PineWillowWildcrafts

My name is Madeline ~

I am part weaver

Part dancer

Part silence

Part laughter

Part teacher

Part sister

Part lover 

Part listener

Part water

Part plant

Part this 

Part that! 

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Some old woman in me has been removing my shoes and rubbing sagebrush  between my hands for about a decade now. She's been gently showing me the way of things, the way of a life devoted to a place. She recommends the books I borrow from the library, the foods I eat from the riverside, the songs I sing when I've got nothing but fears zipping my lips together. She's the one who knows that to live is to love well. 

 

This old woman comes from the time before time, when everything went back to the garden and satisfactions were small and simple. She is who I hear when my eyes ache of computer screen, when I lose touch of sensation, when I forget the enormity of Beauty. She tells of real freedom, guiding me to do what I do and care for what I care for.

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To the Old Woman, I am of grateful service.