My new favorite word is liminal. Not only is “liminal” a lovely word to say and feel on the lips, reminding me a bit of that scene in Donnie Darko, about “cellar door” being the most beautiful combination of words in the English language, but I love its meaning too. My old red dictionary definesContinue reading “Celebrating the Solstice & Embracing the Liminal”
Author Archives: Carie Juettner
Stealing Baby Chocolate Jesus
Happy December! I just told this story to a friend over the weekend and decided it needed to be shared publicly again. I originally posted this tale to my previous blog in 2012, just after I quit teaching the first time. At that point, it had been thirteen years since “the incident.” Now, another thirteenContinue reading “Stealing Baby Chocolate Jesus”
My Wild Wild Ways
I’ve been feeling wild lately. My days have been filled gathering acorns and picking up rocks, rescuing wildlife and tending my garden, while my nights have passed gazing into campfires in the backyard or creating crafts well past midnight in a messy corner of my house. I walk outside at all hours– feeling the air,Continue reading “My Wild Wild Ways”
Carie Juettner 