by JoAnne Dodgson | May 1, 2025 | Blog
When tree frogs singThey fill the rainforestWith their colorful voicesWith the very breath of life The trees breathe this inSoaking up the sharing Then the trees breathe outSending waves of the breath of lifeRippling through the rainforest and far beyond When tree...
by JoAnne Dodgson | Apr 1, 2025 | Blog
Today I saw a butterfly her blue speckled wings glistened in the sunlight the magic of her metamorphosis danced around in the winds * She flew over the sagebrush and landed on red sandy soil resting awhile opening and closing her wings a silent rhythmic drumbeat...
by JoAnne Dodgson | Mar 5, 2025 | Blog
Great Horned Owl Medicine: Trusting Your Inner Knowing We’re well-trained to give our power away to external authorities ~ other people, social media, belief systems ~ as if they’re all-knowing sources of indisputable truths. Great Horned Owl shows us the...
by JoAnne Dodgson | Feb 19, 2025 | Blog
I was getting to know a river whose path wandered through the willows and cottonwoods near our house. We’d found a place to land, in the wake of my father’s death, thirteen miles down a bumpy dirt road. According to contemporary maps, we were living along...
by JoAnne Dodgson | Feb 5, 2025 | Blog
Here are a couple gems from our ceremony, powerful guidance from Earth and Spirits for resetting balance in our world… Audio Clip Mother Earth is Calling to Us by JoAnne Dodgson https://www.joannedodgson.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/MotherEarthBalance.m4a...
by JoAnne Dodgson | Jan 14, 2025 | Blog
Follow the callings for Love that has no bounds. This is our Quest in these Turning of the Times. Soak in the spirits’ medicines from our Throwing the Bones Ceremony: (click on image to watch...
by JoAnne Dodgson | Jan 1, 2025 | Blog
Lioness is calling to the heart of humanity because she’s not able to raise her cubs the well-being of new generations is in question in this inside-out upside-down backwards spinning world Lioness is calling to the heart of humanity not blaming and...
by JoAnne Dodgson | Dec 18, 2024 | Blog
When the glowing orange sun rose up over the horizon, a hint of magic filled the air. A chattering flock of ravens surfed wildly in the winds. Blue-black feathers shimmered as ravens landed on tree branches, creating avalanches of snow. With wide-open wings, they...
by JoAnne Dodgson | Dec 1, 2024 | Blog
‘Even if one person fell in love with life again, a river of change would begin to flow. Even if just one person chose to live in heart-centered ways, a powerful momentum would be set in motion for creating a heart-centered world. ~ from Spirit of Chocolate: A...
by JoAnne Dodgson | Nov 12, 2024 | Blog
When I heard Jasmine’s urgent barking, I headed back out to the mesas. I could sense from the trail of her voice that she was on the move. Was she chasing coyotes again? Jasmine and Coyotes had many close-up encounters through our years living on the mesas ~...