groundhog day

This is how it went down.
Holly Williams opening for Jason Isbell.  Crowded.  I'm standing by the coats, there is a purse hanging there and I'm considering making the drop.  I overhear some guys nearby talking about how half those coats will still be there tomorrow.  I tell them about the spirit animals and how I stick them in the pockets of unattended coats.  We discuss how it's a friendly thing, a nice surprise, not an old banana peel or something.  I show them the animal.  It's a groundhog.  The guy says, "Why don't you save yourself the trouble and go ahead and stick it here in my pocket."  I say, "Well, are you a groundhog?"  He says, "Every fucking day of my life."

Enjoy your groundhog, Groundhog Guy!

It's a new year.  2014.  Year of the horse.   

I predict a great year for underground bloggers and homeless spirit animals.  There is something about this project-- it's digging in, it's starting to shine. 

It's a good feeling-- this idea that I am producing and putting something positive into this world.  Spreading the light.  These animals have provoked thought and conversation and research and animal spirit love.  And we've had a lot of fun, too.

In 2013 all the light I let go came back to me doubled and brighter-- and I discovered whole reserves of light that I didn't even know I had. 

Goodbye, snake!  Hello, horse!  Here's to staying on the light side!





Stop talking about clearing your head. Clear your fucking heart instead.-- Charles Bukowski