From the category archives:

Dancing Thunder

My Heart

February 8, 2010

May my heart be in the Heart of the Earth
May the Heart of the Earth be in my heart
May my heart be in the Heart of the Sky
May the Heart of the Sky be in my heart.
– Mayan prayer

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The Exploitation of Native American Ceremony

October 13, 2009

There’s been much confusion over my lifetime over which tribes are my ancestors. Word of mouth over the generations has it that I’m Cherokee both maternally and paternally. I identify most with the Cherokee woman who married a French Canadian in the 1700’s. In my heart, I know her.
The other bloodlines, I’m told, [...]

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Soul Flight

September 17, 2009
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Oh!
Inside music
flowing I am
grasping at flowers
sprinkling rain in
my thoughts.
Should I fly higher
over blue sea faraway?
I may not return
today.
Soul that is free.
—DT

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How I Got My Name, Dancing Thunder

February 13, 2009

Cre8pc says no topic is too strange or taboo at Akesana, so I decided to tell the story about how I became known as “Dancing Thunder”. Everybody thinks it’s an odd tale, but it is a true story, so here goes.
Sometime around 1993 I began having a series of dreams in which I [...]

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I Dream in Houses

January 24, 2009

I am a house person.  I’m not sure what that means, but according to my dreaming mind, houses are the key to understanding me. I just wish I could understand house language.
Creepy House
In the 1980’s I had a series of nightmares. For weeks on end, I’d dream of this old gray farmhouse out in the [...]

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