Lifeway 
I live with my partner, my love, Lexa, and our little baby daughter Graceful Fawn along the Gila River near the town of Gila, New Mexico. We have journeyed the past few years toward changes in our lifestyle that more closely reflect the feelings in our hearts. We spend most of our lives outside, surrounded by a beautiful living world of wild plants and animals, and one of the last free-flowing rivers in the West. We enjoy living without electricity. We heat, light, and often cook on fire. We live in-between worlds, so to speak. We have a cell phone that doesn't work where we live, but does after a nearby hike up a mountain or a drive in our old van. We use computers at the library, a 4-mile bike ride or drive away. We are always learning more about food preparation and preservation that does not require refrigeration, electricity, etc. We make baskets and bows and arrows, we tan hides and are working on buckskin clothes, moccasins, and the like. We listen to stories of local elders and do our best to know and speak our Truths, to improve our ability to communicate, to relate well, and to honor all living beings, including ourselves and each other.
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Our Wigwam 
The wigwam, or wickiup, is a domed structure I built for us to live in. The design is one used by so many of the Old People, including Apaches, Paiutes, many Native Californians, and many other traditional peoples around the world. Our daughter was born in it, and we've been living in it seasonally. The frame is made from saplings gifted to us by the Willlow People. I thatched the walls/roof with Cattails and a tall grass I call Wind Whisperers, also known around here as Johnson Grass. The lodge is bound together with Willow bark. There is a fire pit inside, with an underground flu tunnel that helps it burn well. Above the fire pit is a smoke hole that opens and closes. What a joy it is to live in this beautiful structure, given to us by the Plant People! I give thanks.
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