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Ann Collins's avatar

I so love that you're here with me, Conny. We love the same wild paths.

Marc Mannheimer's avatar

What a beautiful story. The style creates a small den i can rest in.

Ann Collins's avatar

I'm so glad Marc. Sleep well, my friend. 🌿

Katharine Beckett Winship's avatar

Awww, Ann. Just astonishing.

Good night. Sleep tight.

Holy. Holy. Holy.🌱🌿💚

Ann Collins's avatar

Thank you, Katharine. Peace to you tonight. ✨💛✨

Stacey's avatar

This story is a beautifully impossible story that is absolutely true. Thank you.

Ann Collins's avatar

I really love the way you say this, Stacey. Thank you for taking time to share 💛

Emily Charlotte Powell's avatar

Gorgeous Ann - Brava 💛🍂🐌

Ann Collins's avatar

😊 Thank you Emily 💛

Nikki Lizares's avatar

Loved this so, so much. I have been contemplating snails and their lives and habits lately, and this is a beautiful addition to my collection. Thank you!

Ann Collins's avatar

Nikki, I'm so warmed by this. Your reverence and love for nature are endless. 🐌

Shital Morjaria (she/her)'s avatar

Love this Ann. Had to read it in intervals but this is something worth reading again and again.

Ann Collins's avatar

Sometimes these simple things continue to feed us, Shital. I know we are so alike that way. xo

Shital Morjaria (she/her)'s avatar

I agree we are Ann💛

Linda Clark's avatar

Such a captivating story. Thank you!

Ann Collins's avatar

Your attention is a gift, Linda. I appreciate you taking the time to let me know. Have a beautiful day 💛

Vanessa's avatar

So beautiful, Ann, and so poignant ;

We all cannot carry it all and so we must let it go so that its energy can transmute and transmit for greater goodness 😊

Ann Collins's avatar

The weight of it is too much for us, Vanessa, you are so right. To make something new and pass it along feels good right now. Thank you, dear one xo

Kimberly Warner's avatar

Ann! I’m standing in the airport waiting to board with tears running down my cheeks, heart washed clean with your beauty, the earth’s beauty. (There is no difference.) Oh dear snail! I want to hold him and kiss him and tell him thank you for gathering all the vanishing and then releasing it into the world as a shimmering trail of love. My goodness I’m grateful for you!

Ann Collins's avatar

You've been in my heart this week, Kimberly, dear one! I want you to know that I'll be recommending Unfixed to my local book group next month--eight wonderful women--all of whom I know would relish reading and discussing it this winter. It's been a while since we've gotten to read a memoir together.

The Snail and I send our tender love and prayers for your ongoing journey. All the Light. All the Love xoxo...💛✨✨

Kimberly Warner's avatar

I’m thrilled to hear this Ann. What a joy to know I’ll be in your hands and hearts very soon. Thank you!

Leah Rampy's avatar

Oh my goodness, Ann. This is so heartbreakingly, heartwarmingly beautiful. Thank you. 🙏

Ann Collins's avatar

Leah, that touches me deeply. I visited your Reweaving Earth & Soul and will be savoring your piece on Hildegard--I've saved it for my quiet reading time this weekend.

How delicious. Thank you for reading here. Lovely to meet you. 💛

Leah Rampy's avatar

I love that Substack makes it possible to find like-hearted souls. 🙏❤️

Ann Collins's avatar

Indeed, Leah 🙏💛

Manuela Thames's avatar

Pure beauty!

Ann Collins's avatar

Thank you, Manuela! 💛

Teyani Whitman's avatar

Beautiful vision, endearing tail of the snail who gathers the vanishing things. 💞

Ann Collins's avatar

Teyani, all the beauty we cannot hold--thank you for helping me bear it a little easier. 💛

Kim Nelson's avatar

You've created a new tale deserving of a very wide audience. Precious and perfect, a fable for the ages.

Ann Collins's avatar

You heart lifts my heart. Makes me want to try again. Thank you so much, Kim 💛

Kim Nelson's avatar

I hope so. Your gift needs to be unwrapped by others.

Fotini Masika's avatar

Sweet dreams 💛

Ann Collins's avatar

And to you, Fotini.

Peace & Sheltering Love 💛

Brian Funke's avatar

So enjoyed this. I read it after one of Heather Cox Richardson’s essays. Blood pressure up, then blood pressure down…

Ann Collins's avatar

I'm glad to know it, Brian. That was definitely my intention. This one came hard for me. I almost didn't publish it, but the snail insisted. You know this feeling, I'm sure.

Brian Funke's avatar

Definitely! I find the most creative is sometimes the hardest to share.

Ann Collins's avatar

It comes from a very shy and quietly lit space for me. Takes time.