4-H Camp and Open Space

[Eric Lilius]

Over the Top!! Hurray!

Here's a celebratory poem for

Sleeping  in the Forest

I thought the earth
remembered me, she
took me back so tenderly, arranging
her dark skirts, her pockets
full of lichens and seeds. I slept
as never before, a stone
on the riverbed, nothing
between me and the white fire of the stars
but my thoughts, and they floated
light as moths among the branches
of the perfect trees. All night
I heard the small kingdoms breathing
around me, the insects, and the birds
who do their work in the darkness.
All night I rose and fell, as if in water, grappling
with a luminous doom. By morning
I had vanished at least a dozen times
into something better.
                Mary Oliver

Chris Weaver wrote:
>
> Dear OSLIST,
>
> Last week I shared the story of the 4-H Camp here in the North Carolina Mountains.  I thank my friends and colleagues on the list for your strong words of support, your contributions, and your prayers.  Here is a copy of this morning's message to the camp supporters in our community.  On June 17th we will hold our first arts & heritage camp, in 5 days of Open Space for 8-to-12 year olds.  You'll hear about it.
>
> Love,
> Chris
>
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Eric Lilius
Box 27  Eagle Lake, Ontario, Canada
K0M 1M0
email:elilius at halhinet.on.ca
ph:     705-754-9859
fax:    705-754-9873

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