Fingerprints on a Mountaintop

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November/December 1981
by Louise Todd Cope and Don Willcox  
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On April 1, 1980, 14 months after we received land title, we moved in with a celebration for the house . . . complete with cake, song, and champagne sprinkled on each of the three thresholds.

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There is so very little in this life that two human beings can accomplish in concert. Structures are the giant fingerprints of those who build them. In creating our personal environment, we were striving for such a fingerprint, the mark of a sensitive touch.

There are more than a dozen bluebirds living on top of our hill. We talk to them. Sometimes it seems as if we recognize each other for what we are . . . endangered species.

EDITOR'S NOTE: Don Willcox was the leader of MOTHER's recent Scandinavian Crafts Tour (turn to the articles on pages 67 arid 84 for a glimpse of some of the trip's highlights). His New Design in Crafts series (including Vol. 1—Ceramics, Vol. 2—Stitchery, Vol. 3—Weaving, and Vol. 5—Jewelry) is published by Van Nostrand Reinhold Company, 1969, at $6.95 each. Don's Modern Leather Design (Watson Guptill Publishers, 1970) Costs $16.50.

Mr. Willcox's delightful book of poems, If I Can Taste Your Brussels Sprouts, You Can Taste My Leek, is available directly from the author (Dept. TMEN, Box 1, Penland, North Carolina 28765) for $20, as is Don's and Louise Todd Cope's new book, Two Craftsmen, Two Perspectives ($1.0). Both of these prices include shipping and handling.

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