Prompt: The Flower Ceremony

“Never take the first plant you find, as it might be the last—and you want that first one to speak well of you to the others of her kind.”― Robin Wall Kimmerer, Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge, and the Teachings of Plants On their 18th birthday, kids became adults. They each ceremonious wandered into …

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Prompt: The Beginning of a New World

“Philosophers call this state of isolation and disconnection “species loneliness”—a deep, unnamed sadness stemming from estrangement from the rest of Creation, from the loss of relationship. As our human dominance of the world has grown, we have become more isolated, more lonely when we can no longer call out to our neighbors. It’s no wonder …

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