This post was so beautifully written and alive with hope and metaphor that I pre-ordered your book even though this was literally the first time I"d ever come across you :) (also, do you follow Kate C Bowler's work? I think you would love her!!)
I'm a fern fan, too! Sword fern and asparagus fern are two favorites. One of my Spring 'entertainments' is watching the unfurling of the ferns around our kitchen. Truly, looking forward to reading your book, the topic grabs me!
Stephanie...Looking forward to your book. October 2024. Tremendous significance in that month for me. Even more significance for me in the ferns and everything you wrote today. And the Fibonacci sequence. And, yes, even my kaleidoscope collection. Oh for sure, something beautiful is here becoming.
"Life, death, and resurrection cycle through our days like the turning colors of a kaleidoscope. We weave in and out of bouts of brimming-over joy, impossible hope, and fragile fear." Can't wait to read more inspired and gorgeous writing like this in your book, Steph. The kaleidoscope image is staying with me. Thank you for this!
Just to push the metaphor even further (as we fours are wont to do), did you know you can eat fiddleheads when they’re brand new & starting to peek out of the winter ground? We have hundreds in our backyard, and this is always one of my favorite signs that spring is truly here: the first morning that my spouse sautés the tiny spiraled fiddleheads with eggs for breakfast. So ferns can literally sustain us.
This post was so beautifully written and alive with hope and metaphor that I pre-ordered your book even though this was literally the first time I"d ever come across you :) (also, do you follow Kate C Bowler's work? I think you would love her!!)
I'm a fern fan, too! Sword fern and asparagus fern are two favorites. One of my Spring 'entertainments' is watching the unfurling of the ferns around our kitchen. Truly, looking forward to reading your book, the topic grabs me!
It’s beautiful 😍 and I love all the symbolism. Looking forward to reading
Stephanie...Looking forward to your book. October 2024. Tremendous significance in that month for me. Even more significance for me in the ferns and everything you wrote today. And the Fibonacci sequence. And, yes, even my kaleidoscope collection. Oh for sure, something beautiful is here becoming.
Gorgeous cover design with all its symbolic weight!
"Life, death, and resurrection cycle through our days like the turning colors of a kaleidoscope. We weave in and out of bouts of brimming-over joy, impossible hope, and fragile fear." Can't wait to read more inspired and gorgeous writing like this in your book, Steph. The kaleidoscope image is staying with me. Thank you for this!
Just to push the metaphor even further (as we fours are wont to do), did you know you can eat fiddleheads when they’re brand new & starting to peek out of the winter ground? We have hundreds in our backyard, and this is always one of my favorite signs that spring is truly here: the first morning that my spouse sautés the tiny spiraled fiddleheads with eggs for breakfast. So ferns can literally sustain us.