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Rach Kincaid

2022 community life in alaska

December 21, 2022

“Plants and animals don’t fight the winter; they don’t pretend it’s not happening and attempt to carry on living the same lives that they lived in the summer. They prepare. They adapt. They perform extraordinary acts of metamorphosis to get them through. Winter is a time of withdrawing from the world, maximising scant resources, carrying out acts of brutal efficiency and vanishing from sight; but that’s where the transformation occurs. Winter is not the death of the life cycle, but its crucible.”
— Katherine May

Winter Solstice tells us we have turned another year. I had no idea I’d grow to treasure this day when I first moved to Alaska. I love this place and its people, and the person I am becoming thanks to both. Thanks, God.

2022 the whole & simple gospel

December 20, 2022

Just for funsies and out of mad respect for the historical implications, my family is learning to observe Hanukkah this year. Tonight’s prayer is my favorite.

Blessed are You, Lord our God, King of the Universe, who has kept us alive, sustained us, and brought us to this season.