Keene
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Honoring our Ancestors
It is that time of year of holidays that focus upon the honoring of ancestors of various types. As I write, it will be Halloween (or Samhain or Day of the Dead) in a few days. And beneath the plastic masks and store-bought candies and blown-up decorations of skeletons and such, this time is spiritually Continue reading
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Ashuelot
About a week or two ago, I took a walk along the Ashuelot River, along the Jonathan Daniels Trail. This is something I often do – several times a week, weather permitting. Such that I have slowly come to know her twists and turns; her moods and ways. This day there was something odd about Continue reading
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A Visit to the Peace Tree
It was a warm, for February in Keene. And it also happened to be the first day of the Year of the Snake, by solar calculations. So I decided to get out of the house and take a good, long walk. There were so many things running through my mind right then, about what was Continue reading
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Those We Have Lost
Loss is a natural part of life, of all life. It is the other side, the necessary complement of birth and creation. But sometimes loss, certain kinds of loss, can feel raw and chaffing, unresolved and aching, painful and disconcerting. We may try to put a band aid upon this wound, hoping to cover it, Continue reading
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Crystal Message for Keene #2
I come to tell your community that the time of the clans and cliques is done. It is time to unite, to come together with gentle words and without undue strife. To forward collectively the cause of this land, which is to protect the energies of the mountains, lakes and rivers. You are a valley, Continue reading
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Crystal Message for Keene #1
I am a crystal so bright – who will accompany your community All day and all night. All through the hard times, The sad times to come, If you call upon my radiant red light I will beam bright upon you – With malice unto no one. I come to tell you to believe That Continue reading
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The Peace Tree – Episode #2
One year ago, I wrote my monthly column about the peace tree in Keene: a special elm sapling donated to a state-wide peace conference held in Keene in 2012. At the opening ceremony of this conference, we made a blessing for peace over a large bucket of sacred water and all the participants offered small Continue reading
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The Peace Tree – Episode 1
Healing comes in many forms and shapes, including trees. This column today is about several special trees, and the choices offered to us human in how we treat these fellow living beings who share space with us on planet Earth. The first I want to talk about is a small liberty elm donated to the Continue reading
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Different Views of Mental Health
When I wrote my column last month about the Robin William’s memorial in Keene, it never occurred to me that it would still be in place when I wrote my next column a lunar cycle later. And yet it is still there, a memorial to Robin Williams and perhaps, for some of us at least, Continue reading
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That Dark Place
Robin Williams’ suicide has touched many of us and the familiar Parrish Shoe sign has become a shrine of sorts to his life and legacy. My favorite role of his was as Patch Adams, a doctor who found out that making his patients laugh was a very healing thing to do. It is ironic that Continue reading
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