What if What if the world is dying? Do we leave that which we love? What if democracy is failing? Do we abandon hope? Everything and everyone we love Has always been dying The flip side of loving That which is mortal That which is finite Everything we love has limits Our love does not

Yaaaaassssss!!!!

Dandelion My root is long Far longer than what you see I am strong Cut me and I’ll grow back Scatter me And I will multiply Can’t you see? I am the resistance You’ll never be rid of me —Anna Elisabeth Howard

Stayed up way too late last night but, worth it! Taken through our telescope with my phone. Handheld bc the little contraption that’s supposed to hold the phone to do this, wasn’t lining the correct lens up and nothing I did seemed to fix it.

Lovely morning hike ❤️

The news is bad Like always Greedy corporations cashing in On our despair I go to the woods Take my soul for a walk Air it out Breathe out the despair The trees take in Turn it back into oxygen Unseen birds chirp lullabies Each note Gives me back myself

While I’ve gratefully watched Bishop Budde's act of bravery remind us of the power of a single voice, my greatest fear is that she will be the only one of her kind; that in a few days she will prove to be an outlier, just a beautiful aberration. johnpavlovitz.substack.com/p/dont-let-b...

The point of what they’re doing is to spin ppl out all the time til we’re too exhausted to do anything. Like Dr. Dillamond said in wicked, you can keep anyone silent if you make it discouraging enough.

Over five miles on the White House greenway yesterday. Trying to get better at posting over here.

That post workout, I did more with my triceps and now it hurts to get dressed feeling…

Having a buddy for those six miles walks makes them go faster!

Ten miles at long hunter today, and more frost flowers! No, I’m not tired of them yet. Yes, I did resist taking pictures of every single one, partly bc there were so many I’d have gotten no hiking in 🤣

I’m trapped

Cold and frosty 5.5 ish miles on the greenway this morning, and I found dozens of frost flowers! And even found a few in my own yard too! Fixed myself a proper hot breakfast at 11 am when I got back to warm up.

It’s Trailblaze time again! Year four!!! As many of you know, each year I take on the Trailblaze challenge for Make-A-Wish to raise money for chronically ill kids to give hope to them and their families. Site.wish.org/goto/quills2025

I look out of the window of my house as I write, thinking of the wars, the genocide, the gleeful exaltation of the opposite of good, the perversion of justice, and I feel Julian reaching to me across time, looking out the window of her anchorhold… aehowardwrites.substack.com/p/everything...

After Thanksgiving hike at Montgomery Bell. Great morning in the woods!

Thanksgiving: pomander making, table-scaping. The kids and I went outside and gather leaves, nuts, bark, and seed heads to make our centerpiece. Then we finished cooking with the parade’s replay playing in the background, and finally sat down to our feast. 1/

A piece I wrote two years ago with @lisasharper.bsky.social on decolonizing Thanksgiving freedomroad.substack.com/p/decolonizi...

Walkin’ Donate to my Make-A-Wish fundraiser today! I hike, (and walk, and weight train), you donate, and together we grant wishes to 250 kids who are waiting!! ❤️ site.wish.org/goto/quills2025

Post-workout selfie. I only got about 80% in but in my defense, I had both kids with me, so I think I get bonus points lol. Donate to my Make-A-Wish fundraiser in the profile or story, I hike you donate, and together we gear wishes! Http://site.wish.org/goto/quills2025

For the fourth year in a row, I’m taking on the Alabama Trailblaze Challenge! secure2.wish.org/site/TR/Trai... 1/

Happy Doctor Who Day! 🟦 ➕ ❤️❤️

Had a great day down at Sewanee visiting and waking with Hannah Aloysius and Ellie the convent dog. After noon prayers, I left and hiked out on the perimeter trail a little ways and found a view spot for lunch before heading back home.

This book is like a retreat for the mind and soul. Simply gorgeous: I highly recommend it. Picture of Niall Williams’ novel Time of the Child #timeofthechild #niallwilliams @christinebreen.bsky.social

Rainy day walk. Pursuing my new hobby of learning to identify trees by bark. I’ll spare you the 60 something pictures I took of bark though ;-)

Axe throwing and a short hike at Bledsoe Creek this afternoon with the Girls Who Hike Tennessee. Finally starting to feel better after this sinus infection and asthma flare.

All my work at getting back into my body after the election had culminated in this: standing there hyper aware of a sandwich sizzling in a pan, in the middle of the day, in the middle of the week, in the middle of the story. aehowardwrites.substack.com/p/the-middle...

Inspiration

Quote with your full avi, let’s see the full pic

How do you face fascism? I like Orwell's version: ground yourself in direct and immediate experience, trust your senses, find some joy, turn back to face the fascists and tell truths to combat the lies.

Describe yourself with 5 things that are in your purse/backpack at any given moment I don’t carry a bag regularly so we’re doing pockets 1) phone 2) keys 3) pocket knife 4) Burt’s bees peppermint 5) sometimes my wallet

If all of us save something, just whatever we can, whatever is in our reach, we will save more than we think.

Hey any #wat folks want to join me for a zoom advent series?

Resistance training is resistance! We’ll need strong hearts and strong bodies. And women, we need to be lifting weights! It prevents the muscle loss and bone loss that come with perimenopause and post menopause hormone levels. #strengthtraining #strengthtrainingforwomen #resistancetraining

Join me for a live advent study on Julian of Norwich! Registration and more info on my substack: aehowardwrites.substack.com #advent #adventstudy #julianofnorwich

Resistance is supporting your local bookstore! Love @parnassusbooks in Nashville. Always such a friendly vibe.

Cozy day off. Fabulous book, yummy tea, sleepy doggos. #dayoffvibes

“Generations of women are convinced that we put the straitjacket on ourselves, and in turn we help convince other women to wear it too. Unless…. #stories #womensrights #womeninthechurch #americanchristianity #inwardapocalypsebook

"The real Jesus–a brown Jesus, a Palestinian Jewish Jesus–threatens the ideology of supremacy. Therefore, he must be killed again by white Jesus." Today’s essay is by Anna Elisabeth Howard earthandaltarmag.com/posts/god-be...

“We go around saying, “oh, God is love,” but so much of the teaching of the church in Julian’s time, and the teaching of much of American Christianity today, doesn’t really believe that.” Today’s essay is by Anna Elisabeth Howard. earthandaltarmag.com/posts/love-i...

@aehowardwrites.bsky.social has a new essay on Julian of Norwich up on @earthandaltar.bsky.social

I firmly believe that as MLK said, all injustice is connected. And I also believe that working to unravel injustice just takes finding something near you and pulling a thread to help unravel the whole (paraphrase of a different quote, can’t remember the author rn).

I looked down at myself sitting in the rocking chair on my front porch the other day and thought, what a cute little round belly! And the thought surprised me. Because I hadn’t been loving my belly until then, despite my best efforts.… https://aehowardwrites.substack.com/p/so-alive-it-hurts

Down with a bug, got an invite code, figured why not 🤷🏻‍♀️