Through the Tall Grass: Rabbit’s Guide to Thriving Beyond Giants

A Living Indigenous Story of Memory, Courage, and Regeneration

"When the Giants roar and the world trembles, Rabbit teaches another way—through cunning, care, community, and sacred survival.
This is not a battle cry.
This is a trail through the tall grass, where we thrive beyond their reach."

This story is dedicated to my Mother, the Quiet Feminist, and…

“For all who move quietly through the tall grass, weaving futures the Giants cannot see.”

At this time of year, when many have gathered for Easter, I find myself reflecting on how Indigenous peoples across Turtle Island have long honored the arrival of spring — not through a single holiday, but through ongoing ceremonies of renewal, gratitude, and relationship with the land.

There is something beautiful that happens when we lean into the stories, traditions, and rhythms that have shaped other cultures for generations.

Curiosity becomes connection. Reverence becomes relationship.

And together, we find new pathways toward harmony — within ourselves, with each other, and with Mother Earth herself.

Speak this (below ritual opening) to yourself as we go into storytime, as stories are the chosen method of delivering knowledge and wisdom in Indigenous communities.

“Pause.
Breathe deep into your bones.
Remember: you are walking an old path made new.
Let Rabbit guide your steps.”

Dear traveler, dear relative,

You are holding more than a story in your hands.
You are holding a map stitched from old songs and new breath, from the wisdom of those who came before and the wild hopes still being born in you.

This story comes from the roots of my own lineage—the whispers of my ancestors who lived through storms, who laughed through sorrows, who wove care into their communities like sacred thread.

It comes from the ancient, knowing pulse of the earth herself.
It comes from the trickster Rabbit, who teaches that survival is not only possible—it is an art form filled with courage, joy, cunning, and tenderness.

In a world where Giants shout and stomp and try to convince us that only brute force matters, we are remembering another way.
A softer, wiser, more resilient way.
A way of movement, of mischief, of fierce love and collective thriving.

I offer you this story as a companion—not a textbook, not a lecture, but a living trail through the tall grass.
A trail we will walk together.

Each step is an invitation:

• To reconnect with your own inner Rabbit—your agility, your cleverness, your sacred softness.

• To care for yourself and each other with the kind of radical tenderness that systems of power cannot touch.

• To weave a future that cannot be broken by the roar of empire, because it is rooted in the soil of belonging.

You do not have to be fearless.
You do not have to be perfect.
You simply have to be willing to remember.

I am honored to walk this path beside you.
Rabbit is waiting.
The journey through the tall grass has already begun.

With love, laughter, and ancient hope,
Michele Price

P.S.
I’ll share this story one chapter at a time, allowing our bones and sinew to feel and remember—gently, deeply, together.

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