Until One Has Loved an Animal, A Part of One’s Soul Remains Unawakened. –Anatole France On Friday, December 4, 2020 I said goodbye to my best friend. My beautiful, sweet Raven. Hers was a life well-lived. In our years together, I gave her the best of me. The best food, toys, adventures…My family gave her […]

When despair for the world grows in me
and I wake in the night at the least sound
In fear of what my life and my children’s lives might be…

The most sacred place dwells within our heart, where dreams are born and secrets sleep. A mystical refuge of darkness and light, fear and conquest, adventure and discovery, challenge and transformation. Our heart speaks for our soul every moment while we are alive. Listen. . . as the whispering beat repeats: Be-gin, Be-gin, Be-gin. . […]

Calling My NameI walk with Earth under my feetI walk with visions in my eyesI walk with fire inside meI walk with Spirits as my guidesWhen I feel like I can’t breatheI take a walk and I am healedI’m walking back to the centerI’m walking through the sacred fieldI’m walking deeper and deeperLearning the secrets […]

If you do not walk with the animals, you will not know them –  And what you do not know, you will fear – And what you fear, you will destroy. –Chief Dan George, Tsleil Waututh Nation   Last weekend I attended the annual fundraiser and training event at The Nokota Preserve, Chester Springs. Frank […]

What is Life? It is the flash of a firefly in the night. It is the breath of the buffalo in the winter. It is the little shadow which runs across the grass, and loses itself in the sunset.  — Chief Crowfoot, Siksika First Nation     As I sit here looking out at the […]

There is nothing more important than knowing your soul and living the truth it speaks. –Alan Cohen It feels so good to be back! The year brought some difficult challenges to me but I can finally see blue skies ahead. I weathered the storms that came to me and pushed through them. I learned that […]

“You can love her with everything you have and she still won’t belong to you. She will run wild with you, beside you with every step, but let me tell you something about women who run with wolves. . . their fierce hearts don’t settle between walls and their instinct is stronger than upbringing.  Love […]

“A dog is the only thing on earth that loves you more than you love yourself.” –Josh Billings “Dogs are not our whole life, but they make our lives whole.” –Roger Caras     Happy Thanksgiving! I have many things in this life to be thankful for. We all have struggles and pain, but if […]