Buffalo Dreamer: A Lifetime of Wilderness Vigils
A Memoir by Annie Bloom
Buffalo Dreamer is a memoir about a remarkable woman’s lifelong relationship to the land and the Wilderness Vigils she undertook that shaped her life. This memoir was born from Annie Bloom’s deep love and lament for our world, and is a lighthouse for anyone seeking deeper connection to the sacred ground we live on. In her simple, delicious language, Annie Bloom’s stories bless us; they place a spell on us; and lift our spirit towards a fully embodied life.
Each chapter in Buffalo Dreamer weaves us through Annie's life and tells a story of her twelve wilderness vigils, exploring her life through deep Earth ceremony. Through her stories, Annie gently teaches us how we can develop a relationship to the land and find our natural residence within ourselves and our communities–by curling up to the other-than-human world, by playing the musical instrument of our being, and by letting ourselves make beauty from our grief.
Annie never says ‘Do this,’ but rather shows us there is a great expanse of possibility where everything can deeply matter, and sacred wisdom is available to each of us.