no room for the moon
when the crunch beneath a boot
sweeps the heart away
snow shovel cracks hard
sky blows 16mph
flashes of white sun
watchful brittle leaves
stone firepit silent, depressed
ten shadows of snow
-photographs, winter moon trilogy, part of the Lightpainting Series, January 2008, all photos © 2007 by QuoinMonkey. All rights reserved.
-posted on red Ravine, Tuesday, January 22nd, 2008
-related to post, haiku (one-a-day)
Just a note – the Moon in these parts is 100% full as we speak. And for all you Wolf people out there, the January Full Moon is known as the Wolf Moon in the Farmers’ Almanac.
But that is only one of many names given to the January Full Moon by Native American tribes (the names were applied to the entire month in which the moon occurred). European settlers followed that custom, creating some of their own, and adapting others. Below are a few of the poetic Native American names I found for the January Moon (these vary by tribe):
SIOUX:
JANUARY – MOON OF STRONG COLD/FROST IN THE TEEPEE/WOLVES RUN TOGETHER
ZUNI:
JANUARY – Dayamcho yachunne – MOON WHEN LIMBS OF TREES ARE BROKEN BY SNOW
NORTHERN ARAPAHO:
JANUARY – WHEN THE SNOW BLOWS LIKE SPIRITS IN THE WIND
EASTERN CHEROKEE:
JANUARY – nvda kanawoga – COLD MOON
And here’s what the Farmers’ Almanac says about the Wolf Moon:
We are all staring at the same moon.
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I love the photographs…you know from my work that I am a moon person. 🙂
The winter haiku is beautiful too!
I also love the wolf info. I will pass it on to my sister. She lives among the wolves on a ridge in the foot hills of the Tennessee mountains. At night they talk and during the full moon she is able to witness their conversation.
Thank you for sharing.
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“when the crunch beneath the boot sweeps the hear away” glorious, and i sense it, QM.
It is when late January moons looked like that , when the Salmon Valley wolf pack caroled at night-time. Our dogs would sing, particularly our Samoyed, and the chorus and response was eerie sound accompaniment, called us to turn off house lights, dress in our woolies and stand outside taking in the experience. This was over 20 years ago, and every one of us cling to this memory with pleasure and wonder. G
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Yes, your Yellow Moon series is quite striking. I like your portraits of your father and great grandmother, too. It’s good to look back at our older pieces.
What is it about the Full Moon and wolves? For all my connection to nature, I don’t know if I’ve ever looked up why they are so active on the Full Moons.
That reminds me of the coyotes that howl in the night at the Mabel Dodge Luhan House in Taos. And the dogs you hear running around in the a.m. hours. I wonder if there are wolves there on the land, too. I don’t know for sure.
We have the International Wolf Center (LINK) here, up in Ely, Minnesota. Ely is a really cool town in the far north Arrowhead portion of our state. I’ve been there a few times on the way to launch canoe trips into the Boundary Waters. But I don’t think I’ve ever been to the Wolf Center. It would be fun to visit it on one of these trips North.
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Oh, I just saw that there is a North American Bear Center (LINK) in Ely, Minnesota (LINK) as well. I had no idea.
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G, what a great memory of winter wolves. I remember hearing them howl in Jackson Hole one year when we were camping. It’s something you don’t forget. I bet everyone who has ever heard that sound has a moving memory associated with it. I can picture you all out there in the dark in your woolies, taking it all in.
I just had a fleeting thought of the children’s book, Owl Moon by Jane Yolen and illustrated by John Schoenherr. I just love that book. Here’s a link to Yolen’s website:
Jane Yolen, author of Owl Moon (LINK)
Here’s what she says about writing Owl Moon (LINK)
Here’s a link to John Schoenherr’s bio (LINK). I guess he illustrated a book called Julie of the Wolves. There we are, back to wolves again. 8)
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Hi QM. The haiku are lovely and just the perfect thing for me today, as I’m feeling under the weather. Just wanted to log on and give a shout out of appreciation to you for posting, for the soothing nature of the post, and to let you know I’m heading to bed for now. (Hope you’re not coming down with something really bad, either, btw.)
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Thanks, ybonesy. Take good care of yourself. Hope you sleep well. I was under the weather a bit myself. And plan to head to some place quiet soon, too. Happy Dreams. May they be filled with Owl, or Wolf, or Deer, or Mountain Lion.
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lit from outside in
cold bone moon and onyx night
silence so bright
unfound and unbound
the dark, the light, and me
tranquil energy
🙂
(loved yours, QM)
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Speaking of wolfs howling, I remember when I lived in the south the dogs and wolfs would howl every time a person died. But since I’ve moved north I don’t hear it as often.
I wonder if they have become so domesticated that they don’t have the wild in them anymore. I hadn’t thought of this until reading comments on Red Ravine.
Maybe we watch TV and listen to the radio so often that I just don’t hear them. Just food for thought. Have any of you noticed this?
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qm, wonderful photos in both this & the MLK post!
Lovely haiku, also!
wolves are quite controversial now, as to their status here in WY. Since they re-established them in Yellowstone Park, (they were down to 7 pairs, now there are around 300.) The Dept. of Game & Fish is asking for public input. There will surely have to be a compromise, as the cattle and sheep ranchers need their animals protected. The ranchers want the right to shoot any & all predators. Hunters want some regulation, with a certain percentage of them available as “trophy game.” After all, there is regulation of deer, elk, Mountain goats & sheep, antelope, even a few bison, with hunters applying for a limited number of “tags.” The wolves are very clever hunters, attacking in packs, so that even much larger animals are susceptible.
When the moon is full, any month, I sleep very lightly and have very weird, vivid dreams! Lst night I went to bed at 11, woke at 1:45, and that was all the sleep I got! So, I’m off to bed now!
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I like the photos, too! 😀
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QM, these photos are quite intriguing & I also enjoyed the haiku!
The January Wolf Moon, stone cold face, unanswered dreams.
I do not know of any wolves here in PA, aside from those in controlled sanctuaries. They were driven out of PA years ago. I believe the wolves MOM commented about are Coyote, which I have heard some refer to as Brush Wolf. We had 2 hanging around our back yard, as close to the house as our bird feeders (approximately 10-15 feet away), too close for my comfort zone! I haven’t seen them since the end of Summer.
The PA Game Commission has been discussing reintroducing the Wolf back to our area for years. Too controversial. In addition,we do not have many rural areas left in PA to accomodate their needs.
On the other hand, one thing both J & I (Abbey too!) have noticed during this months full moon, is the noises (songs) of the Screech-Owl. I wonder why? I know they are nocturnal birds, but something about the full moon sets them off!
And dreaming, funny Marylin should point out her lack of sleep also. For 2 nights in a row I also could not sleep! 3 hours one night & 4 the next. When I would fall asleep, I would find myself having strange, unanswered dreams. Dreams of people, places, & things I had not thought about in years!
I guess the full moon casts a spell on all of us! D
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Scaramastra, love this line, “cold bone moon and onyx night” Thank you for leaving your lovely haiku. I like the name Bone Moon. I think I ran across it for one of the winter moons when I was researching.
Mom, I remember hearing that, that wolves (or coyotes?) would howl when someone died. It would be interesting to dig further into that memory. I think you make a good point – we are surrounded now by so much light and noise, that we get further away from connecting nature to the natural rhythms of our own lives. I wonder if others have any memories of connecting animal behavior to death or birth.
LB, thank you!
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Marylin & diddy, hope you both got some rest last night at the full moon! Have either of you ever kept a dream journal or recorded any of your dreams? I could tell last night that I was sleeping very deeply. As I mentioned in the post, I woke up once when Kiev was running around like a crazy cat. She pounced on the bed and I could hear her wiping out on the rugs in the kitchen. But I don’t remember any of my full moon dreams.
About the wolves in Wyoming and Pennsylvania, I do remember the wolf controversy from when I lived in Montana. This was in the 1970’s when the wolf population was really starting to dwindle. And the ranchers, even then, were not supportive of protecting the wolves because of the loss of their livestock. I’m so glad to hear the population is up to around 300 pairs now in Wyoming.
It’s hard to know the right thing with species that were once endangered. Especially in populated areas. I think it’s a delicate balance. Perhaps some kind of regulated hunting as you mentioned with other animals. I think this is going to be an issue we run into more and more as species continue to be wiped out and/or hunted to extinction. We probably have to take it on a case-by-case basis.
I recently watched a PBS program that talked about all the insects, birds, butterflies, that are dropping off the planet due to human intervention. A lot of them we don’t hear about until they’re gone. Beings are disappearing at an alarming rate. I’m happy that there are some who champion their cause. But I see the reasons for balance, too, as populations become more abundant. It’s a tough issue.
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Such rich commenting on this post.
For anyone who is in New Mexico, there is a place called the Wild Spirit Wolf Sanctuary (LINK). It is a couple of hours away from Albuquerque, west and south of here. They rescue wolves, mainly from people who mistakenly believe they can domesticate wolves.
MOM, when we went to this place, which was on a family trip for an assignment my oldest daughter had to explore a place in NM, we met a wonderful wolf named Raven (LINK). He is pretty well-known in NM. He served for a time as a wolf ambassador, traveling with the director of the sanctuary to all over NM to educate people about wolves. It’s a wonderful spot. Your comment about how wolves howl when a person dies — it reminded me of our trip to see the howling wolves who are so incredibly perceptive.
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QM, as for the connection of animal behavior to death, two come to mind. First, the Owl, my Grandmother spoke of it often. So when J & I began hearing the Screech Owl I became alarmed. It’s vocals are much different than that of the Barn Owl or Great Horned Owl that we had at the farmhouse. It’s noises vary from that of a slight hoot, a barking noise, a screech, to the eerie sound of a cat in pain.
Perhaps the full moon makes it feel more vulnerable to it’s predators? After checking the one link on totem animals I discovered that the owl is often associated with death, however not always death of the physical kind.
The other that comes to mind is the Starling. If you found a dead starling inside your house, someone was going to die. Well, we had this occur more than once at the farmhouse, but I don’t recall any death’s occuring then. This past summer, we saw dead Starlings floating on the Susquehanna River & because of our proximity to the Three Mile Island Nuclear Plant, I again became alarmed. The newspapers quoted that they had starved to death. I found this explanation difficult to swallow. But my Dad brought this up to one of his friends who is very knowledgeable when it comes to birds. He agreed with the newspaper reports. He told of how the Starlings come to the river to feed on the Mayflies. If the Mayflies are not plentiful, which they weren’t, the Starlings will starve to death rather than move on in search for food. I thought that was very interesting! D
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“I like the name Bone Moon. I think I ran across it for one of the winter moons when I was researching.”(QM)
awwww…now i’m kinda bummed, i thought i was being original, ha. oh, well. thanks for the compliment! things have been chaotic lately; it felt good to write about this subject. i appreciate the opportunity.
alittlediddy, i have heard this also about the starlings. it reminds me of something i learned in 3rd grade that i never forgot—that lemmings instinctively know when they are numbered too greatly, and so hundreds or more will plummet themselves over cliffs to meet their early demise, in order to let the others thrive.
i later heard that was just a tale people tell, but i still like to think it’s true. there’s a sad, yet proud, quality to that story that gives me both chills and hope. i like to think there is something on this earth that achieves that brand of pure unselfishness.
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Scaramastra, I absolutely agree with your final paragragh! I do think these tales (we call them Old Wives Tales) have some truth to them. After all, our ancestors were much more conscious & astute of their surroundings than we are are today. D
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alittlediddy, you know what they say–great minds think alike.
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There’s a wolf sanctuary somewhere nearby here, in Oregon, too, but they keep the location a secret so that people do not harass or go after them. Some people hate wolves so deeply, it’s baffling. I’ve often wanted to visit, but I respect them for keeping the wolves privacy (though it makes it hard to get funding from a community that can’t visit the wolves)
I read the last haiku this way:
watchful brittle leaves,
stone firepit silent,
depressed ten shadows of snow
I kinda like it that way, instead of a depressed firepit, I’m thinking of ten shadows of snow pressed together, maybe in a footprint.
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(hope you feel better, ybonesy)
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Scaramastra, sorry about the Bone Moon! Your use of it was only the second time I had heard it. Sure doesn’t take away from your lovely haiku! You could look at it as that you are tuned in to the ancients and their ways of looking at Nature. I’m really enjoying reading your poetry.
To both you and diddy, that’s amazing about the starlings and the lemmings. I had not heard that at all. Nature seems to instinctually know what to do for the unity of all. Humans, on the other hand, seem to have to work to do what is best for the whole, rather than what is best just for themselves. Good winter reflections on death and life.
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amuirin, it is strange how some can get so fixated on hating a particular animal. I can understand if it’s threatening your livelihood or something. But it does seem like sometimes people just need something to vent at or throw all their frustrations on. I don’t know…
About the haiku, well, if you did make that change, it would sure bust open all the 5-7-5 rules! A note about that particular haiku, when I wrote it, I was staring at the firepit in our front yard and it had become a circular depression in the snow. You could no longer see the Jade Creek stones that make up the fire ring. So the fire ring actually is depressed. But then when I wrote it, I thought, hmmm, the depressed could also refer to the next line, or to feeling depressed. It kind of stretched way out.
I like how you played with the words in it. I do that, too, and want to go back and change them. Sometimes the first thought is the purest. And sometimes, a simple change in a word, breaks it all open. It’s a fun practice.
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amuirin, did you just change your avatar again? It’s really making the rounds!
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lol, guilty.
you’re observant (that goes with the whole comment)
It’s nice to get the visual on the fire-ring. Still enchanted with the idea of layers of shadows of snow, pressed like the different color layers in a rock canyon.
You’ve inspired my writing exercise today.
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Nice avatar, amuirin.
Some parts of Oregon are baffling to me, politically speaking. Lots of extremes, it seems. I think some states in the West are that way, but Oregon especially so.
I think I’m going to do a writing practice on the Wolf moon today. I’ve been thinking about wolves since I commented here.
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that means a lot coming from you, QM, thanks. : )
especially considering in the 2nd line of my poem, i only used 6 syllables! i’ve written thousands of haiku, how did i miss this?!
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ybonesy- yeah, you nailed it. It’s extremely polarized, although… I think it’s better than it was two or three years ago. There’s such a division between the rural and the metro politically, and while the rural area is a much larger portion of the state, metro usually wins the elections by number.
(I tend to side with metro, so I’m grateful for that, but it causes a lot of bad feelings in the state, and people dig their heels in and wont compromise with eachother.)
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Scaramastra, I don’t follow the 5-7-5 rule so closely. I’m not familiar enough with the rhythm of haiku that I have that pacing pressed into memory. Some people do; they can tell if something is five or seven. Anyway, when I end up with a four or six or an eight, I let it be. Otherwise it feels forced.
amuirin, the more I look at your new avatar, the more I like it. It reminds of me fairy colors, if that makes snese.
Ugh, last comment for the night. Am really getting sicker and sicker by the minute.
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ybonesy,
thank you, that makes me feel much better. i don’t like forced either, which is why i typically am not a fan of rhyme. however, when something does accidentally rhyme and it works, i get a little more excited than the average person, i imagine.
thanks again. it makes my blip seem not so bad after all.
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Scaramastra, I didn’t even notice the 6 syllables! And, not to worry. There’s no right way. It’s really about the practice, of doing a practice every day. The 5-7-5 is the structure of the practice. And I follow it because it helps me to follow a structure and learn the form; then I learn to break structure. If you’ve already written 1000’s of haiku (which I haven’t!), you are way ahead of me in your knowledge of haiku. Do what feels right for you, and natural!
Ah, I just wanted to mention that I saw the January Wolf Moon again this morning, out the window in the dark, though it was no longer full. I have to see what the name of the February Moon will be. Maybe a new practice for me will be to do a practice on each of calendar Moons as they arise. Though the full moon is the most dramatic, I am quite drawn to the quarter moons, too.
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well, bear in my mind, hundreds of those thousands are ones i’ve written with my sister on hazy nights, so really, i am no expert! if you saw many of those you may be surprised, amused, shocked, appalled, aghast, whichever fun word you’d choose! or who knows, maybe, pleasantly surprised! they can get pretty bad, though.
i think i try to stick to the 5-7-5 rule because i’m one of those stickler people with some things, and haiku must be on the short list. i also have some minor OCD issues that affect the way i do some things…
how strange, when usually i am such a rule-breaker. maybe i’m not the rebel i tend to think i am at all.
thanks for the advice and encouragement; i’ve loved the interaction of sharing here.
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Scaramastra, thanks. I can relate to the rebel thing. I am often surprised to find how conservative I can be around some things. I just never knew….it’s hard to admit. 8)
diddy, I’ve been meaning to come back and ask, what was it your Grandmother used to speak of about the Owls (Comment 18)? Was it the death piece?
I have read about the associations of death with the Owl. In the Medicine Cards, the Owl is Night Eagle and is associated with astral projection, clairvoyance, and magic, black and white. So breaking through deception plays into the meaning behind the card. Also messages through dreams or night visions. Reversed, it’s about being deceived by yourself or someone else.
I have found a few owl feathers in my time. I love them. They are softer than fur. And silent. Very silent.
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QM, yes the Owl my Grandmother spoke of was in reference to the death piece. I also remember her speaking about Swallows & birth. I believe that it had to do something with when a baby Swallow died, it’s soul went to some special place in Heaven. (not being very religious, I can’t for the life of me remember the name of the special place) For every Swallow soul there a child would be born on Earth. I know there is more & this is apparently in the Bible?
Interesting what you wrote about the Owl in the Medicine Cards. Good food for thought. D
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Hmmm. Wonder where your Grandmother learned about the Owl. Passed down from her mother perhaps. Mom told me that her mother’s grandmother (my great, great grandmother, is that right?) used to take my Grandmother along with her to pick herbs for treatments and potions. This was when my Grandmother was a little girl. It’s a soothing image for me….the old ways.
More about Owl:
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BTW, diddy, I have not heard of the Swallows and babies in Heaven. The only place I know about where some babies go is Limbo. I’ve heard my Catholic friends speak of that. Maybe someone else will remember the part of the Bible you are speaking of in Comment 36.
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QM, I will have to ask my parents about the Swallow’s & the Bible. Now my curiousity is aroused!
How cool about MOM & her Mother. I can almost picture it in my mind!
So much is passed down from one generation to the next. Fortunately for me, my Dad has been compiling our families genealogy for many years. I have so many old photos & obituaries of my ancestors. In fact, a Great-great-great Grandmother (in the photo she looks like Granny Clampett from the Beverly Hillbillies!) was known as a Healer of children. She was never formally trained in this but many would bring their sick children to her. She did not charge for her services, although many would give her chickens, etc. as payment. She relied on herbs & potions to make the children well again. D
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diddy, it seems like each family has a person who is the archivist, the keeper of the history. I think families are lucky to have someone like that who gathers it all in one place. It’s good not to forget where we come from. Does he archive it all digitally? Or how does he keep it organized.
It would be great to see that photo of your great-great-great grandmother. I can picture the Granny Clampett face!She sounds like a great Healer. Some have the gift of healing in their hands, even today. I have noticed, too, how some adults are just naturally better with kids than others. I believe some of that is innate.
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QM I don’t know if you knew but your Great, Great Grandmother was a healer. I only remember her vaguely because I was very young when she passed away. Mother used to walk along the railroad tracks in Langley, Bath ,etc. with her to pick herbs to make potions. She knew which were good and what each was used for. Neighbors around there would come to her for help in spiritual and physical healings. She lived in a one room shack as you go up to the cemetary there in Langley. I wish I could remember more that Mother told me. She didn’t talk much about it because people didn’t in those days for fear of being labled or thought crazy because of their beliefs. People look at me strange sometimes when I tell them or mention spirits, healing , etc. It is more exceptable since the New Age MOvement has come to light.
There is a book “Native American Healing Secrets” that is very interesting. Its amazing how many medicines are based on old remedies. The only bad part is they are making a lot of ingredients with chemicals instead of the real thing now adays.
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Mom, those are the memories I was trying to recall for alittlediddy. Thanks for posting them in this comment. I remember you talking about it. And I thought it was my Great Great Grandmother, but wasn’t 100% sure. Do we have any photographs of her anywhere?
Or maybe I’ve looked at them and not realized I was looking at her. Did we go by that cemetery on the last trip? I remember talking about it. But I can’t remember if it was one that we drove by or not.
I agree that the New Age movement, for as much guff as it gets, helped open the door to a lot of the older ways of being. It became very commercial at the end (which was hard to watch but par for the capitalism in this country). But in the beginning, thinking in terms of a New Age, really broke open some old stereotypes. I’m a firm believer that these kinds of movements have to happen for change to take place on as large a scale as it needs to happen in this country.
I, too, am constantly amazed when I thumb through an herb book and read about willow bark and other older remedies that all ended up in our drugs today.
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QM, Yes you were there. Grandmothers Mother’s name was Widener, I don’t remember her first name right now. I saw her once when Mother and I walked to her house, she lived in a one or two room shack around the corner from grandmother’s . As I remember she looked like an old Indian Woman. I believe she was part Indian. I’ll have to go through my papers and see what I can find. I know in the 1920 census she was the head of the house and grandmother and Mother were there too. I believe her first name was Della(the same as Mothers,Della Elise) Grandmother was listed as Lizzie(Elizabeth Ida was her name)Granddaddy was in Pa. at the time, probably recuperating from his war injuries. He lost a lung to scrapnel and had some in his leg. I hope you keep a record of our history because it will surely get lost without you. !
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Mom, I love reading all this history. I remember seeing the Widener grave now. I might have a photo.
I need to get that ancestry software downloaded and, if nothing else, start to add these bits and pieces from your memories next to each name of an ancestor. You’ve captured so much of the details and facts and places in your research. And I want to add all of these little snippets of memory from you to add another layer to the family tree for future generations.
Now I’m thinking about the 1920’s and all the documentaries I’ve been watching about that time period in American history. It helps place my great, great grandmother in context, too. It was also the time Mabel Dodge was heading to Taos to start her creative Vision. It’s all so engaging to me to think about all these things happening at once. Spreading out like a giant web.
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QM, my Dad has been compiling our genealogy for over 20 years. He has preserved his work both digitally & in the form of printed pages. I was just talking with my parents yesterday & in fact he had just had a distant family member from Ohio come this week to visit him. He also has had vistors for Michigan & other places also. They share information & he will take them to the Historical Society & many of the cemetaries.
I guess every family probably does have a healer in their ancestry. The picture of my great-great-great Gandmother is not very flattering! She has the meanest look on her face! I laughed when I was told that she healed children! But, she did & her obituary makes note of it. Hers was one of the most attended ever in that neck of the woods.
I did pull out my first Foxfire bok yesterday & did you know this set of books began as a high school English class project in Georgia? Originally it started out as a magazine.
There is a chapter devoted to old time home remedies. Some are quite amusing. I am going to list a few as quoted in the book:
Bleeding-Place a spider web across the wound
Cramps-To cure cramps in the feet, turn your shoes upside down before going to bed.
Headaches-Tie a flour sack around your head.
Nosebleed-Lie down & put a dime on your heart.
For any serious child illness, take some blood from the child’s arm,put it on a grain of corn, and feed it to a black hen.
Now mind you, most of the remedies listed in the book contain herbs, bark from tree’s, & homemade salves & drink concoctions. (Most require moonshine as the main ingredient!) D
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diddy, that’s really interesting about the FoxFire books. I really didn’t know much about them, but just looked them up online because you got my interest up. I had no idea they originated in Georgia. I had to look at where, and it was Rabun County, kind of up near the Tennessee and Virginia borders. That makes sense in terms of the context for the books.
I love the old remedies you listed. You know, we hear some of these things growing up and really have no idea where they come from. They are from all the healers of the past.
If you think about them adding to your great-great-great Grandmother’s obit that she was a healer, that’s quite remarkable. And that you can still reference the document.
When I was at Uncle B’s last June, he and Mom and I were going through some old historical documents and photographs he had. I loved it. The old loopy cursive handwriting and the things that were important to people. Some the same; some very different from today.
Oh, I forgot to mention…there’s that moonshine popping up again! Oh, so tough on the throat!
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QM, In the original Foxfire book there is also a chapter on The Fine Art of Moonshining! (just in case you don’t have access to it like I do!) I am quite certain that these books can only be ordered on line or through bookstores. They are so rich in history & most books take place in GA, NC, VA, & TN.
One final remedy:
Spider Bites- If bitten by a black widow spider, drink liquor heavily from 3 P.M. to 7 P.M. You won’t get drunk, you’ll be healed.
You really should order the Foxfire Book. As I said, there are many more in the series, I thought we had all of them, but discovered that they came out with a Forty year edition in I think 2004. D
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Just reading some of these comments. How rich! QM, you have so much material for your memoir! And more important than that, so much legacy here around internal powers that point to your own natural talents for intuition, empathy, and helping others.
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ybonesy, thank you. Not a day goes by when I don’t wonder how all of the details of my research, my family, my writing, my life, could have come together all at the same time. It’s a great gift and I feel a lot of gratitude for the richness of it. I learn something new almost every day. And I find it so stimulating for my writing.
Lately, I’ve been realizing that I’m going to have to go back through all the comments on our posts and sift out all the details in the conversations on red Ravine. It’s a gold mine. And you never know where the comments in a post are going to take you or the readers. I love that about blogging.
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Hey diddy, I couldn’t believe when you added this final remedy yesterday from the Foxfire book (Comment 47):
I already knew that we’d be posting Sharon’s black widow piece. And I thought it synchronistic. All the many different ways that people have chosen to handle spiders and spider bites. I’m always amazed at how everything is connected.
I’m going to post a link here to Sharon’s piece, just so I remember the spider connection after things roll on:
My Totem Animal (LINK)
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diddy, thanks for taking the time to share your photographs at dinner. I had to look up this comment to see where we had talked about Granny Clampett (Comments #39, #40, #41)
In fact, a Great-great-great Grandmother (in the photo she looks like Granny Clampett from the Beverly Hillbillies!) was known as a Healer of children. She was never formally trained in this but many would bring their sick children to her. She did not charge for her services, although many would give her chickens, etc. as payment. She relied on herbs & potions to make the children well again. D
I loved seeing the photograph. You are right..she does look exactly like Granny. And she reminds me of how I imagine my great, great grandmother to look, the one Mom said was a healer (Comments #41 and #43) and used herbs to heal. She used to take my grandmother along to pick the herbs.
I saw them all last night in my semi-dream state at the Full Moon. I woke up in the middle of the night and was thinking about J. I know all the healing Ancestors, like our grandmothers, and great grandmothers, and great, great grandmothers and grandfathers are all there with J., helping him along.
Thanks again for showing me the photos. Thinking of you tonight. This is the first time I’ve had to comment in quite a while! I’ve been thinking a lot about the July Full Moon. It is an intense one happening as we write.
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