Jamie in Africa...

by Mademoiselle February 13th 2008, 9:12 pm

send some warm thoughts in jamie's direction. she is now in northern senegal working with the African Birth Collective, continuing her training as a midwife. She'll be heading home mid-March. Jamie doesn't like to brag of herself, so i thought she might not mind if i did some for her.
hoping she's well.

by Jacksta March 4th 2008, 6:26 pm

Photo buy Pieter Hugo

lease bring strange things.
Please come bringing new things.
Let very old things come into your hands.
Let what you do not know come into your eyes.
Let desert sand harden your feet.
Let the arch of your feet be the mountains.
Let the paths of your fingertips be your maps
And the ways you go be the lines of your palms.
Let there be deep snow in your inbreathing
And your outbreath be the shining of ice.
May your mouth contain the shapes of strange words.
May you smell food cooking you have not eaten.
May the spring of a foreign river be your navel.
May your soul be at home where there are no houses.
Walk carefully, well-loved one,
Walk mindfully, well-loved one,
Walk fearlessly, well-loved one.
Return with us, return to us,
Be always coming home.
- Ursula K. Le Guin

Jamie in Africa...

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