Rita di Ghent: Blog

so very, very content on the eve of my birthday...i feel as though i'm in a dream..started the day striking out to Unity, Sask to find my grandfather's homestead...with leads and help from many wonderful people around here was soon standing on the land my grandfather proved and where my father was born and i stood on the foundation of the burnt down school where my father went and i was made a gift of an artifact from the ruins...i squeezed my ancestors' soil through my fingers and drunk in the intoxicating smell of the wolf willows...later a walk along the beach near the reserve and a full-moonlight drive back to the farm...now relaxing and drinking tea and eating a slice of saskatoon berry pie...what a perfect birthday...sigh...