Category Betty

Balboa

January 17, 2007 · by · in Balboa, Betty, Cathy, Cheyenne, Death, Healing-medicine, Janine, Jasmine, Jessica, June, Kami, Margaret, Merilee, Ruby, Sena, Spiritual practice, The twins · 4 Comments

How is it women of the village know to come? But they do, one by one, to sit with Balboa, with our memories of her childhood, moments of laughter and tears. We breathe. We are present, witness to her grief, sharing her sorrow.

Mira

January 14, 2007 · by · in Balboa, Beryl, Bettina, Betty, Books/authors mentioned in Ordinary, Cheyenne, David, Death, Edible plants, Healing-medicine, Jacob, Jasmine, Jessica, Mira, Orchards/fruit trees, Packer, Plants in Ordinary, Ronnie, Ruby, Sena, Spiritual practice, Strawberry Hill, The land, Trees, Village of Jasper · 3 Comments

Packer cut the log in half lengthwise and hollowed out the pith, then lined it with beautiful green and gray mosses. He must have climbed very high in the trees to get so much clean, new moss.

Moon

May 17, 2006 · by · in Betty, Breads, Cheyenne, Decorative plants, Janine, Merilee, Ruby, Sena, Soups, The land, Trees, Wild animals · 3 Comments

We are miles from the Village–Janine, Sena, Cheyenne, Ruby, Merilee, Betty, and I–on our first campout of the season. Minimalists, we sleep on bare ground, our bags zippered close for warmth, thick trampled grasses beneath for cushion.

Babies

February 7, 2006 · by · in Betty, Child care, Community structures, food, Jordan, Mary, Nell, Noah, Rosalie, Ruby, Work practices · 4 Comments

It is a gorgeous, sunny day in the nursery. Gauzy white curtains flutter at the screened sills. The windows across the western wall are thrown open, letting the spring breezes through–as well as the scents of fresh laundry flapping on the lines and apple pie baking in the kitchens.

Bonnie

August 17, 2005 · by · in Animal husbandry, Betty, Bonnie, Community structures, Death, Healing-medicine, Jacob, Jonathon, Marita, Noah, Spiritual practice, Work practices · 5 Comments

We find her in the barn, her head in Jacob’s lap. Animals roam freely on the hills behind Ordinary, coming to the barn only for shelter. Weakened by illness, Bonnie must have sought comfort.

Sup

July 5, 2005 · by · in Benjamin, Betty, Breads, Cheyenne, Dinner/Supper, Janine, Mollie, Noah, Soups · 3 Comments

A light fog rolls in from the west as I wait my turn for the soup tureens. I sniff the air. Co-mingling aromas of garlic, oregano, thyme, basil, and fresh tomato call to me the moment I step inside the door.