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Ames woman has spiritual connection to the land By Sara JordanHeintz Contributing Writer
12 | FACETS | JUNE 2020
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aitlin Wendigo self-describes as “hippy dippy.” Since her childhood days, she’s had a spiritual connection to animals and nature. By day, she works as a tattoo artist at Heroic Ink in Ames. In her downtown, she relishes spending time outdoors with her family, interacting with the plants and creatures that inhabit her 7-acre property in rural Ames. A native of Dayton, a small town in Webster County, she recalls spending her adolescence on her grandparents’ farm. “They’re the reason why I love nature. I called my grandparents ‘Grandma and Grandpa Garden,’” she said with a laugh. Visitors to her home will find her pet pig Pua grazing all day long. Wendigo said she would soon be adding chickens to the mix of creatures that roam her land. “I have a different take on it all. As humans,
TATTOO ARTIST CAITLIN WENDIGO RELISHES THE TIME SHE SPENDS OUTDOORS TAKING IN THE SIGHTS, SOUNDS AND SMELLS OF NATURE, ON HER 7-ACRE PROPERTY OUTSIDE OF AMES. PHOTO BY SARA JORDAN-HEINTZ
