I love Spring peepers.
They're my favorite.
There aren't any audible in the video below, because they are shy. But if you come to my land and sit long enough by this creek, eventually they will decide you belong here, and then they will sing to you.
What I love best about Spring peepers is that they start peeping in January. This always makes me feel as though Spring has begun, even though it is still almost three months away.
And while I am learning to sit and to be exactly where I am and to be grateful for it, nevertheless I do love, in the middle of winter, to be sung to about the Spring.
Fen Druadìn
Fen Druadìn (they/them) is anamchara, storyteller, dragon, student of trees, and a breaker of generational curses.
Fen's mission here is to love and remember themself completely, connect deeply with the world, and help others do the same for themselves.
Fen connects deeply with the universe through their relationship with a sacred land in the Appalachians of North Carolina, and shares messages here and elsewhere. When not in the woods, they can be found on Facebook and Patreon.
If you feel led and are able, you can support Fen's work in any of these ways:
- Monthly financial support via Patreon
- Make a one-time donation via CashApp ($FenDruadin) or Venmo (username FenDruadin).
- Make a one-time donation via Paypal (please choose "friends and family" to avoid fees)
- Share their Facebook content with your networks, and/or like and comment
- Follow this blog
You can also contribute to the work of reconnecting with yourself and the world in any or all of these ways:
- Stand in front of a mirror, look in your eyes, and say, "I love you." Repeat daily for as long as it takes
- Send your love to the trees and stones and water and Earth
- Spend time in quiet meditation with a plant or stone person, and listen for messages
- Clean up litter in your neighborhood and/or engage in other acts of environmental restoration
- Build a personal relationship with the plants and animals in your area by spending time with them and listening for their messages and responding to their needs
- Reconnect with your own strength and power and truth via meditative practice such as yoga, guided meditation, chanting, drumming, dance, or any other tool that feels right and helps you ground and connect
- Engage in this community and/or other communities committed to re-establishing our right relationship with ourselves and the earth
Wherever you are, on your journey and in your life, may you be well, may you be at peace, and may you always find the next good step.
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