Following is a post from the Rainbows.

One moon has gone by since we left to be on our own. Two moons since we have been part of nature.

We don’t have a clock–we have sun and the moon.

We don’t need shampoo–the lake makes our hair so soft.

We can drink wild water.

Our nails we cut with our knife.

Toilet paper has grown since our first moons. Leaves, sphagnum moss.

We realize how interesting every day tasks are here! Sometimes if I sit under a tree for a little bit out in the wilderness, a bird, who doesn’t see me, sits close to me and I can watch it while I sit there. Or a little spider comes to say hello.

We don’t miss salt–our meals taste so good without it.

In our heart we are so thankful to be here–to have the possibility to live one turn of the seasons in the wilderness.

We have time to look to the sky, the clouds.

I have time to climb trees, how long it has been since the last time I’ve done that. It felt so wonderful to sit at the top of a big tree!

We cook on open fire. The eggs, too. Or we cook with hot stones.

A few of us have made spoons and bowls that we use now.

We sharpen our knives with flat stones.

With roots, we make rope.

We dug deep holes for our food-pit, to store food in, and it stays really cold in there.

We enjoy this primitive life. We have all we really need. This is luxury for us. This is, for us, modern life. We are so happy to not have to sit in front of a computer or in a car or use a phone. Don’t have to go shopping, or hear the news.

Migwech