One Native Life

The sublime moments in life are like the first push of light against the lip of a mountain. You watch that pink climb higher becoming brighter, slipping into magenta, then orange, and then into the crisp, hard yellow of morning. As the light changes, you can forget the pink that drew your eye, and it's on mornings when you see it again that you recall how it touched you, altered things for you, gave you cause to celebrate.

This book was born in the hush of mornings.

From One Native Life by Richard Wagamese 2008. Published by Douglas & McIntyre.