Josh. Me and him singing along to some music which we were listening to.
Some people from other countries playing the music. He has confidence
to make jokes to them and talk in funny accents.
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I'm in the countryside around coed.
I am flying above the
landscape, or seeing a map. Tom has told me where these new burial
chambers are, with these ancient remains of settlements.
I scan
the landscape for them and see them clearly in the fields. Bumps and
circles. I am particularly noticing how they align up to specific
directions. One burial chamber is in direct north South alignment with a
long house chamber. I know it must be because of the mid winter sun.
I
go down onto the land to check it out. By a community center I meet
this black lady who is disabled. She asks me if I'm any good at massage.
I say I can give it a go. So I give her some cushions to get
comfortable and she sits down and I work on her shoulders.
She
has great trouble with her legs and hands. They never formed properly
so they are stunted in growth. She can't walk. She shows me how she had
to have this special treatment on her fingers to make them bigger so
that they would be more useful. It involved wearing rings that would
expand them.
Sunday, 8 December 2019
New burial chambers
Labels:
ancient landscapes,
burial chambers,
community,
disability,
healing,
medicine
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