the blue moon missive

California, December 2023

Hola, hello, bonjour! and Happy Holidays!

This is my “once in a (blue) Luna” newsletter. What a joy to virtually visit with you.

Therapeutic doses of beauty, poetry, inspiration, healing, inner and outer travels… All of my loves! Glean what you need.

Sharing is caring! PLEASE FORWARD? So easy, someone might benefit, and you’ll support me.

LUNA

PS My next lunar missive will be sent from South America! ;)

MADRONE TREE

Don't hold your breath - I heard.

I was startled, the trail was empty. Not a soul to breathe among the greening hills, but my own. It was the wind, I realized, whispering this reminder, while combing the blue ridges.

I walked along a small creek, and stopped to harvest some oyster mushrooms, such a bounty, but already getting old on a fallen trunk. Then kept going, as I was hoping for a blessing from my favorite madrone tree.

I prayed to receive medicine from this majestic being, a sculptural, wooden testament to life's capricious twists and turns. Broken limbs, burnt limbs, missing limbs, and among them, some full of fruit.

I played my flute and then danced with her, the sun on my back, my shadow caressing the wild map of her skin. Half undressed, patches of black charcoal, next to thin brown layers, papyrus-like, pealing away rolled like cinnamon. And then those naked, pink areas, so fleshy in their amazing softness...

On the highest branches, a quiet flock of big, pale doves disrupted my awe, by showering me with tiny white feathers, and impossibly bright, ruby red berries. A baptismal gift - to nourish soul and belly - they said. I ate a few, as a sacrament, and collected some for later. Then, scared by some unseen, unheard danger, the birds took off, leaving a trail of angelic fluttering, and flying straight into the setting sun, until I could no longer see them.

I thanked all beings for their medicine, and started the walk downhill.

art du jour

ART SALE!

Holiday shopping? Artworks from my own collection, still available!

Direct from the artist, so 50% -75% OFF. Originals, One of a Kind! Your chance to have “a Luna” :)

All budgets, from small works on paper, to mixed medias on canvas/board, to exquisite, high end metal Sculptures. From $99 to $13,000

• Some images at my ARTIFACTS GALLERY

Viewing in person, for serious (or jovial but buying, ha ha) collectors, in Bay Area, N California.

Yes, in this Liminal Circus, you are indeed allowed to feed the Artist. ;)

• Below, a couple of one of a kind beauties seeking a good home! Please forward?

“Blood Line”, Sculpture.

Medium: fabricated (single piece) polished bronze, smalti mosaics (hand-cut cast glass), swivels; patinated steel base included. Dimensions: H: 27” x W: 30” x D: 14” Description: This piece reflects on family bonds and lineage; a river of tiny pieces of glass, in shades of red, represents the myriad of beings preceding us.

“The Seeker”, Monotype.

Original on paper. 9” x 12”

Walking on any of the infinite winding paths life offers, meandering, maybe haltingly, or with a secure buoyant step… What is it your are looking for? what is just beyond the reach of your fingertips? just around the corner?

poetry corner

WINGS

I am full of birds

sometimes they perch

behind my eyes

and chirp softly

in the dead of night

while I dream unrecalled dreams

where each of my steps

kisses sacred ground

and I find the wings I left

hanging behind the door…

Luna.

My new book Tightrope Walker is available!

Spanish version coming soon. :)

What’s cooking?

WILD SALAD!

Powerful, beautiful, fresh, magical and medicinal…

All respectfully foraged; dandelions, oxalis, madrone berries, rosemary blooms, and more.

Still killing your “weeds”?

Think again, and re-learn, re-claim some ancient wisdom, from the edible and healing wild herbs.

They have been part of my personal healing of “incurable” things, and are part of my diet, surely one of the secrets for never getting a cold, flu, or worse ;)

...seeking healing?

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Thank you for reading, I’d be delighted if you FORWARD this missive too! :)