2019 SUMMER SOLSTICE MESSAGE June 21st at 11:54 a.m. by Cie Simurro- Thunderbird Starwoman ________________________________________________________________________ We often see ourselves as recipients, either of something good or something bad. We feel stuck in an order of things that someone else made up – a world that churns us through the butter of life, without using our [...]
Totems: STARFISH, Part 2 of 2 by Cie Simurro- Thunderbird Starwoman The first time I ever heard that starfish regenerate limbs, also known as rays, I felt this would lead to a new era in medicine and spirituality. After all, wouldn’t that be a leap in both the area of prosthetics and in consciousness – [...]
2019 SPRING EQUINOX MESSAGE by Cie Simurro- Thunderbird Starwoman ________________________________________________________________________ Everyone wants to be happy, but sometimes it’s difficult to find a way to feel happy. Yes, there are certain things that tend to make everyone happy – being appreciated and loved, making others feel good about themselves, feeling creative and actually creating or making [...]
Totems: STARFISH, Part 1 of 2 by Cie Simurro- Thunderbird Starwoman Can you see me? Can you feel me? Would you touch me? I am STARFISH, star of the sea. I use all my sensory awareness to perceive the world around me. How do you sense your world – with your intellect, your heartfelt emotions, [...]
Totems: NORTHERN MOCKINGBIRD, Part 2 of 2 by Cie Simurro- Thunderbird Starwoman The Northern Mockingbird has pale grey upper-parts, dull white under-parts, two white wing bars, prominent white wing patches easily seen in flight, and a long tail. They often flick their tails from side to side. Tails provide excellent balance as they run [...]
2018 WINTER SOLSTICE MESSAGE by Cie Simurro- Thunderbird Starwoman ________________________________________________________________________ HAPPY SOLSTICE * MERRY CHRISTMAS * HAPPY CHANUKKAH & KWANZAA Our world is woefully lacking in intimacy, and intimacy is what makes life feel worthwhile. But each of us can still live a life that feels intimate: first, by living the truth of who we [...]
Totems: NORTHERN MOCKINGBIRD, Part 1 of 2 by Cie Simurro- Thunderbird Starwoman Using your talents is what keeps you happy and full of life. Think of how you feel when you’ve accomplished the exquisite execution of a song, sculpt the form of something in Nature, blend colors harmoniously in a painting, master a complex [...]
2018 AUTUMN EQUINOX GREETING - If We Could Hear the Mother Breathe by Cie Simurro- Thunderbird Starwoman ________________________________________________________________________ If we knew the Earth, our Mother is alive How different life on this planet would be We would feel her blood pulsing and beating like ours, in rivers and streams We would realize our own beginnings [...]
Totems: BLACK-FOOTED FERRET, Part 2 of 2 by Cie Simurro- Thunderbird Starwoman A few words about prairie dogs, since they are so intricately tied to the life and times of the black-footed ferret: Early American settlers named these members of the squirrel family, prairie dogs because their tails wag when they are excited, and [...]
Totems: BLACK-FOOTED FERRET, Part 1 of 2 by Cie Simurro- Thunderbird Starwoman We, the BLACK-TAILED FERRET people know how to love. We love ferociously, with everything that we are. That driving force seeps down into our bodies making us lithe, sinuous, and connected to the rhythms of life. Humans – no one can stop you [...]