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i read again,   the news article about Erica Heilman that  Judith Hunter brought  in a link to Us in comments on the  4~6 post.  and then i listened.  Each time it deepens,  the visuals are even more animated and colorfull….in the reading,    there is sound.  

this morning, i woke with the thought…………………..What if i Pretend that Heilman is coming here.   here.   that she arrives.  Down at the big gate.   I've been waiting for her.    What if she arrives to        talk.    How she does.    She would begin with a question,   maybe held within an observaton…..at the Big Gate…she would look up….at and into the Hill   and 

what?

what might she say?

i can pretend that it's actually happening.   can take my time and let it play out however it might or can 

i love the thought of this.

today was Egg Hide Day.   i don't like my picture taken.   but Jenny,  daughter,  said….just once, Ma…..and there's this.   and it fits perfectly with this Pretending about Erica Heilman showing up at the Gate.  

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  1. Marti Avatar
    Marti

    I’m joining you in Pretend, using my journalistic skills to be my version of Erica since I majored in journalism in college. BUT really, that doesn’t have much to do with my pretending because I have always liked to ask questions, to answer some of them myself, and especially to learn about people: I put here about my college major to have bona fides…
    So I’ve walked up the Hill, never having met you and ask you:
    Why this hill? Why goats? What keeps you going in this land of fire and flood? What do you bring from living in New Mexico that helps you live here on this hill in CA? You are the matriarch of three generations; how does that determine how you go about your days? What do you teach your children, grandchildren, great grandchildren and what do they teach you?
    Looking about your Hill, the goat herd you care for. the growing places that you have created to feed yourself and family, you seem resourceful and respectful of the land and there is a sense of contentment about you. Take me inside your home, show me what you do besides care take the land and the goats.
    We walk into a tiny space filled with the things that make up daily life when I stop and see a canvas that is filled with cloth spirals, deep with patterns and color . They fill the space with vitality and beauty and there I find, a whole other dimension to this woman who lives on the Hill. She tells me that she is creating these spirals to form bed coverings for her daughter, granddaughter and possibly, one for herself. I spy a cloth spirit, a doll, and she shyly says she used to make dolls ,long ago…and I marvel at the many dimensions to this woman who lives on the Hill, whose love of family, caring and life are so evident and so rich with meaning.

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  2. Mo Crow Avatar
    Mo Crow

    (((Marti & Grace))) love reading this pretend wander & wonderment here in The Hill

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  3. jude Avatar
    jude

    Hi Ma

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  4. Liz A Avatar
    Liz A

    like you, I don’t like having my picture taken … the irony being that I very much like seeing pictures of others in blog land … so thank you to Jenny for taking this picture … how wonderful it would be to have Alyssia record a conversation with you to share here, asking questions as Erica Heilman would

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  5. Deb G Avatar
    Deb G

    Made me smile….

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  6. Tina Avatar
    Tina

    Over the years I’ve often fantasized what it would be like to sit by your side and talk .. walk along side you doing what it is you do everyday. This picture is beautiful .. that blooming tree crowning you like the amazing woman I imagine you to be. This picture is fabulous!! I can see Mr .. feel me sitting right next to you on that perfect log.

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  7. Cindy Avatar
    Cindy

    absolutely perfect!
    Yes, yes, this is our fantasy

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  8. Cindy Avatar
    Cindy

    you’re on, Marti and Grace
    keep going ❤ love you both

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  9. dee Avatar
    dee

    I love seeing you! Listened to the first interview. Need to go back for more. I like that says, “talking about politics is boring” but the talk gets there anyway, of course.

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  10. Peggy McG Avatar
    Peggy McG

    So Love Love seeing your Smiling face!! And a bag of pinecones!! So a part of the Hill and your story there.

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  11. Nancy Avatar
    Nancy

    Here you are.
    I smile in return.
    xo

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  12. grace Forrest Avatar
    grace Forrest

    yeah. she called me Ma

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  13. grace Forrest Avatar
    grace Forrest

    no one but Heilman could

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  14. grace Forrest Avatar
    grace Forrest

    a smile. it’s like a seed, isn’t it.

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  15. grace Forrest Avatar
    grace Forrest

    not at all amazing….that’s the thing…how can i
    make that “come across”?
    i really iike the pic. Glad we negotiated it

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  16. grace Forrest Avatar
    grace Forrest

    all day today

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  17. grace Forrest Avatar
    grace Forrest

    politics are
    us

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  18. grace Forrest Avatar
    grace Forrest

    oh god no…not a bag of pinecones…there are a trillion.
    it’s a Deb Lacativa bag i use for EveryThing when i set out
    from the tin house

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  19. grace Forrest Avatar
    grace Forrest

    here We are

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  20. Peggy McG Avatar
    Peggy McG

    LOL! I had to go back and re-look.. I will fantasize about it being full of pinecones!

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  21. LaceLady Avatar
    LaceLady

    There You are . . . here We are
    “Let me live in a house by the side of YOUR road” ~ (paraphrasing an old poem ~ https://bit.ly/3Kvt3b5).

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  22. grace Forrest Avatar
    grace Forrest

    Us.

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  23. grace Forrest Avatar
    grace Forrest

    there Is, all this.
    but i think her question would go somewhere else, or
    in this moment,
    has. gone somewhere else.

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  24. Laura Avatar
    Laura

    I love this photograph. You are beautiful. So beautiful.

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