The winter months are fast approaching. It is my favorite time of the year, not because of the holidays or snuggling up in a warm bed, it’s because this time of the year, Orion is making its appearance in the nightly skies above us. The area where we see Orion was the most important creation center to the Maya. As in the heavens, so also on earth; the Three Hearthstones represent for the Maya a place of origin, foundation, center, beginning, and source for all that follows. The planting of the three stones described in the Maya’s creation myth can be likened to the building of a new home for humankind and survives in the daily life of modern Maya who create a hearth of three stones to support the comals used to cook tortillas. I’ve created a totally new presentation utilizing numerous newly created graphics and incorporating many illustrations by Linda Schele and images from Justin Kerr’s Maya Vase Database. You’ll learn a whole lot more than what is described above.