The Eagle and the Raven
Beth Downing Beth Downing

The Eagle and the Raven

When I return to where I started, there is no Raven left. I am no longer what I was when I began. The trickster has left and in her place is the wisdom held in the eye of the sharpest predator.

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The Boomerang Crux
Beth Downing Beth Downing

The Boomerang Crux

There was always another crux on the horizon - aiming to hurry up and finish this one doesn't actually help. The crux is just like the mountain because it's not going to bend and you aren't really either.

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 Three Times Clockwise
Beth Downing Beth Downing

Three Times Clockwise

What this means is that you’re brushing your right hand against inscriptions rubbed to a shine by thousands of other right hands doing exactly the same thing.

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The Good Kind of Grounded
Beth Downing Beth Downing

The Good Kind of Grounded

Our feet are the way we touch the earth. Our feet, of all the parts of us, have spent the most time in contact with the ground. Our feet understand soil in a way the rest of us doesn’t. Our feet, which are soft at first but hardened by experience, are the primary way in which we level ourselves with our surroundings.

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