Visiting the Desert for the Pagan Holidays (and Coyote, too)
In less than 8 hours, I will be on a plane to Arizona, for a week-long vacation.
I have traveled to many different ecosystems in the past 10-12 years (tropical, rainy/British, windy tundra, forest, mountains, beaches, oceans, rivers, creeks, etc.), but I have never been to a true desert.
I have packed my rattle and some offerings in between my clothes (too full a suitcase!), and I am so ecstatic that I can't sleep. I want to hike every day, see the southern tip of the Grand Canyon, visit different museums, sit under a clear night sky full of the stars and Milky Way, dance in the Halloween/Samhain/Dia de los Muertos parades.
And I want to hear coyotes howl.
I have worked with Coyote for many years. He began as a silent totem-like animal guide on Journeys (back in 2002) and evolved into a wonderfully sarcastic human-coyote shape-changer (with whom I enjoy many hilarious conversations).
But I have never seen a coyote in real life, a constant joke from the Old Man himself.
We'll see who gets the last laugh, as I have a full week to chase Him down!
Stay tuned as I update my blog with photos from my vacation, along with stories of Synchronicity and Shamanism!
I have traveled to many different ecosystems in the past 10-12 years (tropical, rainy/British, windy tundra, forest, mountains, beaches, oceans, rivers, creeks, etc.), but I have never been to a true desert.
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And I want to hear coyotes howl.
I have worked with Coyote for many years. He began as a silent totem-like animal guide on Journeys (back in 2002) and evolved into a wonderfully sarcastic human-coyote shape-changer (with whom I enjoy many hilarious conversations).
But I have never seen a coyote in real life, a constant joke from the Old Man himself.
We'll see who gets the last laugh, as I have a full week to chase Him down!
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(C) MLB AAAAAaaaaaaooooooooooo! |
Stay tuned as I update my blog with photos from my vacation, along with stories of Synchronicity and Shamanism!
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