uhhh - nothing like an all night journey on a greyhound to make you lose sleep and need a day or too to catch up!
I had a great time in Kokoma, Indiana - lovely folks - nice cabin, creek and land to meditate on. Channelled a 8-8 lions gate meditation, journey through the sphynx and into the hall of records, while we sat on the grass as the sun set.

Tribe member Kelf gave me a lift to the Gaston Pow wow in Indiana, where I connected up with the tipiman and his wife for a lift to there place in Cleveland Ohio. What a score - they have animal medicine like I have but in a huge way - buffalo, moose and elk rawhide - which he makes himself, deerskins, fur, feathers, antler, bones, skulls, teeth and claws - feeling right at home!

Spent a few days making a new buckskin outfit out of tan and turquoise deerskin, it has a waterfall theme, with the fringing of the turquoise yoke being the waterfall and flowing down the sides of the skirt. We went to a Bison ranch on Tuesday to pick up 4 bison skins that are salted and ready to be turned into rawhide - the tipiman has a brilliant vision for theis almost 200 acres for a tipi village and craft makers to teach to the public - I wish him good luck as I see more and more people feeling the need to get back to the earth and return to intentional community. A great week of playing and creating, walking by Lake Eerie and enjoying the Lakewood area of Cleveland.

Anne Heart Healer picked me up on friday for a 4 hour drive to the Serpent mounds, where we held ceremony at the head and tail and walked the mounds with the snake heads. The Brown Snake head is leaving me here to stay in Cleveland with Ann, which will assist to hold the energy and the transformation of the reptilian energy over this country. Interestingly, the serpent mounds are the shape of the journey I have just had, with Uluru, the great Australian monolith at its mouth and the snaking up and down like I have been across the country. It feels like this aspect of the journey is complete and another part of the journey is set to begin. Ann dropped me off at the Greyhound station in Columbus ohio for a 13 and a half hour bus ride. On the journey I am seated in themiddle of about a dozen people speaking a strange dialect - I ask the interpreter behind me what language are they speaking and she replies Russian - they are from Kazistan - they are fascinated with the snakes ans some of them purchase medicine bags from me - you just never know, who you will meet on these journeys! They are lovely people and we have much fun sharing about our cultures as we weave our way to Philladelphia.

Picked up at Mount Laurel Philladelphia and taken to Pam's home- 4 children - the oldest at music camp - the others are 3, 6, and 9 - ahhh - I have forgotten what it is like to be in the presence of the energy of young ones! We visit the Lenape Pow wow for a while, until the children are weary and next day a trip to Tohicken park for a bare foot walk down the hill to sit my feet in a tributary of the Delaware. At night we all go to see an outdoors theatre play at Wshington Crossing state play of Oliver Twist - which was extremely well done and such a wonderful musical - I wonder is the universe giving me a hint to protect my passport and wallet when I go to England and Europe??!!
Pam has a hectic time with the kids as they are all home schooled and she is very much into making sure all are well nourished and cared for, with no sugar or fast foods on the menu. She has organised trips to new age centers and a workshop next weekend, I don't know how she finds the time, but it certainly reminds me what it is like to be a mother again. This shall be an interesting week! I am minding the 3 of them tomorrow as she gets her car fixed so we will be creating some leather items. till next week - Blissings to all - Morning Star