Welcome to Litsy!

The arrogance of English is that the only way to be animate, to
be worthy of respect and moral concern, is to be a human.

“....another elder concedes that
these close similarities are inherent in the language. As Stewart King,
a knowledge keeper and great teacher, reminds us, the Creator meant
for us to laugh, so humor is deliberately built into the syntax...In fact, I learned that the mystical word Puhpowee is
used not only for mushrooms, but also for certain other shafts that rise
mysteriously in the night.“ 🍄🍆😏

“I didn't have the words for resistance.“

Context of a scientist negating the value of Kimmerer's outlook, and speaking too, to the notion of not being able to be both a poet and a botanist. The importance of words.

Gorgeous beyond words this book is not long, but so thoughtful & lovely. A few words about nature were removed from the Oxford Junior Dictionary, so the author & illustrator created this epic to honor them. For each word (otter, bramble, & bluebell) there is a jumble of letters, then a page with a beautiful poem based on the word, then a full-spread illustration depicting that word alive in nature. It‘s a pleasure to read & I'm thrilled to own it.

My secret Santa loves me! 😁

#12Booksof2025 November / Book 11 : surprise twist! This was not my highest rated read of the month (that honor goes to the new WWII historical fantasy A Resistance of Witches) but it has stuck with me enough that I am pursuing research at work related to the information I learned about pigeons in WWII from this author. Inspiration should always be celebrated!
Read with the incomparable @AllDebooks and #NaturaLitsy

@BookishMarginalia your post reminded to pick up my hold from the library. A beautiful companion book for it is The Lost Words. This book contains some of the 50 nature- related words that were taken out of the Oxford Junior Dictionary in place of technical words. This is the author‘s and illustrator‘s beautiful protest.

https://www.theguardian.com/books/2015/jan/13/oxford-junior-dictionary-replaceme...

We have a #signededition from #GoldsboroBooks that I‘ve been wanting to read for a while, so #naturalitsy 2026 seems like a great reason!

Here are my #NatureWinterCardSwap cards 🥰 They have brought such joy to my mailbox and home!

Thank you so much for all the quotes, stickers, and bookmarks!

Loss is the tune of our age,hard to miss and hard to bear.Creatures,places and words disappear,day after day, year on year.But there has always been singing in dark times –and wonder is needed now more than ever.‘To enchant‘ means both to make magic and to sing out.So let these spells ring far and wide;speak their words, and seek their art, let the wild world into your eyes, your voice, your heart. #naturalitsy #wintersolace
Loving this book,⬇️