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"Celery Ellen" is the nickname I was given by my father as a child, a play on Sara Ellen, my given name. Checking on the numerology of
Celery Ellen Heath, I discovered it describes a person who needs freedom "like a bird needs its wings."
Wherever the adventurous mind flies, it will return here to nest and share.

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Ellen
Ellen Heath lives and writes in Santa Fe, New Mexico. Her career in communications has included experience as a congressional aide, corporate speechwriter, government relations and public affairs specialist, and freelance writer. She is the author of Lizard Diary, a memoir of an experience with shamanism, and The Inheritance, a novel that was published in 2012. She has a B.A. degree in English from Stanford University

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The Moon Rises Anew

Posted July 24, 2019

 

How great that in 1969, America was the first country to leave a footprint on the moon. But after 50 years, could it be time to commit to a different kind of ambition that would make us even more proud? Read Full Post »

Tag: 50th Anniversary of Apollo 11

The Rancher and the Cottonwood Tree

Posted May 27, 2019

Suddenly on that 80-mile drive home, I had company. His name was Luther.

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Tag: Estancia

The Sacrifice of Isaac

Posted May 20, 2019

 

One of my most important childhood memories has to do with the Bible story of Abraham and Isaac.

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Tags: Abraham, Carol Gilligan, Naomi Snider, Sarah, The Birth of Pleasure, Why Does Patriarchy Persist?

Yet Another Trail

Posted May 7, 2019

“When you see a new trail, or a footprint you do not know, follow it to the point of knowing.”

Uncheedah

 

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Tags: Dr. Charles Eastman, Joseph Campbell, Kahkewaquonaby, Ohiyesa, Piapot, Tomochichi

The Yellow Wood of New Mexico

Posted April 22, 2019

“Two roads diverged in a yellow wood . . . .”

Robert Frost

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Tags: Chaco Canyon, Deb Haaland, Michelle Lujan Grisham, Paul F. Reed

A Moment with the Mimbres

Posted April 8, 2019

 

I am ahead of my time–at least in the moment.

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Tags: Jakob W. Sedig, Mimbres, Sean Gregory Dolan

A Monkey and A Sweet Potato

Posted March 29, 2019

 

Potatoes are clearly hot, so here is another story.

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Tags: Black Elk, Boyce Rensberger, Koshima, Lyall Watson, macaque

The Potato Moment

Posted March 22, 2019

 

We must be alert for messages from the Beyond.

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Tags: composting worms, Red Wriggler, The Great Potato Famine

The Overstory Triumphs

Posted March 8, 2019

“It’s a book about trees,” says Richard Powers, and humor ripples through the audience.

 

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Tags: Nan Booker Prize, Redwoods, Richard Powers, sixth great extinction, Tayari Jones

Can History Stymie Evolution?

Posted February 18, 2019

 

“Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it.” Read Full Post »

Tags: George Santayana, Moses

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