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• Review: Sitting Bull Remembers

  Ann Turner , blogger on the Virtual Tea House, has created another wonderful children's book, Sitting Bull Remembers, illustrated by Wendell Minor. It takes the life of Sitting Bull from the end and works backwards, from his memories. "In this dark room, Read More... Posted Wednesday, November 07, 2007 2:18 AM by Beth Patterson | 1 Comments Filed under: ancestors, grief, 7 generations

• Blog Action Day: Through the Looking Glass

  Several years ago, I attended a fire circle in western Colorado, where I then lived, on Grand Mesa outside of Grand Junction. The fire was in conjunction with a plant spirit medicine class being taught by a shaman in the Huichol and Nahuatl traditions Read More... Posted Monday, October 15, 2007 1:23 AM by Beth Patterson | 9 Comments Filed under: ancestors, grief, fire, attachment

• On the 29th anniversary of my mother's death

  Today is the 29th anniversary of my mother's death. She died in 1978 at the age of 58 of ovarian cancer, before hospice care was readily available. Her death was like her life: full of pain and grace. Mom was sexually abused by her father for 7 years Read More... Posted Friday, March 23, 2007 10:06 AM by Beth Patterson | 6 Comments Filed under: ancestors, grief, mental illness