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In reply to the discussion: Hopi Message [View all]H2O Man
(73,536 posts)that is very kind of you.
I just went for a walk. Not a long walk. I drove a bit, and then followed an old abandoned railroad bed into some woods. I turned off onto a deer path, and followed it to a plateau. Many years ago -- somewhere between 35 and 100 -- I had found a carved stone there, what is commonly called a "paint pot." On the inside, long ago, an Indian woman had carved a sun rise. So I go back there to think when the opportunity arises. I came across a pottery shard from the late woodland phase, along with a nutting stone and some flint pre-forms.
Upon my return to my vehicle, I noticed a man in a large truck sitting nearby, scowling at me. He had a large American flag painted on his truck. The closer I got, the more evident it was that he was staring at me in an unfriendly way. So I smiled and waved to him. He hesitated a bit, and finally waved back at me.