We Are Deer Kin

Published: April 18, 2024, 9:55 a.m.

We are Witches. We are deer kin, and we make our homes in a place called The Edge. \nDeer live on the boundaries, the borderlands, making a home for themselves in the places between worlds - the spaces between the wilderness and the man-made. It\u2019s the habitat known as the edge where farms meet the forest and backyards meet the backwoods. \nWhat happens, Witches, when we take the fence down? When we look at our world from the vantage point of the deer\u2019s path? What happens when we take down the fence that we\u2019ve built between the human and non-human worlds and recognize ourselves as kin? \n\n"Each hoof of each animal makes the sign of a heart as it touches then lifts away from the ground." -Mary Oliver\n"I saw my garden through a deer\u2019s eyes. The whole world became my garden. I decided to take the fence down." -Mayumi Oda\n\nwww.missingwitches.com/we-are-deer-kin/