with the kind direction of barefoot ted and some scrap leather and rubber, i made these huaraches
based on the indigenous design of the rarámuri (tarahumara) — some of the greatest people and runners of the world.
in canyons of northern méxico, in shoes similar to these, the rarámuri practice the art of distance running.
sometimes running for days on end, sometimes running deer down to exhaustion,
most often running with joy, love, and compassion.
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a sudden spark of inspiration on two spirit bodies that refuse to resist love’s gravitational pull has put us here: running - running for peace, love and light. running for life, land and dust. running for you and running for us. running for one and running for all!!
Rebekah and I are running the Chicago Marathon on October 11. We have pledged to raise $1000 for Fundación Mazahua, a not for profit organization working to better the lives of a group indigenous people in central México known as the Mazahua . Help us help them. Any donation you can give would be greatly appreciated. This money will go to helping them build and maintain a clinic and a prickly pear cactus farm.
Donations would be best given to us directly. Contact us, we can go pick it up, or drop it off at Rebekah’s place of work at The Unicorn Cafe in Evanston. If that is unfeasible, you can send it to us by mail or paypal.
Checks can be made out to: Daniel Escutia or Rebekah Albert
Send cash or checks to: 801 John St., Bensenville, IL 60106
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wounded. I have this wound on my hand. Yesterday morning around 5:30 a.m., I sliced my right hand just below my pinky on the lid of a can of tuna.
The great blessings that are my friends came into work early, as well as drove me to the hospital, where my wound was cleaned/sanitized, numbed (although it was already numb), stitched closed with three sutures, and finally bandaged. a few hours later the anaesthesia wore off and an achey pain set in, this deep sort of soreness, exhaustion in the palm of my hand. There is also a sensitive and surprise in the knuckle at the base of my pinky. My pinky finger, particularly the outside edge of it, is still numb and hot. and I wonder…
will this finger forever have a different experiences of experiences? will it feel differently? will it move differently? will this be something changed in my life- the relationship of my pinky to the rest of the world? or will this shock slash potential nerve damage be something that heals slowly at the rate it does?
Hmm…typing is a curious exercise for me? I am considering it practice in the getting to know my new pinky and the ways in which it experiences the world.
In seven to ten days, I can have my stiches removed. phew. I experience feelings of shame and anger for being what my mind says was so careless. slash amazing circumstances.
amazing to me how these things happen. How I can spend days and nights and hours and car rides worrying about what might happen, and how when things do happen they happen, and all of the worrying only served to drain my spirit and limit my presence in a situation. An important thing for me to remember, I think.
I am curious to see and be with my body as it heals. what the process might be like. to the newness of experiences–
