Blog Posts
Life upended
Sometimes in life, it is important for the self to die so that it can regenerate into something new ... to a point that it seems like you've died as a person only to find the person you have...
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Máni or Luna?
Máni or Luna? ... Which name to call the moon when addressing its spirit during prayer? This is a question that has been in my thoughts off and on for a time now. Although I've gr...
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Defining a spiritual practice for myself
For too long, I feel like I've been stumbling around in the dark ... hobbling pieces of this and that together in a fashion that doesn't even full make sense to me. It always leaves m...
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Updating the Shield
I've been running with the shield design with the Viking ship on it for quite some time. And that design has slowly evolved over the years ... the addition of the hawk / owl in flight,...
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Seeing "Joy" again …
A hummingbird seeks out nectar in a Mimosa tree in Staunton, Va., on July 22, 2023. (Photo by Hauk -- Pathfinder / aka. Mike Tripp) Every year, I look forward to the arrival of the ...
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Rune cast favorable for the new site, new path?
From Left to Right ... Ngetal (Reed) : Direction, purpose and responsibility. Ordering chaos and ancestral skills. Laguz : Represents Water. It symbolizes intuition, emotions, flo...
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Are sunflowers speaking to me ?
Sunflowers grow in a field alongside a country lane on a farm outside of Charlottesville, Va., on July 23, 2023. (Photos by Mike Tripp / F8 Explorer ... aka. Hauk — Pathfinder) For ...
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Shifting worldviews
Sometimes you have to wipe the slate clean and start fresh, and that's what I'm doing here with this website. I held a Pipe ceremony to lift prayers of healing at the request of anoth...
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When I asked for concrete signs regarding my animal spirit guides …
A couple months back during a solo Pipe ceremony, I asked the universe to show me a concrete sign of what the spirit animals that move through the world with me are. ** Note I said "sp...
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Today’s Reading: “… who talks behind another man’s back …”
A man may seem wiseif he pokes fun at anotherwhen the other man is away.But the man who talksbehind another man’s backis a fool, even if his listeners laugh. — Stanza 31 from the Havamal...
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Dragons Lines & "Old Mother of the Paths"
Dragon Lines pendant on my staff. The pendant in the above photograph hangs on the staff I carry with me whenever I'm off for a random bout of wandering, exploring ... walking. Whe...
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Walking the bridge, Facing a fear
After crossing the High Bridge near Farmville, Va. Note: This is moved here from an old blog website. A few weeks while between photography assignments, found myself walking the bridge ...
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