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Judas Kiss the key to transformation

Keys open spaces.  They give us choices.  And choices build our reality, they create our world. Keystones are necessary to bridge a gap.  Masons use wedge-shaped stones at the top of an arch.  That stone locks all the other stones … Continue reading

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Removing the specks from one’s eye

I dreamed I had removed my contact lens to show the eye doctor. There were three lenses stuck together. As I separated them, I remembered that I also wear glasses. I felt puzzled.  Waking I recorded the dream in my … Continue reading

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Red Riding Hood and the Woodsman

In The Woodsman (2004) Kevin Bacon portrays a convicted child molester, who has recently been released from prison. The only apartment available is directly opposite a school. He is re-hired at the lumber company by the son of the previous … Continue reading

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The Golden Greek

Children are so loving and honest. They want to please us and they sometimes show us surprising things. When he was about five, my son brought a friend home after school. Although I had never met the boy before, he … Continue reading

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Holding My Sun

The man was in his mid-thirties. After the Native American Ceremony he told me that he was trying to allow love and affection into his life, to receive it with open arms. Recently separated from his wife and child, he … Continue reading

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Just a 13 year-old girl

My dad used to tell me when he had a few shots of alcohol in him, “your mom’s just a thirteen year old girl.” After 37 years of marriage to Phyllis McFadden Melville, John F. Melville died before turning 60. … Continue reading

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Telling the Story, Healing the Trauma

“Why do you tell these stories of abusive patterns? How is this healing? Why talk about sexual experiences, when they make us feel uncomfortable? Shouldn’t we protect ourselves and our loved ones from contact with these persons who have these … Continue reading

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The blue footed booby

I call my young friend an egret.  That’s his totem animal.  I drove past his apartment and phoned him from the beach parking lot. He and his girlfriend live in a hotel down the street from there. “I’ll meet you … Continue reading

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The Armenian Boy

The teenage boy at the next table had his back to me.  He was sitting next to his younger brother and across from his dad and a man, who appeared to be a relative.  The boy answered his cell phone, … Continue reading

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I feel better now. How do you do that?

Her guru told her just to focus on good things, light and higher conscious thoughts. Dreams were a waste of time. After returning from Asia, she had a dream of a protective medicine man in white eagle plumage. Then she … Continue reading

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