The spot that called me home from Belgium

Posted on December 14, 2009 by Eric Francis
The Grandmother Land during a Leo Moon. Photo by Eric Francis.

The Grandmother Land during a Leo Moon. Photo by Francis Skunk Mouse. Fire tended by Amanda Painter.

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4 Responses to The spot that called me home from Belgium

  1. Eric Francis Eric Francis says:
    December 16, 2009 at 12:29 pm

    That would be called Adverse Possession.

    Quiet title is any action designed to settle who owns what. Here is the story. it will take about 45 minutes to read two or three times necessary to sort it out. It took me months to research and fully one month to write, doing it over again every day.

    http://planetwaves.net/pirates.html

  2. Lesley says:
    December 16, 2009 at 5:29 am

    Thanks, that’s a really nice story of listening and observing so that you end up in the right place. Is quiet title litigation where action is taken to assume ownership for lack of use on the part of owners?

  3. Eric Francis Eric Francis says:
    December 15, 2009 at 3:33 pm

    Well, I had spent a lot of time here, learning and growing. It was the first forest I adopted or that adopted me. I had a relationship focused on this land wherein I learned how to live compersion. That summer I met the owner, Mike Fink (and Dakota, the doberman), while I was “trespassing” one day and remain the one and only trespasser to be invited back; Karen and Michael became like family. Right before my first extended visit to Europe I did one of my best investigative pieces, about how Mohonk Preserve is constantly trying to steal the property using quiet title litigation. I then got that into the New York Times. And on and on and on. So my relationship involves the land and the people and the story of the land in equal measure, but as time goes on the fully independent nature of my experience and relationship to that land is the core. Between 1998 and 2007 I visited a dozen countries and lived in five of them and was always looking for a home; for the right place to be. So it was good to have a homing signal.

  4. Lesley says:
    December 15, 2009 at 2:30 pm

    This reminds me of the film “Into the Wild”, so it makes me feel a little anxious – the ending of that film really bothered me! Eric, if you have a moment, I’d love to hear of your experience of being called by this land. I’ve heard of stories of people not wanting to leave countries and of feeling home when they come to a particular place. Was it similar to that?

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