Dreamtime Song

Completing the Sacred Circle By Edna Peirce Dixon August 12, 2023 August 8, 2015 How shall I sing my song? I scarce know where to start. The hour is late and all I know, This song must come from my heart. Sings Many Songs was the name he gave, The one with the Heart ofContinue reading “Dreamtime Song”

Finding An Authentic Life

By Edna Peirce Dixon Just read an article on my Daily Stoic email titled, “How Not To Be Afraid of Critics.” Something in the very first paragraph about feeling like an imposter really grabbed me and it made me wonder how many of us live our lives feeling like frauds, hiding our innermost thoughts forContinue reading “Finding An Authentic Life”

Thanksgiving Truth

Step Into The Light November 24, 2022 By Steven Walks On The Grass My earliest memories of this day are being in school. I might have been six or seven years old and the teacher had us all draw turkeys. What we did was lay our little fat pudgy kid hands on paper and traceContinue reading “Thanksgiving Truth”

NATIVE TRADITIONS OF ACCEPTANCE & INCLUSION

Reflection for Native American Heritage Month By Ghost Dancer Native peoples have a hard time dealing with some of the practices and understandings of other peoples. By this I mean, most Native feel that other people must not think for themselves and are programmed as a whole rather than in freedom of the individual. IContinue reading “NATIVE TRADITIONS OF ACCEPTANCE & INCLUSION”

Night Ride to Freedom’s Door

Step Into The Light Chapter 1 By Steven Walks On The Grass September 15, 2022 It’s funny how you think you have yourself prepared and all the mental shackles of the past 23 years of captivity are just going to go away when you’re finally released to a halfway house and the first small stepsContinue reading “Night Ride to Freedom’s Door”

All For the Right to Pray (28)

Part Eight – The Warrior Comes Home Chapter 28 – What Price Compassion By Ghost Dancer The Covid-19 pandemic hit all the prisons hard early in 2020. By April 1st all normal activities had ceased at Talladega and we found ourselves on total lockdown with no relief for months. There was no fast-track out forContinue reading “All For the Right to Pray (28)”

All For the Right to Pray (27)

Part Seven – Twenty Six Years in Federal Prison Chapter 27 – Still I Walk The Red Road By Ghost Dancer With nothing more to lose, I put my trust in Spirit and just went right on doing what I had always known I was meant to do: teaching and speaking out about injustice andContinue reading “All For the Right to Pray (27)”

All For the Right to Pray (26)

Part Six – They Want You Gone, You Get Gone Chapter 26 – Railroaded By Ghost Dancer Before I begin to clearly explain and document facts about how I was  railroaded, I would like to say that I do not hold any bad feelings or anger for what was done to me. Now this mayContinue reading “All For the Right to Pray (26)”

Native Understanding

A Teaching by Ghost Dancer Many people believe that Native ways are simple and can be learned quickly. This is not only absurd but so far from real understanding. Just as in gaining insights on any subject, the more you seek the more you will find. And when you find the answers you seek, youContinue reading “Native Understanding”

Why?

Lights In the Distance. . . Walks’ Outdate – 75 Days and Counting By Steven Maisenbacher Pardon me while I get side tracked – again. I’m trying to write about the personal process of preparing for release from prison, but having to deal with constant deviations from any kind of stable routine is par forContinue reading “Why?”