Growing food was the first activity that gave us enough prosperity to stay in one place, form complex social groups, tell our stories, and build our cities.
Because I write fiction that is based in the real world, it’s going to lead people into some of the modern dilemmas and concerns and even catastrophes that they will think about in a new way.
…prodigal summer, the season of extravagant procreation. It could wear out everything in its path with its passionate excesses, but nothing alive with wings or a heart or a seed curled into itself in the ground could resist welcoming it back when it came.
![Barbara Kingsolver Quote - I personally am inclined to approach [housework] the way governments treat dissent: ignore it until it revolts.](https://minimalistquotes.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/i-personally-am-inclined-to-approach-housework-the-683x1024.jpg)
