Invitation to the Sacred Grove

About the Substack

Welcome to the Sacred Grove, a living writing project. Through dream tending and deep imagination, a writer explores the underworld of aging, illness, and what it means to live fully present to oneโ€™s beautiful, messy, painful, as-is life.

Free Subscription Benefits

  • Occasional public posts, weekly dream stories, and access to public Dreaming Playlist.

Paid Subcription Benefits

  • Subscriber-only essays and full archive.
  • Post comments and join the community.
  • Periodic private group dream tending.

Paid Subscription Plans

  • $79 a year
  • $5.99 a month

About Charli Mills

Charli Mills, a Michigan literary artist with an MFA, tends forgotten stories and encourages writers, veteran families, and students at CarrotRanch.com.

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