Medicine and Miracles in the High Desert - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Medicine and Miracles in the High Desert write by Erica M. Elliott. This book was released on 2021-11-09. Medicine and Miracles in the High Desert available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. • Details the author’s time living with the Navajo people as a teacher, sheepherder, and doctor and her profound experiences with the people, animals, and spirits • Shows how she learned the Navajo language to bridge the cultural divide • Reveals the miracles she witnessed, including her own miracle when the elders prayed for healing of a tumor on her neck • Shares her fearsome encounters with a mountain lion and a shape-shifting “skin walker” and how she fulfilled a prophecy by returning as a doctor In 1971, Erica Elliott arrived on the Navajo Reservation as a newly minted schoolteacher, knowing nothing about her students or their culture. After a discouraging first week, she almost leaves in despair, unable to communicate with the children or understand cultural cues. But once she starts learning the language, the people begin to trust her, welcoming her into their homes and their hearts. As she is drawn into the mystical world of Navajo life, she has a series of profound experiences with the people, animals, and spirits of Canyon de Chelly that change her life forever. In this compelling memoir, the author details her time living with the Navajo, the Diné people, and her experiences with their enchanting land, healing ceremonies, and rich traditions. She shares how her love for her students transformed her life as well as the lives of the children. She reveals the miracles she witnessed during this time, including her own miracle when the elders prayed for healing of a tumor on her neck. She survives fearsome encounters with a mountain lion and a shape-shifting “skin walker.” She learns how to herd sheep, make fry bread, and weave traditional rugs, experiencing for herself the life of a traditional Navajo woman. Fulfilling a Navajo grandmother’s prophecy, the author returns years later to serve the Navajo people as a medical doctor in an underfunded clinic, delivering numerous babies and treating sick people day and night. She also reveals how, when a medicine man offers to thank her with a ceremony, more miracles unfold. Sharing her life-changing deep dive into Navajo culture, Erica Elliott’s inspiring story reveals the transformation possible from immersion in a spiritually rich culture as well as the power of reaching out to others with joy, respect, and an open heart.
High Desert
High Desert - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook High Desert write by Kim Douglas. This book was released on 2009. High Desert available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Deeply moving memoir with a holistic approach to overcome the effects of growing up in a severely abusive home.
Santa Fe Modern
Santa Fe Modern - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Santa Fe Modern write by Helen Thompson. This book was released on 2021-11-09. Santa Fe Modern available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. First survey of modernist and contemporary architecture and interiors in the richly layered architectural history of Santa Fe Santa Fe Modern reveals the high desert landscape as an ideal setting for bold, abstracted forms of modernist houses. Wide swaths of glass, deep-set portals, long porches, and courtyards allow vistas, color, and light to become integral parts of the very being of a house, emboldening a way to experience a personal connection to the desert landscape. The architects featured draw from the New Mexican architectural heritage--they use ancient materials such as adobe in combination with steel and glass, and they apply this language to the proportions and demands exacted by today's world. The houses they have designed are confident examples of architecture that is particular to the New Mexico landscape and climate, and yet simultaneously evoke the rigorous expressions of modernism. The vigor and the allure of modern art and architecture hearten each other in a way that is visible and exciting, and this book demonstrates the synergistic relationship between art, architecture, and the land.
Messages from the High Desert
Messages from the High Desert - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Messages from the High Desert write by Clint Swink. This book was released on 2003-08-01. Messages from the High Desert available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle.
Growing Food in the High Desert Country
Growing Food in the High Desert Country - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Growing Food in the High Desert Country write by Julie Behrend Weinberg. This book was released on 1985. Growing Food in the High Desert Country available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. This book is a comprehensive gardening book for the high desert regions with emphasis on growing vegetables. The author also discusses various aspects of fruit tree culture in the high desert and drought-tolerant perennials, shrubs and tress.
