Took to the sky again after many months of rest and healing. Traveled to New Mexico, fulfilling the need to offer a class presentation to the City that has gifted Four Winds grant support over the last three years, the Santa Fe Art Council, in Santa Fe, New Mexico.
Jeff Scheide connected me with teachers at the Gonzales Elementary School. I shared our youth program with eager and enthusiastic 4th graders. Thanks to Chrissy Romero and Contessa Serna for opening their classes. That morning, sharing what was “POSSIBLE”. The children had a hands-on trunk show experience of seeing touching and storytelling about what is possible around us, things and items around us we take for granted, and what things were used 500 years ago in their places.
Also, while there, met us with FWF family from Pittsburg, Lilith Bailey Koll and Jeff and Joan Scheide, Mahhaba Kauffman, Teresa Pisano, David Carson and others from years of traveling there.
Also gave a talk in Taos to people from Argentina, Taos proper and Ecuador. The talk was based on 2013, the next millennium. It was wonderful sharing thoughts, fears, and ways to relax from the doom and gloom of it all.
In all the years traveling to New Mexico I've usually stayed mostly in SF with Louisa Putman, (or her house), this dear sister on the Path. She has a Sacred Space she calls home here in New Mexico. She usually hosts people to come see me for a meal or talk, so this year I did that as well, and traveled to see members of our New Mexico family from Taos to Las Vegas, NM.
Louisa holds a Sanctuary space; for others and me it is a place of renewal and deep truth, and this is where so many creature comforts abound. If you’re ever going that way…Arco Aries will hold you.
Pets include two dogs, two cats, chickens sharing their eggs, goats who gift milk and cheese, and now a black duck and guinea hen that has taken Elizabeth as their Mom.
This year Louisa and I were both in New Mexico at the same time (she also travels a far amount back east to help care for her mother) and we shared with others the Mayan New Years Fire Ceremony. It was wonderful to renew, reaffirm and offer our gratitude to the 20 divine directions. We fed the fire and these directions candles, chocolate, tobaccos, and medicines from all over the world.
Also, I was honored to attend the Spoken Word performance at the Native American Indian School in Santa Fe…. where each performance was heart felt, from rap, poems, dance and acting dramas. These high school students gave me a night of tears and laughter, one I needed to continue knowing I am Indian as well as what I appear to be…. white. These students are led by one of the Men of Louisa’s Cedar Circle. It was a night to remember.
The return to fall full on here in Oregon is wonderful…but the mile high air in New Mexico is medicine for me.
Louisa and I Santa Fe, NM
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