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Through night time portals.

"Since the beginning of time, the sƛpúlmx (Cowlitz old name) People have lived and thrived on the abundance of the land. Fishing the rivers and streams, hunting the prairies and mountains, and picking berries near Lawetlat’la. The sƛpúlmx People came from below, from below the shadows of Volcanoes, where stúqʷpéˑsaʔ (Thunderbird) would summon fire and renewal. This is a small story about a moment in time, a story of change and rebirth." Read more of "LITTLE CROW AND THE BEAR PT. I | A CONTEMPORARY COWLITZ STORY" here: http://www.gatheringthestories.org/2018/05/17/little-crow-and-the-bear-pt-i-a-contemporary-cowlitz-story/ This is a story that came to me in a dream awhile ago. I decided to write it out and share. I am currently going to school at the Northwest Indian College, Nisqually campus, studying for my MFA (Masters of Fine Arts). I am in a class called “Language of the Ancestors”, I wrote this as a paper using the Cowlitz language as much as possible. I currently do not know how to speak these words, but I am learning, and one day hope to share this story orally, pronunciation and all. Photo: Unknown Cowlitz man picking huckleberries near Lawetlat’la in the 1930's.

I dreamt you. frail and singing with strained tongue. Effervescent scent of none. I would love, just one more dance.

Through the woods. | © H a v e n 

Dirt Kvlt.

The fires in my homeland have been intense.

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In the mists, the veils are thin. 

I forgot to wish the internet Happy Equinox, so here it is, belated and wet. Today was nice, we got some of our fire wood in, and stocked up the furnaces. I am grateful to see the leaves change, the rains come, and to breathe the Autumnal decay. Grateful to have health. Be well internet.

Road trip to the Sun.

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‘Clear cuts, Willapa Hills, Washington’ | © H a v e n