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Onondaga to the Caledonia dam. Of the layered history below our villages and fields, where the long-buried bones of the vanished Attawandaron people lie "lost-tongued and quiet." These stories are taken from life. Some are rooted in the last twenty or thirty years while others look to a deeper past. One takes the form of a memorable poem. All are short, but all are written by people who care about what they are saying. And because these stories are told with clarity and sincerity, there's a good chance you will find something here that matters to you too. --John Bemrose Giller Prize nominated author of The Island Walkers and The Last Woman xiii