“Why is the World so beautiful?”
Robin Wall Kimmerer
of the evening
of the 29th day of April,
2024 CE
Cenozoic Era
Quarternary Period
Anthropocene Epoch
Michigan, North America
“Why is the World so beautiful?” asks, Dr. Robin Wall Kimmerer.
It didn’t have to be — the Earth could’ve been Big-Banged out into a uniform, utilitarian and dull rocky planet — evolving without bluebirds, banana trees and bioluminescent jellyfish — or April’s apple blossoms, golden-pink sky Sunsets, and frog choruses,
but it wasn’t.
have mercy.
Abide by the answer.”
— Robin Wall Kimmerer
on the Honorable Harvest
from
Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge and the Teachings of Plants
the limineen | earthling, poet & crone 