by JoAnne Dodgson | Nov 20, 2019 | Blog
She hiked along the deer trail, looking forward to seeing her old friend. High on the mountain ridge, Jessie sat down among the tree’s gnarled roots winding serpent-like through the red clay and rocks. She leaned back against the peeling bark of the juniper’s trunk,...
by JoAnne Dodgson | Nov 8, 2019 | Blog
Everything is alive. Everyone has a unique Song. Every tree, every rock, every tiny grain of sand. Each human, animal, plant, bird, bug, river, and fish. Everyone’s Song radiates far beyond the physical body. You are as vast as a star. Every Song is connected in the...
by JoAnne Dodgson | Oct 25, 2019 | Blog
In our years among the red rock mesas in Abiquiu, NM, we had daily encounters with coyotes, ravens, lizards, jackrabbits, and the many others who flew, crawled, nested, rooted, and migrated in these lands. My curiosity, love, and sense-awareness were enlivened by...
by JoAnne Dodgson | Oct 5, 2019 | Blog
Osha Root is my cherished remedy during cold and flu season, for allergies and toothaches. Osha grows high in the mountains near my home in New Mexico. Osha has long been a traditional remedy for the peoples living here. Osha is also known as Bear Root because of the...
by JoAnne Dodgson | Sep 25, 2019 | Blog
When trees drop their leaves in the Fall, the trees simply let the leaves go. No effort to keep everything in place. No fears. No resistance to the unfolding changes. The trees let go of the leaves because it is time in the natural cycles of life. Of the trees. Of the...
