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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.

Evening

September 28, 2005 · by · in Airplanes, Balboa, Beryl, Cheyenne, Exo-architecture, Farming/Gardening in Ordinary, food, Food preparation and preserving, Household variations/Coupling, Janine, Merilee, Orchards/fruit trees, Packer, Ronnie, Tapestries/Quilts/Weavings/Basketry, The land, Village of Jasper, Weddings · 2 Comments

Bedtime. … The air wafting through the porch screens is cool-warm, with the scent of rain. My fingers smell of bruised mint leaves, picked from the herb garden beside the stoop not twenty minutes ago.

Arc

September 19, 2005 · by · in Balboa, Beryl, Cheyenne, Exo-architecture, Household variations/Coupling, Janine, Landscape architecture, Merilee, Noah, Packer, Residential buildings, Ronnie, Sculpture, Tapestries/Quilts/Weavings/Basketry, The land, Village of Jasper, Weddings · Leave a comment

The buildings and grounds are constructed in concentric arcs that fit the natural contours of the hill, which slopes toward the great Jasper Lake.

Threads

September 15, 2005 · by · in Balboa, Birds, Celebrations, Cheyenne, compost, Decorative plants, Exo-architecture, Farming/Gardening in Ordinary, food, Food preparation and preserving, Household variations/Coupling, Janine, Jasmine, Lotty, Meat, Native plants, Noah, Packer, Paintings/Mixed media, Plants in Ordinary, Rose and Cheyenne's home, Ruby, Sculpture, Tapestries/Quilts/Weavings/Basketry, The land, Village of Jasper, Weddings · Leave a comment

As we left, Lotty and I strung a garland of wild asters and daisies across the door, to be removed only by the bride and groom on the morrow, when they enter to spend their first night in their new home.

Waterfall

September 14, 2005 · by · in Balboa, Beryl, Cheyenne, Edible plants, Exo-architecture, Farming/Gardening in Ordinary, Food preparation and preserving, James, Noah, Packer, Ronnie, Rose and Cheyenne's home, Ruby, The land, Village of Jasper, Weddings · 2 Comments

Across the meadow, and round a huge outcrop of granite, we heard the upper falls before we saw them–two high ribbons, one far above the other, glistening water cascading down a sharp escarpment.

Romance

September 12, 2005 · by · in Balboa, Beryl, Cheyenne, Household variations/Coupling, James, Packer, Ronnie, Ruby, Village of Jasper · Leave a comment

My mom, Ruby, is as giddy as a school girl with Beryl’s widower dad, James, the two of them twitching and twittering at the least provocation, like young lovers. You would have thought they were the bride and groom.