a Novel by Marilee Manz

Author: mleeadmin (Page 3 of 6)

Rising water

In June of 2013, Southern Alberta experienced a massive flood. This was due to heavy snowfall in the mountains melting in Spring, and torrential rains combining to saturate the earth and overflow creeks and rivers. The Bow and Elbow rivers in Calgary were major centers of destruction. The flood water destroyed everything in its path and travel in the city was halted as you could not safely drive over many bridges. After moving to safety, all Calgarians could do was watch.

Cliff of the Dawn

Isla Mujeres, or the Island of Women, is a small island off Cancun. By the temple of Ix Chel, it is the eastern most point in Mexico called the Cliff of the Dawn.

 

Don’t look down

Climbing up is easy, but when you come down you have to concentrate on your feet and nowhere else. If you stop to look around, then your fear will keep you stuck. This temple in Uxmal appears to go straight up with sharp pointed stairs.

Watch what you eat

Once you are a diabetic you never look at food and eating the same way. It’s carbs, fat and proteins. Fiber and sugars and sweeteners.  Timing  and coming up and coming down and avoiding the lows. Nothing goes mindlessly into your mouth again.

Dance until Dawn

Cheryl is a ballroom dancer who has taken many lessons in the past, and in Entering the West  she returns to the studio.

Dance is also very important to the Indigenous people of the Americas, past and present, from the prairie nations and their secret societies to the Maya whose Kings danced at ceremonies of accession and religious meaning.

The  Mexican site Palenque has many stucco figures adorning its temples; including this one of the King Pakal dancing which you can find on the Palace.

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