Skyedive - Chapter 24, Time

In today’s episode we read the chapter 24 – Time, in which Farfalla learns to navigate her new surroundings.
This week's podcast partner is Something (Rather Than Nothing): https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/something-rather-than-nothing/id1473313040
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FULL TRANSCRIPT:Things with Wings Productions presents: Chapter 24 of The Skylark Bell, Skyedive. I am your host, Melissa Oliveri.  In last week’s episode Farfalla found herself rescued by an ancient, mystical group of people and brought to their secret forest hideaway.In today’s episode we read the chapter 24 – Time, in which Farfalla learns to navigate her new surroundings.Today’s podcast partner is Something, Rather Than Nothing. Host Ken Volante does a phenomenal job of bringing art philosophy to the forefront and finding unique perspectives through his roster of guests. You can find an interview with me on the Something Rather Than Nothing podcast on my website, just check the link in the shownotes. Now, it’s time to settle in… grab a blanket, and a warm drink… and let’s get started.
I don’t know what year it is. My best guess is that I have been here for over a year, as I recall two solstice celebrations, but I have no idea what today’s date is.When I asked Cailleach she let out a small laugh and told me that dates don’t matter. Though they do measure daylight and seasons, they don’t track the minutes, hours, days, and years like we did in my time. They cohabitate with nature in a way I’ve never seen before, it is strikingly beautiful.Cailleach explained to me that her people inhabited the mainland for many years, but eventually strangers came, and her people were chased away, hunted down, converted, or... worse. I felt this betrayal deep in my bones as I remembered the people of Pocket, and more recently, Mayor Sandpiper completely disregarding my existence. Cailleach’s tribe, the last of its kind, escaped to the island. They settled deep in the woods, and spent many years learning from the land. There was something special in the forest here, a wisdom that their people had been seeking for generations. They had been slowly unpeeling the layers of this knowledge through education, exploration, and sometimes simple luck, but here in the forest Cailleach’s tribe felt they had arrived at the source of this wisdom. The ground itself tingled under their feet as they made their way between the trees. They happened upon the clearing one day and have been settled here ever since. Cailleach’s