Tag Archives: Big Muddy
Pictures of an Amazing Year
Reid Dickie This is a sample of my first batch of 2011 travel pictures. Taken in the Big Muddy in southern Saskatchewan, an enduring symbol of hard pioneer life still stands atop a rise surrounded by crop. I have uploaded the first 56 … Continue reading
Journeys of the Heart, Journeys of the Soul
Reid Dickie “Do not think you will necessarily be aware of your own enlightenment.” – Dogen My new life purpose has been revealed to me with great clarity during my travels this summer. In a few words, one part of my current life purpose … Continue reading
Marshall Family Cemetery
Reid Dickie Halfway up the side of wind-swept Big Muddy Valley in extreme southern Saskatchewan sits the Marshall family cemetery. Forty-one people, all related to James Marshall, are buried there. He was a member of the North West Mounted Police … Continue reading
Filed under Day Tripping, Local History, Pioneers, Saskatchewan
Continental Divide
Reid Dickie Continental divides define watersheds and can be found on every continent except Antarctica. The Great Divide, which stretches from Alaska through the Rockies into Mexico, and eventually along the Andes in South America, is the best known continental divide … Continue reading
Along Saskatchewan Roads
Reid Dickie Visible for miles, this white beacon is, in fact, Weyburn, SK’s original water tower. It stands atop Signal Hill. Learn its history. A couple of shots of Chapel Grove Cemetery just north of Minton, SK along Hwy #6. By … Continue reading
Sacred Places Update – Minton Turtle Effigy July 2011
Reid Dickie I visited Minton Turtle Effigy on July 3, a hot and breezy day in southern Saskatchewan. The dirt road up to the site had about a foot of water at its lowest point so I opted to walk rather than drive. … Continue reading
Filed under Ancient Wisdom, Local History, Sacred Places, Saskatchewan, shaman, Spirit
Sacred Places – Castle Butte, SK
Reid Dickie June 20, 2011 “Enticed back, fulfilling an unspoken responsibility.” I wrote about Castle Butte in a post called Local Knowledge. Castle Butte, a quarter of a mile around and over 200 feet high, is a huge, ever-eroding sandstone … Continue reading
Another Sacred Place Coming Sunday!
Let me take you away to a wild and desolate place on a hot summer day with a red-tailed hawk crying in the sky and Spirit awakening all around us. Where will we go? The last hint said it was farther … Continue reading
Filed under Promotion, Sacred Places, Saskatchewan
The Next Sacred Place
I am continuing the 12 Sacred Places series by adding a new report on the last Sunday of every month. The next Sacred Place arrives here Sunday, January 30. Let me take you away! Where will it be? Hint: … Continue reading
Filed under Promotion, Sacred Places, Saskatchewan, shaman
