3/5/2023 While Our Parents SleepThe campfire casts shadows onto our findings as we tell each other stories to test our bravery. Cub sips cocoa from a Gone Fishin’ mug. Owlet laughs behind her cracked binoculars. Porcupette snuggles against a plaid wool blanket. Fawn clutches his flashlight. It’s Wolf Pup’s turn to tell a tale. 50 Precious Words
7/18/2022 For YouI spend my morning tracking nimble words through shadowy forests and
my afternoon coaxing shy sentences out of stalagmite caves so that I may spend my evening releasing untamed stories into the star-bound campfire smoke, for you. 3/21/2022 Unexpected Blossoms#SpringFlingKidlit Winter’s first frost covered the ground when Dahlia found a bud on the tip of a very thin, very floppy stalk.
Without her help, it would not bloom into a beautiful flower in the Spring. She wrapped her fluffy tail around the bud to keep it safe from the cold. She practiced her handstands in front of it to protect it from the wind. She dug her den beneath it to watch for hungry insects. But the bud turned deeper brown. Dahlia feared she hadn’t done enough to help it bloom. Not sure what else to do, she worried. But worrying made her very tired, more than doing handstands, and she fell asleep beneath the falling stalk. While she rested the forest thawed. Buds expanded and blossomed. Dahlia woke to find Spring’s first bouquet of wildflowers covering the ground in purples, pinks and blues. More blossoms than she had imagined. 3/21/2022 On the First Warm Day3/4/2022 Puppy's New Toy#50PreciousWords
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