By Katie
winter is behind us, it is ahead of us also
scenes from my yard
it's been a long time since i've been able to enjoy my backyard. to sit in it as the darkness surrounds it. this week i've been able to enjoy it twice. i sat reading in my yard thinking about how good it feels to listen to the sounds of the birds, children playing, cars and planes passing by. i'm grateful to have a space that i can occupy in this way and i've been missing it.
all winter i've tried to go outside as much as i could. i spent a lot of time gathering sticks and wood for fires inside to soothe some part of me that needed to feel connected to.....something.
but here we are now in the time of the year when it becomes okay to sit outside until dusk falls. to watch the bats swoop in. to be scared of the bats of swooping in, but also grateful for all they do.
i love circular aspects of our natural world. everything weirdly makes sense, even when it feels impossible. looking forward to more dispatches of the sort.