This overview refresher is for people like me in the U.S. who haven't had to live knowing every detail of these rights every day– to save our lives and our families' lives daily– and so across our busy lives the fine details of our constitution-protected rights
Happy Lunar New Year and happy Fat Tuesday! Through watching the Winter Olympics and reading about the ongoing horrors of the world– from ongoing genocide in Gaza to revolution in Iran to ICE terrorizing and killing Americans and our guests here and making everyone far less safe to zero accountability
I've been surprised almost daily by how much Mom is still with us, here, seven weeks after her death. The men who tell us that our kindest, most generous and sassy ancestors leave us behind are wrong. Wow are they wrong. I almost wrote, "Dead wrong,"
This post is for anyone feeling heartbroken right now, for any reason. The Blessing: May we speak the heartbreak of now together May we allow the speaking of our heartbreak to be our offering to the world now. When we're so heartbroken that we feel stagnant, stuck, tight,
I know this might sound strange given the fascist-executive-branch-thinks-they're-in-charge-of-the-entire-Earth state of the United States and a few other evil-whack-a-do governments killing their neighbors or own people right now. But I'm thinking about thriving this year. Thriving. As communities. As working people. Regular, loving, hardworking people on
Happy 2026, friends, for those of you who celebrate this particular calendar turning. And for everyone else, happy Tuesday or well wishes for wherever you are. As you may have heard, on the winter solstice in late December, our family lost our dear sweet Linda– my Mom and dear friend
Prioritize what you need today. Right now. Is that a struggle for you today or this month or year? Then this women-and-poetry-woven essay is for you. This essay demonstrates what I write—and how I change—when I prioritize what I need right now, day after day, and month after
This essay isn't a tutorial for floating your body in the water. It's about embracing the season of deepening reflection and connection. Welcoming the cold and darkness. Adjusting our senses, returning to trusting stillness, and being more fully present than we are in the warmer, lighter
This weekend I re-heard poet Rebecca Dupas say, in her gorgeous poem "How to Slay a Dragon," that: until you let their opinions go you are the only dragon that needs slaying Wow do I love these words. This poet. This four-part essay contains a spoiler about her
I'm taking part in a 10-minute skill share gathering tonight at the Koneski Co-Creative Gallery in Clinton (5:30 to 6:30 pm if you care to join us). This is the content of the handouts I'm taking. I'm also planning to host classes
Because the U.S. federal government has been shredded from within this year and now shut down for months, starting November 1st the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) that almost 42 million Americans lean on to pay for some of the food they and/or their children eat, is being
Every so often, we find ourselves feeling slightly off or way off our path in life or completely lost from who we are and what we deeply want to be and do next. I'm at a life-transition point myself right now. I swing from lost and sad to