Intimacy

  • The Island 15

    Renate awakens to the call of the Rose-vine tattoo. Remembering the first encounter with the Monks in The Order of the Rose, she begins to feel the beckoning call of the cave.

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  • The Island 12

    Renate and David begin the hunt for colored crystals to grind for pottery glaze. They find a waterfall in the forest upstream from the kiln, as they suspected.

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  • The Island 7

    Renate and David decide to build a bed for their hut. The begin to slowly transition from island camping to living at home on the island one amenity at a time.

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  • The Island 4

    I learned to look more upon the bright side of my condition, and less upon the dark side, and to consider what I enjoyed, rather than what I wanted -Daniel Defoe, Robinson Crusoe The frame of the pole house stood steady and straight against the late afternoon sky. The stilts were sunk deep in the…

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  • The Island 3

    Renate and David begin clearing the land. The hot day and har work sends them to the cold stream to cool off and consider their next move.

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  • In the afternoon, we returned from working in the forest or with the crops and animals, and we both went to the spillway, where Anne would pour the water over me while I wiped the dirt and sweat away.

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