> ## Content Index > Fetch the complete content index at: https://emilymorter.com/llms.txt > Use this file to discover other available public pages before exploring further. # We're dancing animals - URL: https://emilymorter.com/were-dancing-animals/ - Published: 2025-12-18T21:00:27.000Z - Updated: 2026-08-14T04:09:33.000Z - Description: solstice, garrawang, the year that was, stories that sustained me - Author: Emily Morter - Tags: Writing Dec 2025 0:00 /250.078911 1× It’s solstice this week - the longest day of the year here. And on Wurundjeri country we are in the season of garrawang/the kangaroo apple - their orange fruit and purple flowers are brightening bushes all along our creek. At this still point of solstice and ending of the calendar year, I’m trying to wrap my mind around the year that was 2025… There were lots of layers of healing. Lots of things I wished I could change but couldn’t. Re-learning that tiny daily habits can create bigger change over slow time. Medication and compassion for the dog as her brain learns new pathways. More compassion and openness in tending my own mental health. Deepening my roots into local friendships, groups, economies. Dancing the wave at [5Rhythms](https://www.twirlingwolf.com/?ref=emilymorter.com) every month. Drawing and stitching and collaging myself out of my head into creative expression. Spending almost three weeks apart from my husband for the first time since lockdowns in 2020\. Feeling the space and the parts of myself that I’d forgotten from being so close for the last five years. Providing ongoing responsive care (including many home visits and one hospital birth) to over 55 regular patients, 20% of them new this year. Completing the [Perrin Training](https://theperrintechnique.com/?ref=emilymorter.com) and becoming licensed to diagnose and treat ME/CFS. Cutting off most of my hair. ![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/5d/ec/5dece2dd-1b31-4e64-87f1-1d453618bd9f/content/images/2026/08/d530a5ee-4a50-4a17-b34d-21a0751098c0_2640x1980-jpeg-1.jpg) Tired and happy as the year ends, Dec 2025 Browsing the local libraries and op shops, following my own curiousity, podcast mentions, serendipitous finds and friend’s recommendations to read all these marvellous books… ![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/5d/ec/5dece2dd-1b31-4e64-87f1-1d453618bd9f/content/images/2026/08/80823585-77e4-4aa6-9baa-31c18d34d1ba_1078x1082-jpeg.jpg) ![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/5d/ec/5dece2dd-1b31-4e64-87f1-1d453618bd9f/content/images/2026/08/03eae656-b357-41da-a597-769f0f9e0b08_1078x1071-jpeg.jpg) ![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/5d/ec/5dece2dd-1b31-4e64-87f1-1d453618bd9f/content/images/2026/08/3546709c-88bf-4187-b1d2-7e8482588c76_1078x1052-jpeg.jpg) ![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/5d/ec/5dece2dd-1b31-4e64-87f1-1d453618bd9f/content/images/2026/08/d06eef5a-7b92-42c1-a090-9808e3a3448c_1078x1072-jpeg.jpg) ![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/5d/ec/5dece2dd-1b31-4e64-87f1-1d453618bd9f/content/images/2026/08/c2a8c29e-f91d-4dd2-9d55-0c1f08923098_1078x1053-jpeg.jpg) ![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/5d/ec/5dece2dd-1b31-4e64-87f1-1d453618bd9f/content/images/2026/08/3858035b-ffaf-4240-90f2-9bd5e94452a4_1078x1057-jpeg.jpg) ![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/5d/ec/5dece2dd-1b31-4e64-87f1-1d453618bd9f/content/images/2026/08/9eed7ca6-331d-4add-ab41-b6fda46316e4_1078x1056-jpeg.jpg) ![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/5d/ec/5dece2dd-1b31-4e64-87f1-1d453618bd9f/content/images/2026/08/9a5b1f6a-9a9d-4773-85ea-15150c193735_1078x1047-jpeg.jpg) ![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/5d/ec/5dece2dd-1b31-4e64-87f1-1d453618bd9f/content/images/2026/08/f6f30741-0e9b-4dc2-ad6d-f6b45b5bdd04_1079x1055-jpeg.jpg) The stories that sustained me in 2025 Choosing to keep the traditions we love this Christmas and let go of the rest. Being particularly mindful of when and how we spend time together. ![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/5d/ec/5dece2dd-1b31-4e64-87f1-1d453618bd9f/content/images/2026/08/158f461a-07e2-4c02-8ce6-f89627be541f_4080x3060-jpeg.jpg) A seasonal wreath for our front door, Dec 2025 **Inspiration** ["So, let this be one act among many that honours the truth and upholds justice."](https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-12-09/government-apology-to-aboriginal-victorians-after-treaty/106116798?ref=emilymorter.com) [Online condolence book](https://www.nsw.gov.au/nsw-government/bondi-beach-attack?ref=emilymorter.com) > Kurt Vonnegut tells his wife he’s going out to buy an envelope: > > *“Oh, she says, well, you’re not a poor man. You know, why don’t you go online and buy a hundred envelopes and put them in the closet?”* > > *And so I pretend not to hear her. And go out to get an envelope because I’m going to have a hell of a good time in the process of buying one envelope. I meet a lot of people. And see some great looking babes. And a fire engine goes by. And I give them the thumbs up. And I ask a woman what kind of dog that is. And, and I don’t know.* > > *The moral of the story is, we’re here on Earth to fart around. And, of course, the computers will do us out of that. And, what the computer people don’t realize, or they don’t care, is we’re dancing animals.* Thank you for being here with me. Much love and gentleness to you as we move into a new year, Emily [Subscribe now](#/portal/signup)