The Lucent Rain · Reviews & Recommendations
Things worth keeping, reading and giving
Everything I have reviewed, gathered in one quiet place. Pull up a chair, let the rain do its work, and wander through gift ideas, books, subscriptions and shows chosen with care.
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The Top 20 Unique Things on Amazon to Buy for Christmas
Twenty finds that feel chosen rather than grabbed: small luxuries, curious objects and gifts with a story, gathered for every name on your list.
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A Girl Who Builds Worlds
Read more: A Girl Who Builds WorldsI. Making Do I remember clearly the day that my robotics team went to competition. I remember because our foreheads…
A Letter to My Body
Read more: A Letter to My BodyHow do I speak to my body? How do I write to it? How do I use my own words to say I love you? For all of the ways you have kept me, and in all the ways I tried to leave you We remain tied together so I love you for the gift from God that you are I love you for the beats your heart has given me I love you for being me And I am so sorry for treating you lesser than Even my dog.
What a Leaf Can Teach Us to Notice
Read more: What a Leaf Can Teach Us to NoticeLooking closely at a leaf opens a conversation between observation and wonder.
A Light Kept Burning
Read more: A Light Kept BurningA reflection on faith as patient attention rather than easy certainty.
A Small Language of Rain
Read more: A Small Language of RainA poem and a quiet reflection on the weather we notice when we slow down.
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