Connections... Visiting a friend in Hungary, we picked up what we thought was a stray at the side of the road. Was just about to adopt him...
It turned out to belong to a man in the village and was picked up this morning.
The man used to live in my friend's house as a child. #connections
Life is wonderful
“The First Peace, Which is the Most Important,
is that Which Comes Within the Souls of People When they Realize Their Relationship, Their
Oneness with the Universe and All its Powers, and when they Realize that AT the Center OF the Universe
Dwells the Great Spirit,
and that this Center is Really Everywhere, IT IS Within Each of US.”
~ Black Elk, Heȟáka Sápa, Oglala Lakota (1863-1950)
Think about it. The Center of the Universe is inside you, inside each of us always at time marker "now".
Now is the time to connect with all other life where the Center of the Universe also exists to nurture the entire system of life and existence. And maybe heal our world.
Love & Cherish Life, Earth, Grandmother
#AllMyRelations
#NativeAmericanHeritageMonth
Waasa-Inaabidaa - We Are All Related
https://youtube.com/clip/UgkxCuQnoZ2RsK3DgB6gAlpsQCkBXQ0FoDJr?si=guVTLRgu0pg1S7kq
#icymi I’d like to raise (and boost) awareness about the plight of the black ash tree. As part of the immersion language course in Western Abenaki we learned about the intergenerational tradition of basket making. It’s not just about pretty livelihood, it’s a sacred relationship between the trees, the land, and the people. And the #emeraldashborer threatens to destroy it.
https://www.emeraldashborer.info/blackash
#indigenouscreatives #blackash #invasivespecies #indigenouslifeways #allmyrelations
Black ash (Fraxinus nigra Marshall), sometimes called brown ash or basket ash, is an ecologically significant tree species found throughout much of the Great Lakes and northeastern regions of the United States and eastern Canada. Black ash trees grow in forested wetlands such as bogs or swamps or that are flooded for part of the year, along with riparian forests that border streams, rivers or lakes. In additional to its ecological importance, black ash is also a cultural keystone species for members of many Native American and First Nations tribes. Many generations of basket makers use black ash to create baskets that are both beautiful and useful, and some tribes have spiritual connections to black ash. Unfortunately, black ash is also the most highly preferred and vulnerable host for EAB in North America. Given the ongoing spread of EAB, black ash may effectively be lost from North American forests over the next 20-30 years. This level of mortality is expected to result in serious impacts in black ash ecosystems and will directly impact traditions and a long-standing way of life for many tribal members. In the coming months, we will add an array of information about black ash ecology and its cultural importance to this webpage.
And… it’s gone. I went back yesterday morning to say hi to The One Apple and I could tell almost as soon as I started across the yard toward the tree that it wasn’t there anymore.
Sure, I’m very disappointed that I won’t get to spend more time with that apple, grow and eventually enjoy its human-friendly ripeness. And at the same time I am reminding myself that I have planted and a tree and helped it grow a gift for one of my kin.
@paninid @jschwa1 @hosford42 @argv_minus_one @Uair
You may find the following of interest.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qBFvxkvpi2w
While Europeans learned some things, other harmful ideologies (Anthropocentrism, Androcentrism, etc) were never unlearned.
While Marx encouraged people to use Systems Theory to analyze systems, the worst flaws in European economic theories have remained.
I’m not personally interested in Capitalism, Socialism, Marxism, Communism, Stalinism, etc
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"The land knows you, even when you are lost." - Robin Wall Kimmerer, Braiding Sweetgrass
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#braidingsweetgrass #robinwallkimmerer #lifeboatacademy #resilience #regeneration #collapse #collapseaware #community #networking #placebased #allmyrelations #healing #landbased
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