Elder Brother
Among indigenous peoples of South and North America—alongside core communities and scattered vestiges of civilizations which existed long before conquistadors arrived in 1498–the Kogi...
Category: Companions in Time
Easter Lilies
What a strange world we live in. How many of us try to live by the advice given in St. Matthew 6: “28: And...
Echosaurus.
Water Fish, Wind Bird, and Gaia are three ancient guardians of Planet Earth. But Gaia (who watches over the land and all that grows...
Collaboration
Did the first egg roll down the hill, hatch, and then cross the road? Or did the first chicken cross the road and lay...
Robin Hood or Person Hood (Economics 101).
When Robin Hood knew that he was dying, he asked for his bow, said “bury me where this arrow lands,” and loosed it into...
Just a Bad Day . . .
Last week, for no reason I can pin down, my usual positive feelings about life slipped away and the possibility of falling into a...
Everything I learned, I learned in Kindergarten
This phrase, if we were lucky enough, may remind us of a time when we were very young and able to make friends with...
Being Mansanto
Something incredible arrived in yesterday’s mail. Inside a five-pound flat of chocolates, I found a manila folder containing a sheath of legal papers. At...
Manifest Destiny
I once destroyed...
Red or White Blood Cells?
I appreciate the white cells patrolling my blood stream, ready to fight infection. They have kept me alive through their willingness to sacrifice their...