May you find a place to rest in the circle of trees. May their branches twine to wall out those who hunt you, hurt you. May the moss cradle you with verdant cotton softness, smelling of good wet soil. And may the moths whisper gently to you “keep on, someday it will be better.” Art by Dan May

Today’s glimmer: Yesterday I was offered a sapphire by a child pixie. She bartered it for ink and paper. (A mom had $.30 in copies and forgot her wallet. Her 5 year old daughter came up and placed this the desk, and her mom said “can we pay with this?”) It was the most whimsy I had all day.

Rabbit rabbit rabbit. Things are very hard. And honestly there really is no guarantee that all of us will be fine. But being brave and being kind is still the road to travel. May March bring no lions. Art by Liz Anna Kozik

Today’s glimmer: I believe that one way to keep hold of childlike wonder (and comfort) is to still sleep with stuffies. One is never too old for it. Introducing my new comfort friend, still nameless but not for long.

Today’s glimmer: this little soot sprite, successfully comforting me after a bad dream.

Today’s glimmer: evidence of the hoppity-hops of my favorite animal through the back yard snow. I hope he stays safe, and found something to eat in my sleeping garden.

Today’s glimmer: I am reading a book by the wordsmith Patricia McKillip, and a character is known as “the magician’s daughter.” For a moment I paused, thinking of how poetic a description that is. Then I realized: that is literally who I am. And it made me feel so very magical for a moment.

Today’s glimmer: yesterday was grey and the snow fell to cover the growing snowdrops. But this morning I woke up to this beautiful bird song right outside my bedroom window. (Sound up)

Today’s glimmer: creative compliments from a stranger. A few I’ve received lately: “You look like a book character! Perhaps from Ivanhoe.” “Oh lord, immabout to run over Barbie!” (woman in a Walmart riding cart) “You look so elegant!” Compliment a stranger today. It has more impact than you think.

Today’s glimmer: my troll girl, Adley. We recently celebrated 10 years of her in our household. She was manifested by Wendy Froud. www.gracenuth.com/blog/ten-yea...

Today’s glimmer: these clouds on the drive into Columbus. The photo does them no justice, but they were layered like cloud mountains in the distance.

Today’s glimmer: I went to a farmer’s market last night in a glass vaulted arcade from the early 1900s…just renovated and reopened. The first table I saw was a woman selling crocheted flowers, a dozen or more types, tucked into buckets like a flower stall. My heart immediately lifted.

Today’s glimmer: Going out to the garden in the morning to see the melting ice, and taking a photo of the crown I placed around Lady Hawthorn two summers ago when I had a tea party there. The crown is rusting beautifully and she wears it well.

Today’s glimmer: the sound of a train in the distance. My Midwestern city still has a train line that runs right through the center of it. I think you can track the comfort of this sound back to my favorite lullaby of childhood. I have a recording of my mother singing it to me.

Today’s glimmer: One of the things that gives me the most comfort-serotonin in life is lying down in front of an electric heater with blankets or towels draped around me, listening to the grey noise hum. My mom used to let me do this after a bath when I was a child. It’s so specific. (1)

Today’s glimmer: leaving for work I saw that my snowdrops are peering up their little green heads from the fallen leaves near my back gate. Several friends from warmer climes have shared their own photos of snowdrops already flowering. And I remember that we all bloom on different schedules. 🌱

Librarians aren't going to save us. Librarians aren't superheroes. They're just people trying to keep largely underfunded and overwhelmed public services going. Praise is nice; realistic expectations are better; material support is best.

Today’s glimmer: the sussurating whisper of these leaves on the forest trail. Nature is never entirely quiet, even in the sleep of winter.

An extremely vulnerable but needed piece of writing about my Imbolc morning. www.gracenuth.com/blog/breakin...

Today’s glimmer: It is Imbolc, a time of shining our light against the dark, of celebrating the goddess. So I was very moved last evening as I was leaving work after a grey, rainy day…when the sun shone out in golden hour light and draped honeyed tones all over my skin. Nature comforts us.

Today’s glimmer: the seven foot tall winter tree I still have up in my bedroom, and will until spring. Waking up to softly twinkling lights on a tree covered in forest animals is a huge glimmer right now in a dark time, and I’m very grateful for it.

Today’s glimmer: this little brass rabbit figure. She’s one of my favorite fidget devices, fits nicely in my hand, and the weight is just right to feel comforting. And I got her from a wonderful shop owned by really lovely people. (Old Mr. Bailiwick’s in Mt Vernon, Ohio)

Today’s glimmer is this article: caityjohnstone.medium.com/how-to-be-ha... But I’ll admit it’s hard to have any glimmers right now, hearing about the new executive order yesterday restricting gender affirming care to citizens age 19 and under.

Today’s glimmer: I wrote a cozy fantasy flash fiction story this weekend inspired by this art by Maxine Vee @maxinevee.bsky.social , and I’m giddy happy with how it turned out. Thank you Maxine, for your beautiful whimsical art.

Come check out my winter decor tour of my cozy cottage! youtu.be/3kfrG-WL6U8?...

Today’s glimmer: this 1899 painting my friend @naomieluned.bsky.social shared yesterday. It’s full of joy and hope, and reminds me that spring will come, and the sun through the leaves will speckle my skin with patterns too. (I may wear clothes though)

There’s a new blog on my website! It begins “When times get hard, the books I read get cozier and more comforting. I suppose that is all I need to say to explain why there are 15 children’s picture books currently on hold on my library card.” Read it here: www.gracenuth.com/blog/childre...

Today’s glimmer, all the breathtaking moments that are never meant to be documented in photos, just enjoyed in the present, glittering then gone. Today it is the morning sun beaming down on fresh fallen snow and turning it to sparkling crystalline magic. All in a way no phone camera can capture.

Hey, there's still plenty of time to get your own box: www.erininthemorning.com/p/2025-trans...

Today’s glimmer: I was researching holloways at work…pathways in England’s wilds worn over centuries of footfall into tunnels where the trees loom overhead. You can find strange plants like ancient ferns down there, and people carve green man faces into the sandstone walls. Photo: Sharon Cutler (1)

Glimmers are small moments in the every day when you feel a sense of joy. Little things that you've set intention to notice that comfort you. I have started a habit of writing down my glimmers each day, large and small.

I’m currently reading a book in which a man stands at the edge of a beach where clouds lap at the sand instead of water. He looks into his love’s eyes and envies the reflection of himself he sees there, since that minuscule him is able to be inside of her, to know her thoughts. Brilliant writing.

It’s currently -6°F. Do I have to leave bed?