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Dreams

Listen to the wind

They came from the east, two young lovers on their journey. First by train, then by steamboat. Standing on the bank of the Mighty Mo with the sun to their backs, they set off. In his left pocket, a letter and deed for 50 acres in Kansas.First generation t...

Music of the Night

With in the darkness, melody's on the breezes play.

Heavens filled with sparkling jewels, to the brim. Moon scarcely visible, newness gracing its rim. Silence invaded with songs piercing the night. Brother Coyote sings and yips with pure delight. Setting the neighbourhood dogs to baying. Does each know, wh...

First Love

We can make a difference, we are all a strand in her web.

"Teach your children what we have taught our children - that the Earth is our Mother. Whatever befalls the Earth befalls the sons and daughters of the Earth. If men spit upon the ground, they spit upon themselves. This we know. The Earth does not belong t...

My Heritage

Dreams can be so vivid.

A raven came in a dream and called me owl A wolf came growling and said I cry foul He is not an owl I think he is kin to the devil Surrounding me with fire on a spiritual level Raven cawed casting some magic of his own He is only troubled I think he has n...

Where Did I Come From

The reason I am an agnostic.

Thinking of teachings that were presented to me in my youth, I have often wondered if Adam and Eve really did exist and if they did eat from the tree of knowledge? Were they father and mother of all mankind? Knowledge, it is said, is power, why would anyo...