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Lisa Winkler's avatar

Thank you, Jonathan. I have really liked having these weekly moments of quiet ambedo with you. Hope you are well. Lisa

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Gary Sanderson's avatar

Hello again, Jonathan. I meant to respond immediately upon reading your post earlier in the week but was busily pursuing my own selfish interests and in the middle of something quite captivating. Your post immediately brought to mind something I read from one of my go-to thinkers, West Coast poet and Buddhist Gary Snyder. Today, I pulled up the reference in "Practice of the Wild," where Snyder tells of a Crow elder who had something important to say at a mid-seventies Native American conference in Bozeman, Mont. The elder encouraged those in attendance to set their roots in a place and listen for spiritual messages from the land, the winds and waters. He said something to the effect of "If people stay somewhere long enough -- even white people -- the spirits will begin to speak to them. It's the power of the spirits coming up from the land. The spirits and the old powers aren't lost, they just need people to be around long enough and the spirits will begin to influence them." It is apparent to me that you've already made such an intimate connection to your place on Champlain's shores. Please do continue listening and probing and sharing what you learn. This insane world can't get enough.

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