I was shopping at a nursery yesterday. A small humming bird flew in and started sucking nectar from the trumpet-shaped orange blossoms on the table in front of me. It made me think of the “Invocation” sculpture in Paradise Valley with its double hummingbird headdress. When I was researching hummingbirds, I found that Hummingbird leads all the dancers in the Ghost Shirt religion. The Caddo tribe is the only nation that still performs the dance. In September I am going to the Peace Valley Sanctuary, which is in Caddo Gap, Arkansas.
Waking Dream: Room 17 Double Occupancy
(Wednesday, July 22, 2015)
I drew the Lovers card, reversed, in my morning meditation on Wednesday and felt it had to do with Chris.
When I got home from work, Chris ran over to Davanni’s to get a calzone for himself. I was busy on my computer, finishing up a freelance design job for my friend Suchi, when I looked out the front door. Lola was frozen in a posture I have never seen before. She seemed fearful yet did not run away, which is her usual M.O., but instead focused her gaze intently on the front stairs.
I opened the door and walked outside. Lola didn’t move or look in my direction. I took a few steps and saw Chris lying on the stone stairs, his head covered in blood. I called 911. When the ambulance arrived, they took him to Methodist for a CT scan and some stitches.
I followed in my car. When I got to the hospital, they directed me to room 17, which is the exact room I was in on Wednesday, July 8. On Tuesday, July 7, I had another fainting spell with abdominal pain. My doctor thought I was experiencing cardiac arrest, so I had multiple tests the next day at Methodist, the outcome of which was a clean bill of health. Chris’ CT scan was normal as well.
Tree of Life in the Middle of a Green Field
Friday morning I had a long dream, most of which has disappeared. I remember playing on a large field, the size of a soccer field, with my coworker Bill, his five children and a few dozen more kids. Everyone having fun. We took a break, left the field, and when we returned there was a giant evergreen tree in the middle of the grassy playground. A conifer the size of a redwood.