..., with the towns of Krasnoborsk Cherevkova, which have some of the best-preserved examples of late nineteenth-century merchant houses in the North, and then to historic settlements along the northern reaches of the Dvina. It concludes with another village near the Arctic Circle, Kimzha—one of the most distinctive...

...The Pachamama Circle Describes a dream that Rachel had just after her mother was diagnosed with diabetes. In the dream, a number of Pachamamas (Spiritwomen) of all colors/races are standing together, and the white one is protecting Rosemarie from harm. Rosemarie loves the idea...

... the way in which African American women have, over generations of necessity, developed a perceptiveness about danger and have learned (like Pachamamas) to draw circles of protection around all who need it. Rosemarie’s mother, Mama Freeney, asserted that there were many “Harriet Tubmans” during slavery...