Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. CONTENTS vii
3. Foreword: Daughter’s Précis ix
4. 1. (the light) 1
5. I. Ground
6. 2. Rye’s Rites 5
7. 3. Grandma Rye 9
8. 4. There Was a Tree in Starkville... 15
9. 5. Daddy’s Mark 21
10. 6. Joe Daniels: 24
11. 7. The Side of the Road 29
12. 8. Papa’s Girl 32
13. II. North
14. 9. Snow and Spring in Woodlawn 41
15. 10. Shirley Darden 52
16. 11. Brother Bud’s Death 54
17. 12. Death, Dreams, and Secrecy: 57
18. 13. Seasons 63
19. 14. Elegant Cousins and Original Beauty 66
20. 15. Warmth 71
21. 16. Altgeld Gardens 75
22. 17. Hot Rolls 82
23. 18. Looking for Work 92
24. 19. The Nursing Test 96
25. 20. In Loco Parentis 97
26. 21. Mama Freeney and the Haints 107
27. 22. Height 113
28. 23. Hospitality, Haints, and Healing: 117
29. 24. Mennonite House in Atlanta 127
30. 25. The Next-Door Neighbor 137
31. 26. Traveling for the Movement 140
32. 27. Koinonia Farm: 144
33. 28. A Radical Compassion: 155
34. 29. A Song in the Time of Dying: 163
35. 30. The Blood House 165
36. 31. Spirit and Struggle: 168
37. IV. The Dharamsala Notebook
38. 32. Sunrise after Delhi 179
39. 33. The Dharamsala Notebook I 182
40. 34. The Dharamsala Notebook II 194
41. V. Bunting
42. 35. The Bunting 199
43. 36. The Workshops and Retreats: 217
44. VI. The Pachamama Circle
45. 37. Pachamama Circle I: 227
46. 38. Pachamama Circle II: 231
47. 39. Pachamama Circle III: 237
48. 40. Mama and the Gods 241
49. AfterWords
50. 41. Fugida: 243
51. 42. Class Visits: 247
52. 43. A Little Wind 265
53. 44. (the Call) 268
54. Appendix: Rosemarie’s Genealogies 271
55. Acknowledgments 283
56. Index 287