The Wild Turkey Comes Calling
I'm so excited! I finally got to see the very rare wild turkey who has been cruising areas of West Seattle! I have been following the progression of the wild…
Sunday with All My Relations
It’s Sunday, and I had a lot of household chores to do. I thought it might be a boring day, but boy, was I wrong... Crow Rogue and the Seagull:…
Rogue the Crow and the Birdbath
I went outside this morning to water the garden and rinse out the fountain and the birdbath. The messiest area is always the deep birdbath, not because so many songbirds…
Crow Friendship
For several years my resident male crow was a handsome fellow I called Dark Wing. He was easy to distinguish because one wing had been injured earlier in life, and…
A Wildlife Thanksgiving
It’s Thanksgiving Eve, and the aroma of the old-fashioned pumpkin pie as it bakes is heavenly. As we all know, Thanksgiving is a holiday that traditionally involves physically gathering with…
The Raven Toll Collector
One of the things I love most about traveling in ceremony on behalf of the animals is how many small moments spin themselves out into stories. It was early morning—the…
Reiki is for the Birds
This morning as I was working at my computer I heard a muffled bang.
Turning I saw that a junco had hit the glass storm door, and was lying on my doorstep. She had one wing half outstretched and I feared that it might be broken. I sensed that she was very dazed from the impact, and made the decision to offer her Reiki energy healing from a distance rather than going out and picking her up.
Feathered Trust
It was early morning, and the softly slanting light held the promise of another beautiful summer day. After finishing my breakfast I was sitting in the open doorway of my back porch enjoying the lushly blooming splendor of the garden, and as I listened to the sounds of the fountain and the conversations of the birds I felt completely content with being exactly where I was.
