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Remembering the Path of the Wayfinder

Essays, Teachings, and Reflections for the seasons we are all navigating, plus Tools and Techniques to Remember the Way.

A painted river in high summer where Lucia Zenteno sits combing the water back out of her long black hair with a mesquite comb, her iguana beside her, fish and otters streaming back into the riverbed while villagers watch with lowered heads.

The Woman Who Outshone the Sun

A Zapotec legend of the river and radical hospitality — table-theater scripts, silk dye crafting, water table verses and parent reflections.

A painted shallow shore at midday, wet sand mirroring the sky in pearl, blue and rose, children moving through the tideline with their reflections doubling them.

Down by the Sea

Storytelling and craft workshop, with video recordings and audios

A painted field of ripening wheat under a heavy midsummer sky, the grain moving in one long slow wave with poppies scattered through, children walking a narrow track through the middle of it.

July

Storytelling with video tutorials, recordings and audios

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Fellow Wayfinder…

My name is Melanie, and my work is helping women navigate their lives by their own True North — through Seed & Scholaria and the Twelve Living Houses™.

I hope you find something here worth returning to.

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