Sometimes we take on the mantle of the Well Keeper in service to the greater good, holding and listening and sharing the medicine we bring back from the land for all to benefit.  Other times we go to the well to drink, to be heard, to be held.  Next week I will be going out for a week long Quest/fast with a group I have quested with for over a decade, and I will be carrying the mantle in service to a larger purpose.  Today I went to the well to drink, to be held, and to hold the grief of a mother/friend who recently lost her 25 year daughter to a skiing accident.  When we go out on quest we often sing a Sarina Partridge song “I will go down to the well, let the water wash me like a bell, let the water rock me like a child”…

Yesterday was a day of reflection and quiet solitude.

Spring is here and the vibrancy of growth is everywhere. The birds are singing, the farmers are sowing seeds of flax, barley and wheat, the people are barbequing on their decks and my neighbour is excited to go out for his first golf game.

I went for my first bike ride of the season, one of my farourite things to do. The air was soft and sweet. I coasted along a back road and managed to dodge a badger who decided to check me out.

It all seemed 'normal' and habitual and yet, I realized that when I am present to the extraordinary beauty of it all, I am filled with appreciation and gratitude.

In that space and atmosphere, I am so aware of the need to intentionally release that 'vibration' outward and bless the Earth and its People. Much l…

There is a woman digging for water in the desert. She digs and digs, every second of every minute of every hour. The sun and the moon parade in the sky, the day turning into night, and the night into day.

Suddenly, she hits a spot, a hardness in the sand. A chest full of gold and a goblet engraved with words. They read "Drink the water with this cup when you find it." and "The gold is for you to do as you wish."

She puts them to the side and she digs and digs, every second of every minute of every hour. The sun and the moon parade in the sky… she is thirsty, very thirsty.