I’ve had an abundance of words stirring for a few years now. A collection of writing, scrawled in journals and paper scraps and in my phone notes. Some thoughts only known by me, others shared on social media. I’ve slowly been pulling these bits of writing together, curating them for an e-book called “The Earth’s Wild Bones Feel More Alive Here.” Yes, that’s the same title as the collection of weavings I released last summer, and this is intimately tied. These words are for the wild woman, the lionheart, the human seeking just a little more than the expected. That means this e-book is for you.
Here’s a piece of writing from my 2019 archive — the first excerpt shared from “The Earth’s Wild Bone’s Feel More Alive Here.”
“Wild violets and dandelions are meant to find home among the grass fields, speckling unexpected color among the green. Trees can root to the clouds, the earthworms shall nestle in the stars. Let the patches of wildflowers be wild and free, let the space grow as she pleases for even just one summer season. Wild violets and dandelions belong among the green because wildflowers need a home too.
How would our monotonous routines be different if sky and land were reversed? When I was small, I feared that gravity would be turned off and my small body would rocket into outer space, alone. I often looked around me, thinking "If the gravity turns off, I'll grab onto that tree or that rooted park bench. I don't want to go into space." Now my explorer's soul is curious about what drifting among the cosmos would be like. Quiet. Wonder filled.
What if I were hiking into the depths of these dusty red hoodoos and canyons, instead of huddled beneath three cardigans with winter snow outside my bay window? Breathing in the clean air, running my small hands along the ancient red rocks. Small.”
Though the original plan was to release my e-book release into the world at the end of August, I was encouraged by fellow artists to push the date back to late September. This book + these words are so very important to me, and I want them to have space to breathe. I have spent the month of August preparing for a large artist/maker’s festival called Hutchfest, and working part-time at Made in Omaha, and trying to practice rest… so instead of rushing the production of “The Earth’s Wild Bones Feel More Alive Here,” I will release her in September.
You can preorder your copy of my debut (e-)book now for $12, and she will be emailed as a digital copy to you in a few short weeks. The preorder price will go up to $15 on September 1, and I will announce the official release date that day as well. I would be so very honored to share these words with you, dear lionheart.
