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You must enter the river as you entered life: with eyes focused on the journey. Would we choose life if we were looking only at its destination? asks the otter as he entrusts the elf to rapids he has never dared attempt himself. Intrigued by a dream, an aging elf adventures beyond the meadow creek he has called home since being sent into the wilderness as an orphan. Driven by insatiable curiosity, he sets off with only the words of a nursery rhyme to direct him: If ever you're lost in confusion, Turn to the creek and its flow: Meandering, falling through gorge, Through desert, in drought, or in snow. Step forth with a stride quick and steady. Trust guidance to come as you go. Its course from the crest of the Rockies to the vast Pacific leads him through a colorful spectrum of lives and deaths of roadrunners that heal and hummingbird historians, a halfling and a blundering alchemist, both empathic and aggressive cacti, an effete bullfrog and a giggling mama bear. The lyrical prose builds till the Deepest Longing we each carry calls his heart Homeward. Learn the ways of water and glimpse the biodiversity of our spectacular American West. Join the ever-changing dance of creek and elf as they pass among a delightful contingent of creatures who have lessons for Rowan's ebbing life . . . and perhaps yours. PRAISE FOR WHERE FLOWS THE CREEK by David Colin Carr A cult classic. Nancy London, co-author of Our Bodies, Our Selves Rich imagery to be enjoyed in small bites . . . like chocolate. Rev. Jane Bronson A charming, untraditional introduction to the realms of aging and dying and death. L James Johnson, author of The Jesus Principle Exquisite, precious, pure delight. Connie Clark, author of Joy After 50: A Woman's Guide But elves don't die! Elizabeth Pomada, literary agent.

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David Colin Carr is a curious halfling who's been trying to reach Home since his first step. His picaresque trajectory is cluttered with editing clients and writing students because he loves to turn folks on to the power of clear writing and its potential for magic. He intended this book to introduce children to the beauty of the many biotic zones of a creek as it seeks sea level, but he relinquished his will to Rowan's the morning the elf set him adrift in a flood of words. He rides life with that level of trust. David also teaches and writes about both practical and psychospiritual aspects of Aging and Dying for anyone curious about those mysteries. He counsels clients in finding a current beneath their assumptions, so they can engage their personal wisdom about how to live and how to die. He lives in a quiet backwater of San Francisco Bay looking forward to the Ultimate Adventure.

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