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Wolf House

JUNE 4, 2008

Friends Annie ([In My Dreams](http://inmidreamz.blogspot.com/)) and husband Don
came for a day visit...

First lunch...
then off to Jack London State Park,
where we stepped back into time...
into golden rolling hills
and the blue branched skies
of Beauty Ranch...

Wandering, we witness stone voices
still singing
of hopes and dreams...
sacred ground
forever tumbling into majestic redwoods...

Finding our way to the ruins
of Jack and wife Charmaine's dream home...
destroyed by fire
just weeks before it's final construction completed,
in 1913...

We follow the memories...
Into turrets...
and over thresholds...
where ghosts of the past
gaze once more into their reflections...

Wandering, we witness stone voices
still singing
of hopes and dreams...
sacred ground
forever tumbling into majestic redwoods
emblazoned in
the California afternoon sun...

Tumbled rock...
time opens
through stone arches
and light pours
through shadows...
illuminating
history and stories
confused,
misunderstood,
and not seen
in Day Lilies
that still open in spring
despite
the cauldron of fire
that sparked dreams...
in the Valley of the Moon.

Lea Goode-Harris
April 18, 2002
Published in Valley of the Moon
Natural History Association Newsletter
Moonletter ~ July 2002

Note: Jack London passed away three years after the burning of Wolf House in 1916. They say that the fire and destruction of their dream home broke his heart and he died believing that the fire was intentional and in retaliation for his political leanings... In 1995, a forensic team of arson experts found that the cause of the blaze was actually at the main fireplace, where workmen had been cleaning the wood paneling and left a small pile of rags soaked in linseed oil.

Twenty-Seven Turns Around the Sun

By Lea Goode-Harris • 15 Mar, 2024

twenty-seven turns around and around the sun the moon smiles as well

The Retiring of a Labyrinth

By Lea Goode-Harris • 05 Aug, 2023

Labyrinths provide us with a path to practice change. Some labyrinths have withstood the passage of time for thousands of years. Others are here for just an afternoon, drawn in the sand at the edge of the ocean. Many modern labyrinths were meant to last for years, but because of unforeseen circumstances their time is shorter than intended. And they once again help us to practice letting go and giving thanks for the time they are with us. The Labyrinth of Life at the Sebastopol, California Teen Center reached such place of letting go and is at the end of one chapter and the beginning of another chapter that is yet unknown.

Making A Three Circuit Labyrinth

By Lea Goode-Harris • 05 Aug, 2023

Sometimes... a labyrinth can take years to become a physical reality. In 2018 I met with my friend Deb, to discuss her desire to have a labyrinth on the beautiful land she lives on. Despite our plans and several meetings, listening to the land and finding the right spot, the labyrinth did not come to fruition. Fast-forward five years and in the blink of an eye... it happened!