Category: Awe
-
Awe is always around Us
What does it mean to be awestruck? Do you actively cultivate awe in your life Kelter) As an Indigenous person, a Dene. I am gifted vibrant oral stories passed down for generations and our traditional ecological knowledge, we are intrinsically part of ecosystems. The Importance of nature, trees, green space. Seeing sunrise and the sunset…
-
How I Imagine Stuff – I Don’t
What is in people’s Mind? Could be nothing at all “I tasted it, and that was all I got. A one-time deal. I can’t taste it again in my imagination.” -Brian Leibold It is like that for me too because I have what is called aphantasia. It was discovered in 1880 and coined it in…
-
Dreaming a Little Dream
“I think I will do nothing for a long time but listen. And accrue what I hear into myself…and let sound contribute toward me.” ― Walt Whitman, Leaves of Grass I began reading a friend’s husband’s book South Asian Adventures with the Active Poor. Gem Munro is an excellent writer and put me right slap bang into…
-
Denesuline Therese Deranger – May 08, 1919 – February 12, 2016 The last Traditional arranged Dene marriage.
She was born into this world at Old Fort, Alberta on May 08, 1919. Eldest child of 11 Children, 2 sisters and 8 brothers. she got married just after turning 15 on July 1933 in Fond du Lac (Isadore Deranger) and became a widow on April 4, 1992 in Fort McMurray, Alberta. Born into an…
-
December 31, 2022 Leaning into Gratitude
New Year’s resolutions: we love making them, right? We look forward to improving ourselves in some manner. Maybe it is to lose weight or find love. Or we just want to be a better version of who we were in 2022. We believe by setting a New Year’s resolution we will get there. Does that…
-
Awestruck! Is the Fast Track to Happiness and Meaning- (Dacher Keltner)
As an Indigenous person I am gifted vibrant oral stories passed down for generations and our traditional ecological knowledge. We are intrinsically part of ecosystems and connected to, animals, people, and nature. Seeing sunrise and the sunset brings awe. Walking in nature brings awe. Why not listen to music while walking in nature? Music and…
From the Shores of the Ottawa River 