For “Wonderful Windings” two of us went to the banks of the Delaware River near Washington Crossing, which is threatened by Penn East’s applications for a massive pipeline in the vicinity. We chose a site where there were many human and dog footprints in the mud. We talked about how the river is a force of its own, not to be controlled by an individual. We told each other about experiences we had in the river when we experienced its extreme force. As we reflected on the river water, a dead fish floated past. We built a bird on top of the deepest footprints, from garbage found on the site including a large piece of styrofoam, a muddy flag, sticks and leaves. We lay the golden yarn on the back of the bird in a meandering wave line.