we can weave

I know there are ways to exist and coexist with nature; with the beauty we find here; the families of flora and fauna, and the cycles of abundance and scarcity. Humans like to shore up for a long time. You cannot blame any of us for this instinct. I’m just wondering if we can work with the weavers in our midst, and ask for their help to weave us back into the pattern of existence we lost. Ask them to guide us toward a dynamic relationship with our surroundings; and release us from the power to control while easing us into the finesse and skill of life sustaining relationships for all of us. Humans too. Take for instance, the Hawaiian Crow, extinct in the wild; brought back to its environs. Failed first attempt. So far, so good, second attempt. We can weave. There are those among us who are dedicated to these tasks. There are holes in the fabric but some know how to work out the patterns and get things intertwined again.

 

 

from bird dreams, riding hope, - sometimes a fable, weaving  our connections to birds,  meandering rivers and dragons, fermenting miso and consciousness,

wetlands, our extended kin and ancestors, our mentors, and Wisdom.

Inspired by actual events and a sense of place and belonging by a woman who addresses the reader  on behalf of the earth

 

 

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I read it in the snow shadows – osprey are heading this way

 

from bird dreams, riding hope, - sometimes a fable, weaving  our connections to birds,  meandering rivers and dragons, fermenting miso and consciousness,

wetlands, our extended kin and ancestors, our mentors, and Wisdom.

Inspired by actual events and a sense of place and belonging by a woman who addresses the reader  on behalf of the earth

 

 

What do the winds, which have been busy lately, make of this notion that we are one with what we see?  It may be unknowable. The fact is that some days the wind is stronger than others, even when they seem quiet they are very much around. This also means that the trees will be talking too. As everyone knows, their talk changes through the seasons. They have one language when their leaves are full and dancing and another that is a lot like whistles when their leaves are gone. And, of course they speak the language of colors and shadows, the words of shade and dampness, they sing the songs of night and, it is also said their whispers create the morning dew and the evening’s quiet only comes when they hush. This could all be rumors. Who is to know these things really?  It could be that before the last leaves fell, the water dragon took a large leaf softened by the sun and summer to write that she was leaving. And indeed she did leave as soon as she knew that summer was truly gone and the menhaden were following another stream in the ocean as well.  As some report, the streams in the ocean talk to the mouths of rivers. This talk then travels down through the ripples and ripps where the river waters churn. This is how their messages are relayed to the back end of the river where the otters sometimes venture. And high above all this talk, the water dragon learns the news that summer is on the move.

 

 

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the language of the wetlands

 

I come to my wetlands because it speaks a language I know. The winds, the ripples, all the sounds make up a language. My mother feared she lost her Yiddish. I fear that I cannot communicate this wetlands language as well as I would like to. But there are others that do and I take heart that I am part of a movement of people that know these sounds and know the words and poetry, the testimonials, and solemn odes, the doggerels and shanties, the rhyming couplets, and the lines of melodies that make up the language of the wetlands, the lands that bring water and an abundance of life with them.   – from bird dreams, riding hope.  You can access bird dreams  at https://amzn.to/3F5N7No. Thanks for your support.

 

https://bit.ly/3HuONB6 - Pew reports - “Coastal wetlands—which include seagrass beds, salt marshes, and mangrove forests—are some of the most biologically diverse areas on Earth. Despite their importance, these habitats have experienced steep declines worldwide. However, those trends are changing because of myriad factors. At a global scale, human-caused mangrove destruction declined 73% from 2000 to 2016 because of added protections. Mangroves are also now colonizing areas created by sediment from inland deforestation that rivers carry and deposit near or along the coast. And shifts in coastlines resulting from sea-level rise might create more places for mangroves to expand. Although mangrove losses are likely to continue in Southeast Asia, expansion elsewhere could soon stabilize the global area of mangrove forests.  Additionally, China—home to the fourth-largest wetland area in the world—is increasing efforts to protect and restore its coastal areas, rivers, and floodplain lakes. Through its international development goals and the extent and pace of its wetland conservation efforts, China could influence coastal wetland conservation at a global scale.”