As someone who has experienced homelessness...I am so proud of you and happy for you! Good work 🙌🏽

This land was once a patch of dry, stubborn weeds. With a little love and permaculture wisdom, we turned it into a thriving butterfly haven 🐛🌸

Now we watch bees buzz and butterflies dance. Our children wander in awe and we feel...whole 🌿💧

When we heal the Earth, we heal ourselves, too. 🌎🧡

Yes, she loves it! And so do I!

@kslivensky.bsky.social 's book, "I Rock" arrived this morning, and my 8 year old read it before she even got dressed for the day! Hubby seems to like it, too 😊❤️ #geology #summerreading

Today I bow my head and pray for the souls who are grieving, who are hurting, who are raging. I pray we humans return to the Wisdom embedded in the Earth. We are but a passing thought, yet Love infuses each breath we take. Love is reality, Nature the shadow of reality, humans just sit in the shade.

I will never be as cool as my kids ❤️

The world is a lot. but it’s Monday: time to get to work. We have research to conduct, ideas to write, art to create, & connections to make. I’m having trouble getting motivated, but I remind myself we have to keep working and writing and creating and thinking. It’s the greatest resistance of all. ❤️

“The world is full of magic things, patiently waiting for our senses to grow sharper.”

W. B. Yeats

Laurent Parcelier

Such a beautiful sentiment!

This is the guy! ❤️ His job: Watch the chickens and goats on our permaculture farm. He has faithfully protected every single goat from predators. Only a few chickens have disappeared under his watch, and only on days he was super hungry 😂 (We have an electric fence round the chickens now)

We met Gerbet at the market. He seems nice. Says he likes orange sherbet.
#sitiodasmarionetas

Beautiful!

Why is fiction important? B/c stories develop our brains. Fiction that paints 'who I am" and "what I can do," changes the medial prefrontal cortex (MPFC). A well developed MPFC is imperative to mental health. Fiction helps kids/adults, after abuse or war, develop their MPFC. Fiction can be therapy.

This reminds me of all my favorite places on the Earth

The first harvest is always magical! 💖

I agree- we should learn from our elders! 😍

😂

Fuschia graphic that features the cover of picture book I, ROCK: A Geology Tale by Katie Slivensky and Steph Stilwell. Cover shows a cartoon grey rock with googly eyes smiling and sitting on a cross section of the ground. Graphic also has the same grey rock standing in a separate part, arms in the air with stars around it, with a speech bubble that reads, "After 4 billion years, I'm proud to say that I'm here, I'm me, and I ROCK!" Happy Book Birthday! Officially available now, whereover books are sold! From Beach Lane Books.

ROCK IS HERE!!!!!! 😁🪨🥹🤩😎

Thank you to everyone for cheering this little story on! I'm so happy I get to help kids get to know geology a little better. ❤️

#HappyBookBirthday to I, ROCK! And to Steph Stilwell! And to the whole Beach Lane Books team! #KidLit

www.simonandschuster.com/books/I-Rock...

This is amazing!

My littles are looking for summer series! Thank you for sharing!!

Looking at this, I took a deep, cleansing breath. So beautiful and peaceful. Thank you for sharing!

White seagull standing on ledge outside window.

Kevin keeps me company while I write.

I write books for my children. One day they will wake from childhood. They will gaze into eyes that may be filled with hate. They will stand when others want them to fall. On those days, I want them to open the Book of Mom, and read this message: Once upon a time that still is...You are loved.