News: October 24, 2006. Chapter 3 from the summer of 1994 is now online--the first chapter completed in almost four years.
Preface:
I
begin this labor of love not merely to describe my life, nor merely my
life in my beloved Yellowstone, but also to tell the tale of the complex
being of Yellowstone. She is to be known in this story not only as a geographical
logcation, but as an intricate web of relationships--relationships which
include animals, plants, land, water, people, and the magic which binds
it together.
Tonight, a message from an old
friend of mine named Diana McDonnell was left on my answering machine. She
and I had several bonding days and evenings in Yellowstone, an important
part of my tale of the being of Yellowstone. I love my friend Diana dearly,
and I hope the little bit of Yellowstone that she left on my phone this
evening transforms itself as I try to convey Wonderland.
Jim Macdonald,
Seattle, Washington
July 5, 1997
Introduction:
What
brought me to her gates1/4/98
Summer
1993: a new world, earliest
impressions,ACMNP, working for Ham's, my friendship with Price, late night
adventures, the Young Romantics
Summer
1994: having a car, the
dream and tragedy of the Young Romantics, aka. first girlfriend, ministry,
my many friends, Christmas in Yellowstone and theater
Summer
1995: Loree, how a summer
in which activity was lower was still fulfilling, Kym, etc.
Summer
1996: working with Loree,
sharing Wonderland, a hitchhiking adventure to remember, another stellar
year
Summer
1998: the extended honeymoon,
the pursuit for waterfalls and a chronicle of the Park, perhaps goodbye
for a long long time?
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