"There's something very physically releasing about howling, she says. It's quite animalistic and powerful. On a stormy beach, when waves are crashing on the rocks, you can really let rip."
"I was beginning to feel like I was in a fight against the sea, and against the weather. But a few hours later, as she stood on the shore and howled into the wind, the feeling that she was in a battle with the elements evaporated."
"I was ready to find my own shape again, and Orkney was where I needed to be to do that. I needed to be there, by the sea, in that strange, flat place."
"When she got back to England, the islands whispered to her, she says, urging her to return and make her home there."
Victoria Bennett experienced a transformative moment during her first winter in Orkney while howling into the stormy sea. Initially feeling overwhelmed by the elements, she found release and empowerment in the act of howling. Her memoir, 'The Apothecary by the Sea,' reflects on her journey to Orkney, where she sought to reconnect with herself after personal loss. The islands called to her, and she embraced the challenges of her new home, including her chronic illnesses, finding strength in the natural world around her.
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