Alexis Nikole Nelson Instagram – Here we go through the longest night, into longer and brighter days. As I get older, I grow more at peace with cycles. Everyday can’t be high summer, wind moving thick blankets of leaves, sun hugging your brow til it sweats. Winter is necessary. Winter is inevitable. The same could be said for rest. This year I’m leaning into the gift of more time inside, more sleep, more time to dream in the night and in the day. More time to write without the quiet pressure to be outside always, lest I miss something, anything. I’m offering a truce to Winter after DECADES of beefing… but I’m also going to close my eyes eating this here Juneberry square and for just a second feel summer’s embrace.