The March Hare: Summer/Fall 2008 Issue 57 |
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I Represent The Element Waterby Jan Ankney
[Read in our Land Day ritual this past October, where we usually start by inviting the elements to join us.]
This ecovillage is in the northern upper Mississippi
River basin. Water in this region generally flows from the northwest,
southeast to the Mississippi river. The watersheds make diagonal stripes
across the county. From northeast to southwest these are named:
Fox River
Upper Little Fox River North Wyaconda River South Wyaconda river Bear Creek- this watershed includes South Gorin (South Gorin was once called Gorin, but the name was changed.) North Fabius River- this watershed includes Memphis and Rutledge Tobin Creek Upper Middle Fabius River
A history of the names of the Fabius River:
Fabiane
Fabian Fabin Ferbien Fabba Faba Faby Fabius The North Fabius River is 105 miles long, having its source in southern Iowa. It joins the Middle and South Fabius Rivers, and for only a few miles is it one River, the Fabius, before it empties into the Mississippi near West Quincy. Our bodies are 60% water; our brains, 70%. There are rivers within us, flowing from our hearts, sending branches to the neck and head, the arms, the legs, in ever smaller channels, then regrouping reforming, flowing together, up again and to the heart.
I speak of Water, which always seeks the lowest place.
[At this point the speaker raises a glass of water and pours a bit onto the ground.] Water [light, soft] voice: I am poured out! I fall to the ground. Harsh voice: You have been brought low; you suffer defeat! Water voice: I know nothing of defeat. I am taking the shape of your sandal. Harsh voice: I tread upon you! Water voice: There is dirt here; I have made a bit of mud. Mud has now stuck to your sandal. There are seeds here. I can help them grow. Just so is Water, flowing ever lower, yet wearing away rocks, bringing forth life.
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