Grandmother’s Medicine

Grandmother’s Medicine

When I was a little girl my grandmother would force us kids to have a freezing cold water rinse post hot bubble bath. Force is a strong word, let’s just say it was understood that there would be no way out of that cold rinse and there was really no use...
Chameleon

Chameleon

I am the daughter of immigrants. My mother an Okinawan half-breed, my father a Colombian mestizo. Though I come from jungle people I somehow ended up growing up in the dry dry desert of Arizona. We kids were raised by my mum & Mexican stepfather on a steady diet...
Your Bundles are Gifts

Your Bundles are Gifts

Before my little mama crossed over to the next world she told me “Don’t ever sell your sage bundles, they’re gifts” so when I gather this medicine I think of her and the things that cannot be bought or...
Inside

Inside

When I met this Earth Punani I knew I was invited inside so I walked in slowly gliding my hands along the way feeling the content of my bones more and more till I reached the center ready to sleep for days
Mother Water, My Belly

Mother Water, My Belly

Mother Water told me I have a seed inside my belly a memory  of times when grandmother could drink from the pure river so when i meet you little stream my mouth begins to water and i remember that I am not a dreamer but a knower of times and this gives me hope for...
Earth is Mother ~ I Am Mother

Earth is Mother ~ I Am Mother

The Earth, my Mother. I come from your womb, the Mother of a Mother born knowing your breast. You see the Earth is my Mother, but I am Mother too. Not the Mother of a child born from this body and flesh, but a Mother soul. I feel this tenderness as I walk upon you....