autumn – Lindsey Gallant

Beneath the Oaks: The Weight of a Story

Posted on October 26, 2023 by Lindsey Gallant / 2 Comments

This reflection came out of a special weekend in Green Lake, Wisconsin with my fellow “Story Leaders.” It is a joy and honour to work with these peo...

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Dream Small

Posted on October 4, 2023 by Lindsey Gallant / 2 Comments

* Slow me down to the dawdling of a child,popping jewelweed pods in the lane. Hold me back to catch the straggling western light,the last low glint on her freck...

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Noticing November 2022

Posted on November 2, 2022 by Lindsey Gallant / 0 Comment

I wasn’t sure I’d have the time or the heart for Noticing November this year. Here on the island, it’s felt like November ever since the big storm Fiona blasted...

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Out-of-Season October

Posted on October 24, 2022 by Lindsey Gallant / 4 Comments

I am huddled under heather-purple wool, writing about the darkness of fall and the sadness of all these hurricane-stripped trees, when little Ivy (always green)...

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The Prayer of the Bur

Posted on November 26, 2021 by Lindsey Gallant / 0 Comment

God, Let me be the bur, sticking on to your wool sock. I am a legless seed, looking for the good soil. Take me with you on your narrow way, through night’...