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June 2023 My Mentors/My Fathers

September 10, 2023 by
Deep Sea Salmon Dad where have you gone?Did you leap quicksilver into the last runof legendary kings – those eighty-pound June Hogs –that bashed themselves against the wallsof the Grand Coulee Dam?Or are you too smart for the trap of extinctionstill holding in the shadows of that damin the back of my mind – thinkingbut…
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May 2023 My Other Mother

August 27, 2023 by
Who was she? Was this mother a female? Do I know the Mother within me? The Ugly Queen A tale taken from Duncan Williamson – Scottish Traveler The young king and queen of this land had only a baby girl, but the king’s only thoughts were on how to get rid of the giant who…
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The Hunchback

October 29, 2022 by
a tale by Eugene Marckx In those ancient times the Mountain king, the River king, and the Valley king considered themselves brothers in the lineage of the Moon-Goddess. So, at last when the Valley king died, his two brothers along their retinues came to express their grief with the people of the valley. For two…
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August 2022 Wisdom in Odd Places

October 29, 2022 by
Where do I seek it?I found it unexpectedly when I …It wasn’t where I thought it was. The Hunchback a tale by Eugene Marckx In those ancient times the Mountain king, the River king, and the Valley king considered themselves brothers in the lineage of the Moon-Goddess. So, at last when the Valley king died,…
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July 2022 Am I Ready To Change?

July 11, 2022 by
Who me?Why would I want to?What I’d like to change is …             by Richard Hugo (1923-1982) SECOND CHANCES by Richard Hugo (1923-1982) I can’t let it go, the picture I keep of myself in ruin, living alone, some wretched town where friendship is based on just being around. And I drink there a lot,…
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Old Soldier

May 20, 2022 by
He walks between his metal shop and his greenhousefingernails broken at the edgeswrists coloring rust into the dirtfeet spread apart the old grunt way‒ a habit not broken off frommortars dropping In the metal shop sparks fly off the wheelsharpening a blade he may needto carve away trouble ‒ you never knowIn the greenhouse cherry…
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April 2022 My Scars

May 20, 2022 by
Can I look at my scars?Did my wounds heal and scars?How do I benefit from my scars? Old Soldier He walks between his metal shop and his greenhousefingernails broken at the edgeswrists coloring rust into the dirtfeet spread apart the old grunt way‒ a habit not broken off frommortars dropping In the metal shop sparks…
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The Lord’s Stallion

April 4, 2022 by
By John Thompson I want to be the Lord’s stallion! Thick and broad and sinewed And of milky mane, Sun’s fire caught and flashing In my dancing eyes And hooves as sharp and shining As obsidian! I want to feel upon my neck The firm direction of His arms And feel my tensing flanks Beneath…
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A Man and His Archetypes

March 15, 2022 by
Online Event March 25-27, 2022 A Webinar – March 25 - 27 Beginning Friday March 25th at 7p.m. PST Cost - $50 Registration At this event we will look at the four main male Archetypes: King, Warrior, Magician, Lover. Each man will be encouraged to recognize and get to know at least one or two…
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February 2022 Small Miracles

February 15, 2022 by
Can you list the miracles in your life?What to you is miraculous? The Heart of Us All  With the radio and the television off all morning  and the newspaper folded in its chair  I leave the laptop alone  and set my phone on mute  I just want to hear bird-chatter in the air  faint shouts…
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