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There is a great deal of satisfaction in wresting weeds out of the earth. Backbreaking and endless as the chore may be, there is a tiny but unassailable sense of triumph in it, feeling the soil give suddenly, yielding the stubborn root, and
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“Making something from nothing is the quintessential magic of women, whether turning fiber to thread or flour to bread or engaging in the ultimate creative act: conjuring new humans from nowhere at all.”
― Unraveling: Unraveling: What I Learned About Life While Shearing Sheep, Dyeing Wool, and Making the World's Ugliest Sweater – A Hilarious Memoir of Arts and Crafts for Adults
― Unraveling: Unraveling: What I Learned About Life While Shearing Sheep, Dyeing Wool, and Making the World's Ugliest Sweater – A Hilarious Memoir of Arts and Crafts for Adults
“Maps do not take account of time, only of space.”
― Mountains of the Mind: A History of a Fascination
― Mountains of the Mind: A History of a Fascination
“How we treat our land, how we build upon it, how we act towards our air and water, in the long run, will tell what kind of people we really are”
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Gretchen’s 2025 Year in Books
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