Category Jessica

Xianne

July 29, 2007 · by · in Birthdays, Celebrations, Cheyenne, Darla, Grandma Jess, Janine, Jessica, Margaret, Ruby, Rupert, Xianne · 3 Comments

“I remember the day you were born,” I tell Xianne. “Your mama was sipping broth in the morning when Ruby and I, baskets full of raspberries and herbs, came by to wait with the women for you to pop out.” We’ve walked the twelve miles to Central Village—Ruby, Cheyenne and I. Several other friends from […]

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.

Rain

July 17, 2005 · by · in Benjamin, Birds, Cheyenne, Community structures, Jessica, Jonathon, Livia, Merilee, Peter, Residential buildings, Ruby, The land, Tracey · 1 Comment

We’re making daub to finish Peter and Livia’s cob house. I step in gingerly. I have to warm up to the idea of muddy feet. But then it feels so good–gritty, cool, squirting between my toes.