Prairie Crocus, McGillis homestead

blooms first

soft, hardy

exposing contrast

Wendel Klassen, Grandfather

farmer

tethered to

garden, feast, song, dance

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Alexandra Pope & Sjanie Hugo Wurlitzer, Red School

womb, blood

dignity

cycle leads me home

        

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Mado, Rwandan educator

village

cracks open

illusions, forgive

Sarah Kerr, Centre for Sacred Death Care

thresholds

rituals

transition with grace

Stephen Jenkinson, Orphan Wisdom School

how things

came to be,

hidden in plain sight

Athabasca River, Jasper, AB

let, go

water, shed

tears erode mountains

Beaver, Sturgeon River, AB

water

architect

patient persistence

Trish Cameron, Lightning Star

return

Ériu

ancestry alive

Holly Hubbard, Turning the Wheel

soul speaks

dreamer leads

bowed heads, open hearts

Nicole Hartley Bradford, Awakening the Village

Mother

feeling all

Here, agile, awake

Heritage Garlic, McGillis Homestead

deep wounds

mother, land

soilbuilding takes time

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Mink, Sturgeon River, AB

vixen

vicious

integral instincts

Douglas Varga, Ceremonialist

show up

in service

to the living world

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Mountain Lion, Rocky Mountains

apex

"strong enough

to be soft," she purrs

Grizzly, Rocky Mountains

honey

in the dark

will you surrender?

Roderick Freeman, Driftpile, AB

Sun Bear

beloved

our dance continues...

Zola Dubnikova, Holistic Dance Language

strong back

inner smile

sovereign woman