Noelle Notions

I created this little short film for a college class & I still love it quite a lot—it was very fun to make! There is just something very magical about stop-motion. :) —S.B. p.s. yes, there is also a “monster 1” and “monster 2”

April is the best month for celebration. Not only is there National Poetry Month (want a free weekly poem?) there’s also Poetic Earth Month—basically, it’s National Poetry Month + Earth Day, all month! :) You can get into it by joining ecochallenge, which is a cool site where, in April, people from all over the place can choose actions that help the environment while also gaining points.

Guess what? I have another substack in which I share recipes that are all gluten/dairy free and also, they don’t suck. Not only that, but I also review stuff you can buy. All in a very casual manner. gluten free recipes that don't suck If that doesn’t convince you, maybe looking at this picture will? yeah that sounds like fun!

The door had been there ever since Shelley could remember. In the back of the walled garden, the path leading through brambles to come upon it, suddenly—first sunflowers in tilted rows, the tumble of stones and dirt turned over, spiderwebs strewn with dew; then, behind the brambles, past the pachysandra and ferns, up it came: the wall, and the doorway in red crumbling brick, and ivy.

songs for the sadbook collections (a playlist) noellenotions.substack.com

Starting tomorrow, something new will arrive… On January 1st, I’m beginning a small daily comic strip, , featuring this stick figure right here ↓ subscribe to The Sadbook Collections I’d love to see you there! <3

A starry cup of black tea, the winner of the poll! Have a lovely holiday season, everyone <3

I felt all holiday-ish because of this awesome thing <3 <3 <3 Sweetie2566 made this book trailer for Earth Song: A Nature Poems Experience, and it does such a wonderful job of conveying the feeling of the anthology! I just love it so much!!! “Places I love come back to me like music.

♥ the winning tea will inspire a little drawing :) photo used with permission from emilydteatraveler

Gerda in the Garden I rest a while in this enclosure walk through primrose, spirea, eranthus, kneel among dark-green dagger-leaf crocus trail fingers on trembling frost-flower (absence—) … stand on stone-edged path of heather pluck ruffled heads and garland dianthus drop star-dart bittersweet, brush past iris watch pale-winged insects wheel-swoop glide-hover painted flowers on the old woman’s hat petals, petals, brush stroke wheels of roses rise from sleep under watered earth with tears “Is...