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GINA<br />
(Nostalgic and excited. She walks around the space as she speaks)<br />
Look at this place…an “oasis of serenity”… that’s what my grandfather<br />
used to say. You know, there have been so many times over the last<br />
six months when chaos was the order of the day… and in my mind, I<br />
retreated to this wonderful cabin… refreshing my soul!<br />
(She extends her arm to him and he takes it and spins her into<br />
him like a ballroom dancer. She ends up facing the audience with<br />
her back to his chest. He wraps his arms around her, glowingly<br />
happy to have her in his arms and to hear her voice.)<br />
GINA<br />
(Calm. Happy. With her eyes closed)<br />
I used to love coming out here in the summer… In the fifth grade, I<br />
stayed until labor day!… My grandparents would come by our house<br />
and pick me up and I knew the next few weeks would be magical!…On<br />
weekends, my parents would come out or if dad had to work, he’d stay in<br />
Flagstaff and mom would join us…I loved to hear the sound of the wind<br />
all around me and the way it touched my skin…And how grandpa always<br />
had a story about this old cabin…either one I’d heard a million times before<br />
or a completely new one…He’d tell me how his own father labored<br />
to built it…or the funny story about how an antelope wandered in one<br />
day for breakfast as if he owned the place… or how he was overcome<br />
with happiness the day he and grandma were married here…during<br />
a sunset ceremony outside…<br />
(Casually breaking away, opening her eyes and looking<br />
at the audience. Sort of in a trance)<br />
Or how Navajo warriors once used this land… coming here after battles<br />
for their own post-war retreats… “to cleanse their spirits”…(Pause)…<br />
(Now Happy, looking at him) But we have our own memories here don’t we?
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