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Our Medicina Comes in the Shape of a Story

I love to write stories.  These stories are pure joy for me.  They bubble up from my dreams and my conversations with the ancestors as I walk the lands.  These are here for you to enjoy with some chocolate, tea, some coffee spilled on the ground as an offering to the old ones.  Some of the stories stand on their own.  Others, it seems, are weaving together into a tapestry I don't have the plan for.  May these stories spark your own souls in a good way, and may they honor the lands and ancestors that support my life.

​Stories about Las Madres

People Confuse Guadalupe for Mary
Guadalupe and Mary Meet for a Hike
The Alternate Mysteries of Guadalupe
Coatlicue's Cup
The Troubadour Gathers Them Under Her Moon
The High Priestess Comes to Me as a Tiger
The Corn Came Down from the Stars

Stories from a New Octave

The following stories are all about characters whose lives are changed through the arrival of Tropical Storm Octave in late September through early October 1983 in southern Arizona.  While the human characters in these stories are fictional, the storm was real and resulted in the most devastating floods in Arizona's recorded history.  New story threads are in the works.
This Was No Ordinary Rain
Feeding the Mothers of Life and Death
Mama Panchi Walks the Stones
Mama Panchi Returns to Sonoita Creek
The Black Madonna Claims Mama Panchi
Carmelita Wakes up to the Smell of Frijoles
Carmelita Tastes an Old Recipe for a New World
Waiting for Rain
Lázaro and Nana Coyo Praise the Monsoons
Lázaro and the Santito Rescue Mission
The Corn Came Down from the Stars

On the Road with Corn Mother

A continually unfolding journey of mine has been the experience of "being found" and surprised by Corn Mother throughout key moments in my life.  I am being slow-cooked  in my relationship with this ancient mother.  She long has been with me, but it wasn't until I moved back home to the Sonoran Desert that I heard her call to begin writing about her. 

Below, please join me in my ongoing journeys with Corn Mother, an unfolding pilgrimage where she leads, and I follow.
When Corn Mother Came to Stay
Corn Mother Wants to Travel
Corn Mother Visits Madre del Mundo
Corn Mother and Huitlacoche Sing Over the Silo
Corn Mother and Our Lady of Mt. Carmel Bring Home the Sacred Masculine
May Our Offerings Be Harvested
Corn Mother Goes to School

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