DEXTER AND THE BIG SLEEP

Dexter

I’ve always been bats about bats. Long before I spent a week under the spell of a little brown bat Mirella had proudly carried in, I read about bats and looked bug-eyed at pictures of them.  The phrase I most uttered while under the enchantment of bats was “W…wow!”

Long after “Bat Masterson” had crept out of my life (flying off into the upper reaches of my Oregon barn), I would giggle uncontrollably just to think of him. Little brown bats are exactly that—little. My torn-wing charge needed to be fed with a surgical irrigating syringe. A bigger dropper than that and I’d have quickly drowned him. The only way I could guide the syringe to the pin-prick hole that he claimed for a mouth was to use a magnifying glass.

 

ENERGY MEDICINE FOR OUR ANIMALS

Last year, I spent a short but never-to-be-forgotten time in Maine, giving a presentation at a True North conference. This health-minded organization is steered by a group of the most fascinating, dedicated, compassionate, and funny men and women doctors, nurses, and creative health practitioners it has ever been my privilege to spend time with. While I was there, I was in the care of Cynthia Atkinson, a wise, gifted energy medicine woman who kept me under her mothering wing the whole time I was there, helping me to feel instantly at home in this cl0se group of “strangers.”

Of course, I’ve kept in touch with “Sister Cynthia” ever since, and just post-New Year, I got this email from her

Cynthia---Medicine Woman (a title I bestowed...)

“Hi my friend! How are you and please tell me what you’ve been up to. I am so excited to tell you about a new service I am offering that might be of interest to you.

As you may remember, I’ve been doing energy work with people for over 16 years and informally working with animals for almost as many years. Recently, I have officially expanded my practice to include our 4 legged friends. I have some great stories about how helpful the energy work has been for dogs, cats, and horses whether the complaint is physical or behavioral. And, the work can be done totally by distance if necessary.

So if I may tap into your wisdom, my question for you is: do you have suggestions for getting the word out about this service?…”

 

ANIMALS AND THE AFTERLIFE

SOME MONTHS AGO, THE EDGAR CAYCE FOUNDATION CONTACTED ME ABOUT COMING AND DOING A PRESENTATION FOR THEM. GOODNESS, TIME FLIES! MARCH WILL BE HERE BEFORE YOU KNOW IT! I’D LOVE TO SEE YOU THERE. Use this link for much more information: www.edgarcayce.org/conferences March 5-7, 2010
Afterlife for ALL Life: Reconnecting with Beloved Family, Friends, and Pets NEW! Hear messages from the other side with spirit medium Rev. Anne Gehman, (featured in The Priest and the Medium); explore the journey of the soul with Lynn Sparrow Christy and Tina Erwin; investigate the possibility of souls for animals  with Animals as Guides for the Soul author Susan Chernak McElroy; and examine spiritual communication with pets with animal communicator Marta Williams.
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WOOD, SMOKE, SWEAT

Bread dough rises on our new woodstove insert

The thermometer this morning humg at a frigid 4 degrees. For the first time this winter, our pond was entirely frozen over but for a Polaroid-sized square of open water beneath the “waterfalls” we crafted last summer out of an old rusted wastebasket, and an older copper coal bucket.

Christmas, the rooster, kept his still-juvenile crows to himself today, maybe to conserve energy. The hens muttered quietly to themselves, careful not to shatter the air with their clucks. On such mornings, I am awed once again by the strength of the animals who can face such cold nights with little more than the feathers and furs on their backs.