Skeleton Woman is adapted from Clarissa Pinkola Estes’ book “Women Who Run With The Wolves.” In her text she relates how she was given the essence of the story from an Alaska Native woman. In my efforts to engage with the images of this story, I let it find its own way in the telling. I also enlisted the fine storytelling abilities of Walton Stanley. Together, we found a way for this tale to speak to the depths of the Sacred Relationship between the masculine, feminine, the land, water, and larger community of life.

My crew at the end of my final shift in the Seattle Fire Department. After nearly 28 years as a Career Fire Fighter, my last ‘smoke and fire’ was a cigar shared with some of the finest men I have ever known! I have a deep and abiding sense of gratitude for the hard work, service, trust, camaraderie, and friendship during my time in the finest Fire Department in the country! Thank you all, Fire Fighters, Citizens, Friends, and Family for the care and support I received during the better part of my life. Gratitude!!!