Leslie's sister Shelley either gave Leslie a copy of or told her to buy Terry Tempest William’s “Refuge: An Unnatural History of Family and Place,” a book relating to the Bear River Wildlife Refuge on the Great Salt Lake as well as to her family. It is a 1992 edition, long before anything we have been dealing with recently.
The book was behind a bunch of other stuff (some CDs, our camera, etc.) on a bookcase, so I doubt that Leslie has looked at it recently.
However, Leslie had marked the cover of the book “pg 178” in her handwriting before it wound up where I found it.
This is the entirety of page 178 – which is absolutely marvelous.
“I am slowly, painfully discovering that my refuge is not found in my mother, my grandmother, or even the birds of Bear River. My refuge exists in my capacity to love. If I can learn to love death then I can begin to find refuge in change.”
Bill Marcus June 3, 2012
