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Recently my boys and I decided to create art from nature found objects. We made little paintbrushes from dried, stripped and frayed yucca leaves, paste from ground mesquite beans, and textures from leaves, fibers and dirt. We smashed up and grinded flower petals, seeds, cacti and pomegranate fruit to make rich colors and we painted on flat stones and the soft under belly of bark from our Eucalyptus tree. Our hands and feet were stained with earth colors and it…
One day I decided to give the boys some home lessons on American plants and animals that are endangered and on the brink extinction. We learned about the American chestnut tee (and its revival), the Texas Golden Gladecress, the Crimson Hawaiian Damselfyl, The Grey Wolf, American Bison, the West Indian Manatee, we even discovered the debate regarding redheads going extinct. As we tumbled through National Geographic’s, World Wildlife books and Nature Conservancy sites, I was explaining what it meant to…
I am continuously enamored and inspired by the diverse beauty and intelligence of the natural world. I spend most of my time outside, on a mountain, in my garden, at the park. I study the behavior of plants and animals. I attune my senses to the elements and the sensations they evoke within my being. I walk bare foot and burry my hands in the richness of fresh soil. I eat flowers and cacti fruits from indigenous plants. I share…
A couple of years ago I was given a spirit name from an incredibly powerful Shaman who I have the greatest respect for. I wasn’t sure what I would get and knew that no matter what I must accept it with gratitude and honor. I was secretly worried it would be something like Crazy Fire Head or Stubborn Bull, but when she blessed me with the name Stargazer it rang true to my whole being and somehow confirmed a sense…
