Book 2 · Camp Mindfulness
Camp Mindfulness
The sacred site has become a hard-won home. Blue pinyons have taken root. Music has returned. Yet an unanswered suggestion — and a shadow on the wing — draws Tina and Roxanne’s attention back toward the Creosote Wash.
Out of the wisdom learned through their eventful journey, Tina and Roxanne establish Camp Mindfulness — their life’s work: a place of togetherness and refuge where a new culture of peacefulness takes root. Queen could dominate a rattlesnake; her desire is to pursue a clearer way of living with her fellow creatures. Flood and rescue test the camp. Old stone remembers more than one epoch. And within the camp, creatures learn to understand the true meaning of survival.
Camp Mindfulness continues the trilogy with warmth, light suspense, and the quiet power of belonging.
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From Chapter Ten — Tina and King race for help after finding Jasper trapped. About two minutes. The words match the narration.
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Tina slid herself back through the gap and made her way up through the rocks. She emerged from the pile to find King red-eyed and teary.
“I thought you were gone, but you’re here, and well — right?” said King.
“Yes, I’m fine,” said Tina. “Jasper needs help. There are thousands of pounds of rock all around him; he is trapped. We have to get help. There’s not much time.”
The companions headed back to the canyon opening where they had entered. This time Tina was riding on King like an elephant captain. There were many loose rocks as the pair made their way down the mountainside. Within a short time, they reached the sandstone backcountry. They made their way through the passages between the massive boulders that sat in the valley leading to the vista point where Tina and Roxanne had come upon the first beaming shell on the cliff above the trail. Tina thought there might be a good chance that the bighorn herd had gone there to rest.
When they reached the vista point, Tina stood looking over the desert below and the trail leading up the Mountain. There seemed to be movement below. Tina beckoned King over to take a look, since his eyes were much better at seeing in the distance. King looked in the direction where Tina thought she had seen movement.
“Yes, that’s a herd of bighorns,” said King. “I think they’re grazing on scrub alongside the trail. We had better move if we’re going to catch them before they move on.”
Tina mounted back up on King’s head, holding onto one of his large ears as she looked out. Tina could see that the herd was about to move down the trail. King was trotting now, dodging limbs that might knock Tina from her perch.
“Do you think the bighorns will help us?” asked Tina. “They are very cautious creatures, even untrusting, I have heard.”
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