May 22, 2012:  The beautiful, and sacred,
San Francisco Peaks as viewed from the
Mountainaire region in Flagstaff, Arizona.

These mountains have been known, and were
named in other languages, by the 13 Native
American tribes who revered their sacred
qualities long before the Spanish monks and
Anglo settlers referred to them as 'The Peaks'.

These sister summits are a beacon, visible
for 100 miles in every direction.

Their song holds powerful healing medicine, on
so many levels.  A distant view of The Peaks
will flood me with peace-filled solace.  Lying
under her aspen trees, or in one of her many
meadows, brings me 'to center' instantly.