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An Invitation

Uncategorized / September 21, 2018 / by neil_2015_wordpress@neilmeili.com

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Prairie Labyrinth

Audio Recordings / tagged Aboriginal, Acceptance, First Nations, Native Americans, Permission, Welcome / July 7, 2026 / by neil_2015_wordpress@neilmeili.com

Back
on the old
Saskatchewan ranch

If there are still places
that the plow
hasn't turned under

How long
and how quietly
would I have to walk
round the tepee circles

to be invited, If ever, inside

Eagle Bone Whistle

Audio Recordings, Personal Growth / tagged First Nations, Native Americans, Prayer, Spirituality / July 6, 2026 / by neil_2015_wordpress@neilmeili.com

Chain breathing with the Sioux
at a South Dakota sun dance

Praying that I might become
more perfectly hollow

That thy music may play
more beautifully through me

Setting the Poles c. 1910

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Maniwaki Moon

Audio Recordings, Personal Growth / tagged Aboriginal, American Indian, First Nations, Journey, ritual, Spirtuality / July 5, 2026 / by neil_2015_wordpress@neilmeili.com

Through the sacred fire at the sacred lake
by the tree twice lightning struck
sacred tobacco and sacred cedar
burned in a sacred way
we circle and leave by the Eastern door

Learned From My Native Friend

Audio Recordings / tagged Aboriginal, American Indian, Community, First Nations, Wisdom / July 4, 2026 / by neil_2015_wordpress@neilmeili.com

Black Hills of Dakota

Audio Recordings, Environment, Nature / tagged Broken Promises, Mining, Natural Resources, Treaties / July 3, 2026 / by neil_2015_wordpress@neilmeili.com

The Merry Go Roller Coaster Round

Audio Recordings / tagged Birth, Circle of Life, Death, Dying, Living / July 2, 2026 / by neil_2015_wordpress@neilmeili.com

The price you pay
for getting on this ride
is having to get off

Still want a ticket

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Grandparents on Trains

Audio Recordings, Family / tagged Circle of Life, Continuity, Death, Heritage, Life / July 1, 2026 / by neil_2015_wordpress@neilmeili.com

Clickety clack along the track
on a trip we're on together

Some get on, some get off
the train goes on forever

Learning from Grandparents

Audio Recordings, Family / tagged Education, Garden, Inspiration / June 30, 2026 / by neil_2015_wordpress@neilmeili.com

From my Swiss grandfather
who dreamed and grew a prairie Eden
combining Europe and Hy-Brasil
I learned the impossible is possible

From my English grandmother
I learned that niceness is very nice
but you can leave feeling empty
except for cookies and milk

From my father's mother
and my mother's father
I learned that early death
is a form of theft

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Grandpa and Hilda and the Snake

Audio Recordings, Family, Relationships, Travel / tagged Fate, Marriage / June 29, 2026 / by neil_2015_wordpress@neilmeili.com

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Grandpa’s Upstairs Porch

Audio Recordings, Family, Farm, Nature, Nostalgia, Ranch Life / tagged Siblings / June 28, 2026 / by neil_2015_wordpress@neilmeili.com

The only scenery was sky
the only light was lightning

Five of us sibled summer nights
blanketed against the cooling air

Watching storms from forever away
til they rained us to our beds

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Sandi Hebley on Eagle Bone WhistleJuly 6, 2026
Beautiful!!
Sandi Hebley on The Merry Go Roller Coaster RoundJuly 2, 2026
*Sigh!*
Anonymous on The Merry Go Roller Coaster RoundJuly 2, 2026
Yes, those rides did end too soon!
Sandi Hebley on Learning from GrandparentsJune 30, 2026
🤗
Sandi Hebley on Grandpa and Hilda and the SnakeJune 29, 2026
Ahhh. The arc of true love!

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