveled in ceremony to collect the prayers of wildlife so that the people and the animals can co-create a more balanced way of living together.…
Grandmother Buffalo and the Buffalo Jam
I met a Buffalo Elder while carrying the Buffalo Blanket in ceremony in Yellowstone National Park. We were creeping our way out of a pullout in West Yellowstone into the…
