The first time I encountered a human body in the earth was at an archaeological excavation I dug at in Transylvania. Delicately cleaning the dirt off of another human being who lived 600 years before me left me in genuflecting respect of the great loves that led to this person being so gingerly placed within a wooden coffin, supine and facing north. My entire career trajectory has been shaped by holding each of the individual fingers of this very loved personβs hand. If youβd like to get involved with an archaeological dig, you could try shovelbums.org.
