Nick Cave on living with loss and grief as a portal to aliveness, how two 19th-century teenage sisters sparked a feat of modern conservation, and more

“All you have is what you are, and what you give.” Midweek pick-me-up: Ursula K. Le Guin on suffering and getting to the other side of pain

An illustrated love letter to gardening, D.H. Lawrence on trees, solitude and how we root ourselves when relationships collapse, and a staggering poem

Midweek pick-me-up: Elizabeth Gilbert on love, loss, and how to move through grief as grief moves through you