tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8077333982110532539.post1761871451451378275..comments2023-06-25T20:11:04.253+12:00Comments on morethingsithink: Place and identityfaerianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17585095937433199961noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8077333982110532539.post-33901910643804280632010-06-17T16:55:22.840+12:002010-06-17T16:55:22.840+12:00"My whenua got thrown away." Mine, too. ..."My whenua got thrown away." Mine, too. I wish we still kept them in turtle shell rattles and bone rattles. I wish we buried them. I wish we did something with them. I wish we still venerated the things that nourished us.<br /><br />Thank you for writing this post -- at the moment, the view out my window looks like a rooftop scene from Mary Poppins. It is my first time living in the city -- I love how it is lively and invigorating. I hate how it is beige and gray and devoid of green.<br /><br />I grew up in the suburban country. And I loved the green there. But that is not my natural habitat. I have only ever felt truly and deeply connected and at home in two places -- the cedar swamp I used to visit in northern Wisconsin (all loamy and rich and dripping with smells and the black earth sinking back into itself); and when I was in Ireland. I'd never been to Ireland, but the moment I landed, I knew a sense of relieved homesickness, the depth and breadth and ache of which I could never have imagined before going there. I still ache for it.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8077333982110532539.post-15282915665851387432010-06-17T15:09:56.002+12:002010-06-17T15:09:56.002+12:00dear me - your soul shrivelling is heartbreaking m...dear me - your soul shrivelling is heartbreaking may it find peace and new roots in an Eagles' nest<br /><br />dear Elizabeth - it is because of you that i have found Jason - and part of my spirit has been restored...<3<br /><br />my mollie - i am sure Stonehenge misses you too... i hope you recognised yourself as a Goddess incarnate....i do<br /><br />Queen Dani - i know you get this - seeing your toes in the ocean in my mind's eye as i type this... i think i will write another post about whenua because i have loong thoughts about this too...so lovely to connect with you here....faerianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17585095937433199961noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8077333982110532539.post-38823486497398113952010-06-17T00:32:11.632+12:002010-06-17T00:32:11.632+12:00As a transplant from the West Coast to the Midwest...As a transplant from the West Coast to the Midwest of the US, I have often said I was ripped away from my natural habitat. I feel the longing to "go home" every day. I loved this post, and especially the story about the Maori. My whenua got thrown away too.<br /><br />Profound - deeply & soufully. I will remember these words for a very long time. Thank you.QnDanihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16440117771712653153noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8077333982110532539.post-72336966004126146182010-06-16T14:29:50.401+12:002010-06-16T14:29:50.401+12:00I watched a wonderful dvd this morning about women...I watched a wonderful dvd this morning about women's spirituality and the Goddess and connections to nature. There were views of many ancient places, including Stonehenge. Stonehenge is in my heart and soul.molliehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02026338468585576189noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8077333982110532539.post-55802827947912475422010-06-16T13:36:53.748+12:002010-06-16T13:36:53.748+12:00Jane, this is a beautiful, heartbreaking post that...Jane, this is a beautiful, heartbreaking post that rings so true. "all the taming and the choking and the dismissing - is that part of the anguish in our own souls" That expresses what we must all feel often without knowing it. I love the new meaning you give to the word re-placed. How our souls cry out for that. I love seeing the picture of what you see from your window. Here is a glimpse of my place: www.highvalley.orgElizabeth Cunninghamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14307027953779753978noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8077333982110532539.post-27993069942034277712010-06-16T13:26:10.810+12:002010-06-16T13:26:10.810+12:00My place looks like the picture at the top of my b...My place looks like the picture at the top of my blog...<br /><br />My soul has shriveled since I was torn away from that place...bobbiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14353836074794786357noreply@blogger.com