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Stone Sanctuary, Chapter 3: Living on fractured schist

    In the hills above Fairbanks, the frostline goes down about four feet in the winter, so septic systems have to be buried more than four feet. a bit of a daunting task. In researching how to replace an aging septic system last year, I learned that we live on “fractured schist.” This geological underlayment is a continual poetic and…

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Stone Sanctuary, Chapter 2: “Often the hands will solve a mystery that the intellect has struggled with in vain.”

  Not only is it a mystery to me of why the Stone Sanctuary needs to be built, but it is also it is also a mystery as to how my hands find the stones that fit. There is no conscious process of choosing to look for a stone with certain dimensions and angles —…