Honoring our ancestors
October 29, 2020 by
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The perfect time of year to honor your ancestors …
October is so confusing … the weather hot and toasty one day, and winter-like the next. Along with the last of the harvest of summer vegetables, pumpkins growing in fields, and Halloween decorations everywhere. It is a time of year that I enjoy.
In particular, I really appreciate the meaning behind Halloween, the sacred celebration of our ancestors. Some also celebrate Day of the Dead, All Souls Day, and All Saints Day at this time of the calendar.
Halloween and the Day of the Dead remind me of the movie “CoCo”, where living people build altars offering favorite foods in honor of their ancestors. I so appreciate remembering and honoring our ancestors.
So this year, in honor of my ancestors, I am building a mini memory garden box out of redwood to decorate our back patio. I will add geraniums, cyclamen, and small statues of my ancestor’s favorite things.
How will you remember your family and friends?
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?>Let’s go barefoot!
October 8, 2020 by
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Some days ya just gotta go barefoot …
These days I am doing my best to stay grounded. With all the events happening globally, nationally, and personally that’s not always easy.
Recently my last maternal uncle, who I had not visited in months, passed away from Covid-19 only weeks after moving to Oregon to be near family. Plus, Joan is dealing with a return of her breast cancer and began an intensive 20-week series of treatments.
It is all so overwhelming at times and I sometimes let my mind wander to “what if” and filling in other possibilities.
So, to get more grounded and enjoy more of life, Joan, our dog Eldred, and I decided to take a walk at Contra Loma Regional park. We all three walked barefoot (well, isn’t Eldred always barefoot?) on the ball field to ground ourselves to Mother Earth. To soak up the healing energy and earth medicine.
It is such a joy to see how dogs play and run full out. Every element of life is enjoyed in the moment … the speed, the grass, the animal life. I felt much better after our outing, though I run much slower than Eldred.
I have always gotten so much energy working the soil, planting vegies, herbs, and flowers. My garden home projects, like planter boxes, are life sustaining. I know this is a good time for this work.
Don’t forget to get some of that Mother Earth energy. Put your feet in and soak it all up.
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