

“being the loudest on earth’s playground
doesn’t make us any more important than
the dirt we crush beneath our feet
we are nothing except air
and fire and water and soil
we are a people
who forget what we are made of
a people who talk about the weather
as if it’s mundane and not magic
as if the oceans
are not holy water
as if the sky
is not a vision
as if the animals
are not our siblings
as if nature is not god
and rain is not god’s tears
and we are not god’s children
as if god is not the earth itself”
― Home Body
doesn’t make us any more important than
the dirt we crush beneath our feet
we are nothing except air
and fire and water and soil
we are a people
who forget what we are made of
a people who talk about the weather
as if it’s mundane and not magic
as if the oceans
are not holy water
as if the sky
is not a vision
as if the animals
are not our siblings
as if nature is not god
and rain is not god’s tears
and we are not god’s children
as if god is not the earth itself”
― Home Body

“There were little better feelings than when you finally feel the sun's rays melt against your face after a numbing winter.”
― Across the Great Ocean: Desolation
― Across the Great Ocean: Desolation

“Our mindsets shape our attention: by influencing what we believe winter fundamentally is--dreadful or delightful, boring or fascination--and what we expect winter to be like, our mindsets subconsciously orient us to one version of reality or another.”
― How to Winter: Harness Your Mindset to Thrive on Cold, Dark, or Difficult Days
― How to Winter: Harness Your Mindset to Thrive on Cold, Dark, or Difficult Days

“It’s my favorite time of year, this in between of fall and winter. It’s feels like the whole world is holding its breath. Stillness and sweetness, all rolled into one.”
― Lovelight Farms
― Lovelight Farms

“These are girls made of dark lace and witchcraft and a little bit of vice.”
― Fierce Fairytales: Poems and Stories to Stir Your Soul
― Fierce Fairytales: Poems and Stories to Stir Your Soul

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