Bundle, 2009.
I'm so grateful for your comments and emails about the owl. Sometimes I feel sort of...unlike many of my blogging sisters. It's always reassuring to receive emails about your personal experiences with animals. I feel proud of the way that many of you have honored creatures in your own neighborhoods and hearts.
Above is a bundle that I made this weekend; inside are dried plants, shells and other items symbolic of beauty, feminine archetypes, the creative fire, water elements, companionship, and gratitude. Healers and medicine people often assemble pouches or bags with *help* packed in them, and that's precisely what this is. On the outside is a letter I've written to my soul, a crow feather, some cedar I found in the woods and an owl talon from my teacher. I am very honored that she would gift me with this.
Today, peace came in the form of a baby who rested, a friend who came to town for lunch, a leisurely stroll in the yarn store, laughter at dinnertime, plenty of time outside in the crisp air, and a heart that breathed beyond an anxious story about all that wasn't getting done...
Peace all around.
