We Stand in the Middle #24

Dreaming Wide Awake

“If you know the name of a tree or an animal and the story its name tells, that’s the start of a relationship with that creature.” - Hastings, Cherokee Earth Dwellers

Chapter 24 of We Stand in the Middle has dropped and invites you to explore how the power of place can impact and shape your dreams.

P.S. If you are a free subscriber to Whales in My Backyard (the Substack where the novel is unfolding) look for an email from Substack offering to pay for a free month of Whales. That’s plenty of time to get all caught up on the story! If you aren’t a free subscribe yet, hop on over there and sign up. Then look for the email! Can’t wait to hear your feedback.

Thanks for reading along!
Jena

Links to the 23 previous chapters

1. Key to a Kingdom

2. Make the Call

3. Rectification

4. The Long Way Home

5. Tattooed Silence

6. Ye-Lu-Le

7. From Here to There

8. Wish You Were Here

9. Walk With Me

10. Ani-Yunwiya: The Real People

11. Listen

12. Picking Up the Pieces

13. The Center Cannot Hold

14. We Begin and End in Water

15. When Worlds Collide

16. Through a Window Darkly

17. Turning Up the Volume

18. Lines in the Sand

19. The Long Remembering

20. Equine Elocution

21. Little Boy Buddy

22. As Long as the Sun Shines and the Grass Grows

23. The Unfolding

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