Hi Folks,

I’m so sorry about this but I must ask you to please stop harassing the individual that abused the Tracker School email addresses. He informed me that he has been receiving death threats and hate mail and that is not what me or the Tracker School, Grandfather and the Lineage are about. To harbor a grudge, anger, hurt and betrayal is counterproductive. We have a war to fight together, a war to try and save our Sacred Earth Mother. Our numbers are so very few and we cant take part in the battle if along the way we are fighting among ourselves, pointing fingers and diminishing our energy buying into anger. So please stop harassing him.

On another note let me assure you that none of your personal records were compromised. Just the email addresses. We are taking steps now to prevent this from happening again, both through the web watchdogs and the legal elements now involved in this mess. As you know we at the Tracker School do not hand out class contact lists. That we leave in the hands of the class. I believed firmly that mailing lists were highly personal and used as a forum to further skills, ask questions and where people could go to further their education. Never did I think that these class lists, generated by the classes themselves, would be used for self-promotion, airing dirty laundry or advertisement. I must admit that this has really shaken me to the core of my Soul. But please, back off. I hope and pray that this never happens again. As the old saying goes, “People see your deeds but God knows your motives.”

On another vein of thought;

The Part II of the Pandemics online class is just a week away and shortly I will be sending out a Post dealing with things that I need you to do and prepare for the class. By far this Part II has taken me weeks to put together and it has been one monumental challenge but I know that no matter what level of education at the Tracker School you have had this class will rock the foundations of what you know. In Medicine and Blessings, Tom

Hi Folks,

I’m so very sorry. I feel like I’ve been betrayed, gutted, slapped in the faced. If you received an email that was not generated by me or the Tracker School I apologize for the intrusion into your privacy. A certain individual broke into our data base and subsequently emailed our entire mailing list under the guise that you had been in a class with him. I refuse to step so low and mention the individuals name but it utterly sickens me. This morning I was hit by emails from many of you folks who said I violated their trust by allowing their email address to get out. My attorneys, accountants, agents, doctors and so many other people not even connected to the Tracker School as a student have contacted me asking me what was going on. I am so very sorry for this. Not only was I betrayed by someone I thought I could trust but he also betrayed the Tracker School, the Elders, the Tracker Family and the Keepers of the Wisdom. It sickens me to realize that he also betrayed Grandfather and the Ancient Lineage. Right now the matter is in our attorneys hands because this is blatant theft. Again, I’m so very sorry for all of this. With all that is going on in the world this is the last thing I needed to happen. Blessings and In Medicine, Tom

Ps; I want to assure all of you that this will not happen again. I’m having a phone meeting with our attorneys who have been in contact with the FBI and we will make sure that all private information is protected. I’m in utter shock over all of this.

Hi Folks,

I hope you have been enjoying the exercises for your children and grandchildren that I have included in my past posts. Of course there is many more to come but at this point I just wanted to point out that all of these posts both in the past and the future came from Grandfather and the lineage of elders. With that being said you do realize of course that all of them are steeped in the Way of the Coyote, meaning that beyond the obvious teachings there are layer upon layer of deeper teachings both physical and spiritual. What is so important and I beg everyone to do this is to work with your children on these projects. By doing so you will experience a tremendous bonding and of course hours of fun. So many parents have told me that they actually got more from the exercises than their kids. That for me is a beautiful example of the Coyote going to work.

One thing I do want to say is that you and your children should start putting together your own medicinal herbal garden. By selecting plants in your area that have medicinal values, planting the seeds or the emerging plants you create a garden that is not only highly medicinal but a tremendous learning experience for both you and the kids. These gardens can be done in the classic garden way by creating a border of old logs, adding the proper soil, fencing it in and/or setting aside part of your normal garden just for herbs. It’s also a good idea to label each plant or seeded area so you and the kids can watch them grow. Then when the time comes and the need arises you can go right to your garden and make up the herbal mix from the plants you will know intimately. I also stress planting edible wild plants and as they grow to maturity harvest them with the kids and add them to a meal.

When creating these edible/medicinal herbal gardens make note of the type of soil each plant prefers. For instance some plants like acidic soil, other plants like very damp soil while other plants like the classic garden soil. Always match the plant to the soil they like to grow in. This way you maximize their medicinal qualities and get stronger healthier plants. Remember to save the seeds you don’t use so that you can plant them in areas that have been damaged by carelessness or neglect or use them for next years crop. Working together with your children research each plant thoroughly using several field guides to cross reference. This way the wisdom of the plants stick with the kids. Again, Enjoy and In Medicine, Tom

Hi Kids,

At this time of the year many baby leaves are emerging from the ground. Often times the herbalist has a difficult time identifying the mature plant that these leaves will eventually produce. What Grandfather had Rick and I do was t find an emerging plant, mark it with a carved stick, or in your case a popsicle stick will work well, and observe it closely. At home we would do the same thing and draw pictures of the emerging leaves. Every day we would go back and visit our little emerging plants, adding to our drawings as the plants grew up. From that point we would watch the entire plant grow up, go to flower, then seed and finally wilting and die off in the fall. In this way we would know intimately each little plant from the moment the first green poked through the soil to the time it turned to a brown-gray dried state. Yet this was only the beginning because Rick and I would collect bags of seeds from these plants and much like the Johnny Appleseed character we would plant the seeds where ever we would find barren ground that had been disturbed by humans.

Another great way of learning is to mark various trees throughout your yard, park or in the depths of the pathless woods. Study the tree bark carefully along with its flowers and buds. Every day or so go back to the trees, shrubs and/or vines and watch the tree flowers bloom and the leaves emerge. Throughout the growing season watch the leaves grow full and finally in the fall what color changes come over the leaves. In this way when winter hits again you will be able to identify the trees of winter just by looking at their bark structure. One of the fun parts of all of this was naming both the trees and the baby emerging plants. They became like family to us where to this day most of the trees around my old home and especially around Grandfathers Camp still have names. Names that either Rick and I had given them or that Grandfather had given them. All in all this is the best way I know of to fully know and understand plants from beginning to end. As with the small seasonal plants we also collected the acorns, pine cones and other seeds and nuts from trees and planted them where they were needed. To this day, areas that had been barren when we were young are lush forests today. Again, ENJOY!!!!! In Medicine, Tom

Hi Folks,

This short note is not just for kids but also adults and though the children will be absolutely fascinated by what I’m going to suggest to you they will need adult supervision. As many of you know that all of my life I’ve been an avid skull collector. Most of the skulls in my collection I’ve found in my travels. Grandfather called a skull, “the ultimate track” meaning that this is the last remaining part of an animals existence on Earth. To me the skull tells a limitless story. Even with the first few skulls and turtle shells I first collected with Grandfather I still go back and study them to this day. And each time I study them more of their secrets are revealed to me. My favorite way to collect a skull is to find it in the forest, the fields, the deserts or jungles because the area where it was found is as important as the skull itself.

Yet, even though much of my collection is from skulls I found in the bush there is still a sizable number of skulls that I had to clean the flesh from. Rick and I had found a road killed opossum and brought it back to camp to clean the skin, ligaments and tissue from the skull. It took us what seemed like forever. We soaked and washed the skull, picked off layer after layer of tissue but still as a finished product it still contained discoloration and hardened tissue particles that we could not get off. Grandfather laughed at our efforts and took us to a place a good distance from camp. There hidden in the bush and protected by a thatch covering he revealed to us a small pit lined with rocks from bottom to top. As we peered into the pit we saw a glob of moving beetles. After observing them for a few moments we realized that the beetles were feeding on a skull. We were amazed. Grandfather laughed and said, “I let the carrion beetles do all the hard work and cleaning.” With that he pulled out of his buckskin pouch a perfect small and delicate lizard skull. He said that he had found the small fence lizard only several days ago and put it in the pit. He told us that it only took them 4 days to clean the skull completely.

Needless to say within a few weeks the carrion beetle pit had expanded to 4 times its size. Rick and I were constantly adding skulls of road kills we had found to the pit and with that our skull collection grew in leaps and bounds. I had found an old aquarium that someone had thrown out and made another carrion beetle colony and placed it in the basement of my house. I didn’t have to do much to maintain it at all. If road kills were running scarce I would toss in scraps of meat that were left over from dinner. Yet Rick and I pushed the colony even further by adding small to medium size road kills. We would then pull out all the bones and rebuild the entire skeleton. It was beyond amazing for what we learned could never be found in books or taught. The whole process had to be experienced.

Now here’s my suggestion. Go to the internet and search “flesh eating beetles” and you will find a number of places that will ship you the live beetles and teach you how to set up the colony. I’ve always used discarded aquariums because they seem to work best and I can get a full view of the beetles at work. However at times I’ve also used galvanized garbage cans or plastic totes. Anything will work as long as it supports the colony. You will be amazed at how fast your skull collection will grow but you will be more amazed at how fast your kids will take to this new hobby. In Medicine & Blessings, Tom

Hi Folks,

I hope this message finds you all happy and healthy. I want to add another exercise to what you can do with your kids to get them away from the TV’s, video games, mindless texting and emailing. I love one of the exercises that Grandfather had Rick and me do at least every two months or so. I simply call it the Treasure Hunt. The way Grandfather taught us was straight forward. What he would do when we weren’t paying attention to him was to push a stick into the ground as a starting point and then lay down a series of serpentine tracks that would deliberately pause every so often. These tracks would lead to something he had hidden that to us was like a priceless treasure such as an arrow head he had made, a bone knife, a roll of sinew or a piece of brain tanned buckskin. Sometime later in the day he would say to us that he placed a stick at the beginning and we knew exactly what he meant.

We sometimes searched for hours until we found the starting stick and once found we would begin to carefully follow his tracks. Some of the tracks were quite easy to see while others were nearly impossible. Often times it would take us a few days to fully follow the trail. When we finally reached our prize we would come running back to Grandfather, so filled with excitement and out of control energy we could barely speak coherently. He would then say that we could only keep our treasure if we could answer questions about his trail. He would then proceed to ask questions like; what bush did I stop at and what medicinal values does the bush have, did I remove a leaf or stir the ground beneath it, what animal tracks did I pause at and why, and this would go on and on till we had all of the answers correct.

You can do the same for your kids in that depending on their skill level you may have to hit your feet harder on the ground or drag your feet. For the inexperienced I would suggest a simple log drag. This is where you tie a small log or stone to a length of cordage and drag it from the starting point to the treasure. As the kids skills grow you can lighten up the drag marks by picking up the end of the log or stone and only letting a little portion drag on the ground. Sometimes you can pick the log or stone off the ground completely and carry it a few steps and then drop it back on the ground. This will teach them how to “jump track” where they keep going in the same direction the tracks were heading and pick up the trail again. When they find the treasure and before you allow them to unwrap it or open it ask them a few questions about the trail they followed, what was around certain tracks or drag marks but make the questions just push your child’s skill level a bit. This is even a fun way to get adults involved in tracking.

There are so many modifications you can make to this treasure hunt game. You can make a detailed treasure map where as they reach each way point they have to observe something or do something. You can also begin the treasure hunt by telling them to first find the starting point which can be a stick stuck in the ground, a foot print and/or drag mark. This will teach the kids how to “cross track” and “cut track” to find that first set of tracks. You will be stunned at how fast the kids will be able to pick up tracking. By adding the treasure element to it you will add such excitement. Enjoy!! In Medicine, Tom

Hi Folks, I felt that the best way to reach many of you is through my blog post. We are a little over 10 days away from the Pandemic Part II on line program and there are a few things I want to tell you about it. Normally when I do an online class I ask for your help especially with new students. You have graciously helped me answer their questions and I know at times this becomes an overwhelming and daunting task. However with this upcoming Pandemic Part II online class I will be covering things that I have never taught. Nearly 95% of the class is new and some of it very involved, expansive and a bit difficult to grasp. This also includes parts of Grandfather’s and the Lineage of Elder’s prophecies of both the near and distant future. With this in mind I’m going to ask you to back away from answering questions unless you fully understand what is being taught and have the dirt time to back it up. As I said, most of this class is new but I am certain with a little bit of dirt time everyone at every level of education will grasp what I’m teaching. This is going to be especially true of the prophecy and preparation elements of the class.

Dark clouds are building on the horizon my brothers & sisters. Please stay even more aware than you have been. Don’t take any chances no matter how small the chance you may want to take. This virus is fast mutating, the quarantine will soon be lifted and I don’t know if it will be too soon. My Inner Visions tells me otherwise. We are beginning to experience food shortages and people are growing restless. The imposed quarantine, stay at home order is beginning to play on their minds and we will experience a boiling over in the next few weeks to come. For all of you who are highly attuned to the way of the Spirit you’ve already felt the unrest, mistruest and fear running unchecked and building in the very consciousness of humankind. The concentric rings are growing stronger and will soon sweep over the world if things don’t change soon.

The insanity I am seeing and witnessing is beyond shocking. Just today during an interview a young adult said, “I would rather die of the corona virus than live in this isolation.” I thought to myself that this is beyond insane. The quarantine/stay at home order will not last that much longer but death is forever. More and more I see this irrational behavior surfacing and it frightens me to no end. We have got to become highly aware of the possibly of mob rule and stepping back into being little better than an barbarian culture. My God, these people don’t know what survival is. They have never felt starvation or lack of water that brought them just inches from death. Nor have they ever nearly frozen to death or come close to dying on a desert landscape. People have just had it too easy for far too long and this will lead to insanity and mob rule. Just be careful.

One last note. Please don’t wait intil the last minute to sign up for the Pandemic Part II online class. Last class Kelly got so overwhelmed that she had to work through the weekend and going without sleep just to get everyone registered. Pray hard and often my brothers and sisters. Don’t let those clouds get there.

In Love and In Medicine, Tom

Hi Folks,

One of the most vital and shocking lessons in my life came just a month after I met Grandfather. Rick, Grandfather and I were in the back yard of my house when Grandfather asked me to get him a flat spade. In short order I returned with the spade and Grandfather proceeded to dig up a cubic foot of Earth, just at the border of my yard and the pine forest. He then transferred the block of Earth to my folks picnic table and told Rick and I to begin at the top and study each layer of Earth. We began with the debris and began to slowly dissect the leaf litter and tiny grasses. We spend hours slowly pulling apart the Earth, setting each layer on a different end of the picnic table. We were utterly spellbound with what we discovered.

Finally as the day grew late we had reached the bottom of the cube of Earth. We were beside ourselves with the joys of discovery. Layer after layer revealed its secrets and we were amazed at how intricate the small cube of Earth really was. Just as we finished, Grandfather showed back up and told us to put the cube of Earth back together and return it to the place where it was dug up. We laughed thinking that Grandfather was joking, but with the tone of his voice and the look he gave us we realized that he was not joking at all but dead serious. As Grandfather watched we tried to put the cube of Earth back together as we had found it. We spend the better part of two hours trying to do so but no matter how hared we tried we couldn’t get it back together the way we found it.

Grandfather eventually told us to stop for it was obvious that we couldn’t get the cube of Earth back the way it was. He helped us scrape everything together and transport it to the hole it had come from. As we returned the Earth and tried to camouflage the scar, Grandfather prayed for the Earth for teaching us such a profound and moving lesson. Grandfather then said, “you see how easy it is to harm the Earth but you have found that it can’t be put back together the way you found it. This is the problem with people today. They can easily destroy the Earth but only the Earth can heal Herself, we destroy but we can’t undue the scars we place upon the Earth.”

That lesson still haunts me to this day. Since the spring of 1957 I’ve carried that lesson deep in my heart. I’ve taught it to so many people and especially children. So as most of you are still under the stay at home order this is a great project to do with your kids. Even adults are moved by the far reaching significance of the exercise so much so that without even saying anything more they will have learned a vital lesson. They will also become as fascinated and thrilled as I was with finding so many hidden secrets in just a cubic foot of Earth. Enjoy!!

Blessings and In Medicine, Tom

Hi Folks,

You’ve all heard me speak of the Demon of Distraction and now it has taken on a new form, that of the Corona pandemic. We can’t allow ourselves to get so caught up in the frenzy of fear and panic that we overlook both the positive and negative things going on all around us and throughout the world. On the upside the Earth is beginning to heal with the most notable of all is the clearing of the once highly polluted air that most of us have to breathe. On the downside is the number of violent storms, earthquakes, floods, and many other things that we tend to overlook because we have become distracted by the Corona Virus. So please, expand your vision beyond the Corona Pandemic and pay attention to the other warning signs that are increasing all around us.

I don’t know why but I have a bad feeling about the months to come, It is a deep visceral Inner Vision kind of sense that something is looming on the horizon and we have to be highly aware and not let down our guards. More to come in future pod casts.

Blessings and In Medicine. Tom

Hi Folks,

If you listened in on my Emergency online update you will remember me recounting the story of when Grandfather, Rick and I were sitting on the front lawn of Ricks house. We often joked about the lawn and how Rick’s father was obsessed with it. Ricks father was a fanatic golf player and we swore that he stole some fairway from a nearby golf course and transferred it to his house. We also joked that he came out at night with a flashlight and manicure clippers and got rid of anything that wasn’t Kentucky blue grass. He would have thrown a fit if he came home and found us sitting on the lawn. The rule was that no one could walk on the lawn. How insane!

Anyway, we were lamenting to Grandfather how terrible we were at finding the smaller level of sign tracks, especially small mammal hair. The holy grail of sign tracking was to find the chin hair of a mouse, vole or shrew and in the entire year we had known Grandfather I found but two of those kinds of hairs. Rick had me beat by finding 3 of the cherished little chin hairs. We couldn’t understand how easily Grandfather could locate dozens of hairs in a glance and we begged him to let us in on his secret. He answered us saying; “you just don’t know how to see, for you look but don’t see.” I then asked him; “well how do I learn to see?” Grandfather answered quickly saying; “look at the lawn” and with that he walked away and headed back to camp.

We knew very well that when Grandfather asked us to do something we did it without question but this order was going to test our dedication to the max. We thought to ourselves, “how boring” and then rolled over on our bellies and began to search the lawn. It wasn’t long before we became obsessed and thrilled by what we saw. Here was a tiny world right beneath the surface of the grass. We found wolf spiders stalking smaller insects, we found vole hair, insect parts, seed casings, bundle scars, leaf fragments, miscellaneous teeth and larger hair. The more we looked the deeper we were drawn in. Hours passed and we only realized the time when it became too dark to see. We grabbed flashlights and went back to our tiny world, actually burning out both flash lights until we were forced to stop. At first light the next morning we were back at it, laying on the dew drenched lawn and reveling in all that we were discovering. We were thrilled beyond words.

Over the nest week we poured ourselves into every conceivable environment we could find. We moved from the lawn to the debris litter in the forests to the overgrown fields and even gravel driveways. We couldn’t believe how much we had been missing. Where we once would walk by the various varieties and patches of ground and debris we know knew that there was a world awaiting us where all we would have to do is to lay on our bellies and see that tiny world unfold before us. To this very day and very often you will catch me laying on my belly and searching the ground as thrilled as I had been the first time I ever discovered the magic that is found beneath our feet. It never fails to amaze me.

Now this is where you as a parent, caregiver and teacher comes into play. Introduce you kids to this vast wonderfully magical world that not only lays hidden beneath the lawns but also in the fields, the forests, the gardens and even in a flower pot. Get down on your belly with them and show them what you find. Explain and teach them about your findings and encourage them to look deeper where the chin hair of a mouse or vole is a cherished treasure. At night give them a flashlight or have them use a magnifying glass to search the tiny world. Point out to them the colors of the smallest of sand grains or even the larger gravel fragments. I know that within short order and with enough coaching from the caregiver that the kids will become hooked. Finally, move the search into your house or apartment and have them look at the floors, rugs and carpets using a magnifying glass and tweezers to collect their samples. This will lead to hours if not days and a life time of fun and discovery for both you and the kids.

All Good Medicine, Enjoy, Tom