Monthly Archives: October 2009

Ancestor Shrine

If I were to build an Ancestor Shrine to you, I would start with only one photograph. You would have to be very young. Long before you had the blue Ford pick-up truck that belched sand pellets from its tires as you drove hard on the dirt roads around our house. I asked Aunt Tildy [...]

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The Cluttered Shrine: A Time to say Thank You

A cluttered shrine can be a signal that it is time to say “Thank you” and let go. Shrines do have lifetimes. Totems ripen into spiritual guides, and then they will begin to fade. It may be years (Kwan Yin and I go back over 10 years) or it may be moments and days. I [...]

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