Bisagra’s Diné designers, stylists and Indigenous labor force have created a clothing line that is authentically by Native American designers, adding a beautiful fashion twist.

For a gorgeous T-shirt, check out Home | Bisagra Clothing Collection (thebisagracollection.com). Enjoy browsing through their collection based in Native American, Diné, art, some with “spirit animals” as the inspiration.

The latest addition is designs by Gonzo artist Grant Goodwine. Click here to feast your eyes on one.

Also shop the Peter Ray James collection. Peter Ray James is an honors graduate of the Institute of Native American American Indian Arts of Santa Fe.

Also, click here for the exclusive Red Shark T-shirt

See the gorgeous

Kinyaa’áanii Scarf here.

and the

Spirit Horse – Teal T-shirt here

From the Mission Statement page: “Mission
Bisagra, the Spanish word for ‘hinge,’ grew out of a vision to open a door for Diné artists and provide a pathway for them to showcase their work in larger, mainstream fashion markets.  Bisagra’s founder, Judy Campbell Clancy, began working with Mabel Canuto – a talented Diné seamstress—-in 1978 to sew a fashion line of cowboy shirts. It was troubling to Campbell Clancy how a people so talented and richly steeped in weaving heritage could experience one of the highest unemployment rates in the country. Her work with Canuto became an effort to combat systematic racism and poverty by creating job opportunities within the Dine communities for weavers and other artists.”

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Hans and Margaret

Hans with Christmas bells

Christmas 2019 cheer:

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Georgia

Novak, Georgia, Hans

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Cows Watching

Historic old St. Remy Geest stone

Back home at St. Remy Geest – a Fireplace

A pretty section of the house I stayed in

Outdoors at St. Remy Geest

Wine making – saving the seeds for a friend

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Below are some photos of Snoepie, who lived most of his life in Belgium. I brought him to NC – his first plane trip – in 2001. He’s a character in Keep This Quiet! IV.  When I took photos of Snoepie, just before he died, they sometimes had strange light effects. Though I love to experiment with light, I had never before taken this kind of light play:

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So Hans is 6, and he came to me aged 2 1/2, when a light worker who had known Snoepie, my earlier dachshund, phoned that there was a dog just for  me.  She said he had been for a month at a vet shelter, and the fact that no one had taken him was a clue. She also said  he had lived with a lady 82 and a half to 85, who could not walk him outside. So he had had no dog socialization. The woman had just passed away. And Hans had been in the room alone for a day and a half with her body.

When he came to me, the first weekend was a DaBen seminar, so he stayed on the bed with me, listening to DaBen journeys. And he loved them. But in other ways he was like a wild, attacking Doberman. He was sure he had to protect his food and his toys. And threatened me with bites if I didn’t agree.

It took me a few days to realize that it was bluff. Then I was able to step in and teach him that we were a food-and-toy team. Now if he wants me to take a treat upstairs he stands over it, waiting for me to pick both him and the treat up.

He took instantly to the meditations and never had a moment’s problem with sitting in the classes I teach, just like Snoepie before him, who received a graduation certificate in light body (well deserved). They are on the light body grid with all the humans and probably with their soul groupings’ energy as well. Hans’ birthday date was on a plaque he came with. What bundles of joy pets can be. According to Rudolp Steiner, if I remember correctly, he believed they represented and held our emotions for us. Will have to look up the exact thing he said, but the reason I remember is that the more I learn about animals, the more I see what he meant. Caesar, of course, says they reflect our emotions, which is similar.

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