Once there was an Eden:

once there was an Eden, and this was home, earth, not a far place to one day attain but immediate in its presence. We were never asked to leave, belonging here, and our only task was to honor what was so freely given, to care for the holiness of land and the bounty that it offered. This was the garden of God and considered so due to our communication with the land, everything sacred, speaking to us of healing and nourishment, what plants, roots, and fruit to…