To pay attention, this is our endless and proper work. Mary Oliver
From Old Norse stilla. in the senses satisfy, quench, allay from the adjective stille (“still, quiet, calm”). Claiming my Nordic heritage.
I go down to the edge of the sea. How everything shines in the morning light! The cusp of the whelk, the broken cupboard of the clam, the opened, blue mussels, moon snails, pale pink and barnacle ...