March 29, 2004
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Wild Turkey
So we are raking and Carol says come here! She used the "you are not going to believe this" voice that says come quick, look!
Perched on top of my neighbors fence not twenty feet away was a Wild Turkey! The first thing I thought was "I picked a bad day to give up Oxycontin!" No really, a four foot tall thirty pound turkey was gobbling on top of the fence. My real first thought was "what a beautiful bird, not the turkey everyone disparages but a sleek graceful wild thing." Carol, more attuned to these kind of things, said "he's calling someone." As if on cue came a rustling behind me, not ten feet, up on the fence behind me came the other bird. I did eventually run inside and get pictures of the pair as they walked along our fence line behind the house; they were trying to find a break there to get in to the next yard. The crazy thing is we live about ten miles outside of Boston, not exactly a nature preserve. The houses are very close together but the yards are deep on my part of the street. The back of some yards where the bushes grow large may have enough space for this ground foul to lay. A pair of Wild Turkeys in my back yard, now that is a cool thought.
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Medicine Cards are my oracle of choice, so as I read this post, I felt inspired to tell you what it says about Turkey (and since there were two, it must be intended for both you and Carol):
"...Turkey was the medicine of many saints and mystics. Celebrate if you have Turkey medicine. Your virtues are many. You have transcended self. You act and react on the behalf of others. You aspire to help those who need help. This is not out of some self-righteous moralism or religious guilt. Help and sustenance are given by Turkey out of the realization that all life is sacred. It is knowing that the Great Spirit resides within all people. It is an acknowledgement that what you do for others you do for yourself. Turkey medicine rests in true ego, in enlightenment. Doing unto others and feeding the People is the message of all true spiritual systems.
"...You are being given a gift. This gift could be spiritual, material or even intellectual. The gift may be great or small, but it is never insignificant. Congratulations. You may have just won the lottery. Or the gift may be a beautiful sunset, or the smell of a fragrant flower. On the other hand, you may feel the "spirit of giving" growing within you, and wanting you to share with others."
The fact that they were walking your fence line trying to "cross over" seems to hold some significance, also. You will know better than I what that may mean, if that is indeed so.
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