Alys Revna
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Welcome 🌓 I'm Alys. I share stories and poems about things I love like magic, our Mother Earth, and mental health.
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Notes On A Summer Garden:
I’m standing outside this morning watering the garden. I am such an optimistic gardener in the spring. I am so motivated by the new growth of the bushes and trees and the sturdy stems of the seeds I started in my little three-season porch back in January. This is the year I think to myself, This is the year my garden thrives. I am so confident, and so committed.
By Alys Revna2 years ago in Earth
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7:00 Am Literal zombies get more sleep than I did last night. I’m not going to lie, getting that text message completely freaked me out. I had been restless all night, and after an already unusually stressful day previous, I was completely racked when I woke up. I forced myself to sit up.
By Alys Revna2 years ago in Chapters
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Friday, 4:47 pm. Seven clouds passed by my window. Slowly, leisurely they floated against the hazy blue sky. All seven, one after another as I watched. I, of course, had actual work I was supposed to be doing, but anyone who says they are still motivated on a Friday afternoon is a liar. I am not a liar.
By Alys Revna2 years ago in Chapters
glimmers from a tired girl . Top Story - July 2024.
My alarm is going off, again. I have been mindlessly pressing the snooze button for thirty? Forty-five? minutes now. Finally, I rub my eyes and pick up my phone, opening the alarm app and turning off the row of alarms in increments of five minutes. It was a good idea the night before.
By Alys Revna2 years ago in Humans
What I Read: January 2024
2024 started with a bang for me. From home maintenance emergencies to unexpected dental procedures, it was a month of great transformation, and also of great stress. Managing stress has always been difficult for me, but as I enter my thirties I am learning different ways to cope with the stresses in life that are inevitable, instead of simply ignoring them the way I did in my twenties. One of those coping mechanisms has been escapism through reading. And as the stresses in January were plentiful, so were the books.
By Alys Revna2 years ago in BookClub
What I Read: July (2023)
It’s rare that I am not reading anything. I am usually so wrapped up in a book, that I have to force myself to put it down to do literally anything else. I have always been like this, even as a child, teachers often had to tell me to put a book away and pay attention to class. I still, however, sometimes fall into reading slumps, where I pick up a book, and no matter how well it is written or how interesting the plot is, I can’t seem to fully immerse myself in the story and am almost constantly distracted.
By Alys Revna3 years ago in BookClub
Moon Cycle Rituals
“The moon is a reminder that no matter what phase I am in I am still whole.” - The Mind’s Journal. As the moon travels through its cycles this August, I am reminded that we, as humans, have the ability to start fresh, even while in the middle of a troubling season. This summer in Texas, along with a large portion of the country, has been a bold reminder of the dire and urgent state our world is currently in. I often find myself overwhelmed, by the state of devastation that seems to be arising out of every corner, and by what feels like a sense of powerlessness to try to stop it.
By Alys Revna3 years ago in FYI
The Thinning of The Veil.
If you are familiar with the Pagan, Druid, or Wicca communities at all, whether personally or historically, then it’s likely that you have at least heard of the holiday of Samhain. Samhain, (Pronounced Saa-wn) is considered to be the pagan new year and the time of year when the veil between this present world and the spiritual, or ancestral, is the thinnest. While many consider Samhain to fall on or around the secular folk holiday of Halloween and celebrate it simultaneously, they are vastly different holidays with different origins and atmospheres.
By Alys Revna3 years ago in Viva
What I Read: July
I read three books this July, unintentionally choosing three novels, in variations of the romance genre, with strong female protagonists. I have recently become a fan of romance novels after reading Lisa Kleypas's Ravenel Series, and with the crazy, dark, and depressing world around us this summer, they have been a welcome escape from reality. Not to mention, a great excuse to stay inside during this summer heat.
By Alys Revna4 years ago in Viva
More Than A King's Mistress
Edinburgh, October, 1515. A daughter was born to Lady Mary Campbell and her husband John Erskine, 5th Lord Erskine. At the moment they held their baby daughter, they probably had big dreams for her, as big of dreams as one could have for a daughter in 16th century Scotland. They probably didn’t, however, expect her to become the mistress of arguably the most influential man of the time, King James V.
By Alys Revna4 years ago in Viva
