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Thomas Doty – Storyteller

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5/18/2012: Wondering and wandering in the woods around Ashland, mostly working on new stories.

5/17/2012: Home at Dragonfly Place.

5/15/2012: Afternoon and evening trek to Coyote's Paw, my ancestral village along the Klamath River. I walked the Old Time Indian trail, visited the five ghost dance trees, the dance ring, the cairns that are family graves, the circle of stones that was the fire ring in the old dance lodge.... Chief Rattlesnake is in charge these days. Good trek!

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Calendar – Upcoming Public Performances

9/16/2012, 2:00 pm: Talent Historical Society Museum, 105 N. Market St., Talent, OR 97540. Info: 541-512-8838 – Admission: Free.

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Journal – Journeying Through Doty & Coyote Country

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Story – A Doty & Coyote Tidbit

Like the Old Ones say, the One Leggeds are tricksy in their travels. I cannot find the tree I thought I saw. I swear she slipped away when I blinked, and in her place is a different tree. Nearby is an old fire ring and a bit of modern trash that has nothing mythic about it. However, I spot the beginning of an old trail that winds even deeper into the woods. This trace is a bit overgrown but there is just enough light to find my way.

I follow the path past several giant trees, and not one of them feels like her. Evening is here. Shadows are fringed with purple twilight. Near the edge of the forest I pause under another spruce to catch my breath. I sit and watch the last colors in the sky fade and the first stars blink on.

This tree is not huge but she's interesting. Several large roots show above ground, twisting into mysterious shapes. At the base of the trunk is a hollow space big enough for some critter to make a lair in, or at least a dry place to crawl into on a wild, wet night. Yes, she's an interesting tree.

Now things start to happen.

-- From Story Tree at Kilchis Point