Rinks and Fossils
Beth Downing Beth Downing

Rinks and Fossils

Sitting on the locker room floor tying skates onto the players, I felt miles away from the woman who could lay her hands on basically everything she possessed by walking from the camper to the Subaru.

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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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