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Distinctly Montana Gal Spring 2014

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D I S T I N C T L Y M O N T A N A S P R I N G | 2 0 1 4 2 4 Gal molly's note: I wrote the map of enough because the question "What is enough?" wouldn't leave me alone—everyone seemed to be asking it, including me. As a woman just entering her 30's, I wanted to reconcile my childhood abroad with my current life in Montana. Living in our handmade yurt on The Land, 107 acres owned by my family, forced open my senses—and, with that, my husband, Chris, and I learned about ourselves, each other, and what it means to begin to allow a place to teach you. The section below takes place halfway through the book. We are building a garden. I am feel- ing, for the first time, invested somewhere—but still confused about that feeling. The white picket fence girl is the younger me who actually did want a home. Excerpt copyright ©2014 by Molly May from The Map of Enough . Reprinted by permission of Counterpoint. molly caro may is a writer and teacher of place-based writing workshops. Her writing had appeared in orion , Salon , and Fourth Genre , among others. Learn more at www. mollycaromay.com appearances: March 18th Country Bookshelf, Bozeman May 6th Shakespeare & Co, Missoula June 10th Elk River Books, Livingston t h e m a p o f e n o u g h b y m o l l y c a r o m a y

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