Santa Cruz Shaman

Dear Friends-

By now you are probably aware I am having a BIG birthday on April 30. I am turning 65. Wow! I haven’t decided what it means but for sure it deserves a party. Well I started to arrange a party and it has now evolved into several events. You are invited to  one, which is a shamanic drumming circle at my house on Saturday, April 27 I will have a pot of vegetarian soup at 5:00 p.m. You can bring snacks to share if you want to. Circle ill start promptly at 7:00 and should be finished by 9:00. You can bring drums or rattles if you have them. I have lots to share. Also, if you want to put something on the altar bring that too.  If you haven’t sat in such a circle, don’t be nervous. You will find it a place of love and unconditional acceptance that doesn’t require anything of you but telling us your name. This is how your ancestors entertined themselves before TV.

Now, the really exciting event!

Immediately following my birthday on April 30, I am leaving for Spain where I am going to walk the Camino de Santiago. This is a sacred pilgrimage I have been thinking about doing for six years now. It seems like a wonderful way to mark this milestone in my life. While I consider this a personal and self-centered event I am hoping to share it with you so I came up with this plan. If you make a contribution in my name to a charity of your choice and send me the name of the charity and your email address, I will send you messages from the road. I will also pray for those charities as I travel. I believe this will give me a lift as I walk. If you haven’t heard, it is a 500 mile walk. I hope you will consider supporting me in this way. I don’t know how often I will be able to write from the road but I will send a final informative email upon my arrival home. That one will contain pictures as well. No, not the “vacation in pictures” but a few well-chosen shots.  Please share this with any of our mutual friends as I know I don’t have email addresses for many I would like to include.