Learning about the rich and complex histories of the towns we visit has me thinking about our relationship to ancestors, both living and dead. In my last newsletter, I talked about how I struggled with the all the historic monuments and memorials we saw that upheld the myth making of “great men” in American historyContinue reading “Ancestors”
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Memorials
It’s Scorpio season, a time of descending darkness as we cling to the light, our shadow selves coming out to play. Lore tells us the veil between the living and the dead, the other spiritual realms, is thinnest at this time, thus our celebrations of Halloween, Samhain, Dia de Muertos and many other customs, suchContinue reading “Memorials”
It’s Fall, Ya’ll!
October is my favorite month, not just because it is my birthday month (Libra suns unite!) or because it is the month of Halloween. I also love the natural turning of the year, the time of harvest, cooler weather and oncoming darkness, the natural death of the season. As we travel Northeast, I am thrilledContinue reading “It’s Fall, Ya’ll!”
Into the Woods
September is a time of transition, the late summer turning into fall. In that transition, it feels like the brightness outside begins to dim. For those who love summer, and don’t get my wrong, I have love for summer too, their energy recedes and they mourn the loss of this time. For me, as aContinue reading “Into the Woods”
A Room With a View
Over the last two weeks we spent almost two whole days packing, emptying and deep cleaning our home of the past thirteen years. As the house grew more and more empty, I was filled with an oscillating sense of detachment and bittersweet sadness. As I’ve written about before in my zine, Home Love, this wasContinue reading “A Room With a View”
Leticia’s Creative Obsessions: There is No Future Without Disabled People!
There is a story I’ve told about my body, and then there is the story my body demands to be told. This has changed many times over the course of my 39 years of life, and I’m sure it will change many more times for the rest of my remaining years. There was a timeContinue reading “Leticia’s Creative Obsessions: There is No Future Without Disabled People!”
Leticia’s Creative Obsessions: On Embracing Expansiveness
I’ve been reflecting on a conversation I had in therapy earlier this year that about what word would describe how I wanted to feel once I transitioned out of full-time work to focus on our upcoming RV travels and my writing. Every time I thought about it, the word “expansive” came to mind. To meContinue reading “Leticia’s Creative Obsessions: On Embracing Expansiveness”
Leticia’s Creative Obsessions: The Magic of the Bookshelf
Have you ever walked past your bookshelf at home, or a stack of books, a book cart at the library or a display at a bookstore and felt the irresistible pull of a book, your hand reaching out for it instinctively without your mind even realizing what you are doing? When I was younger andContinue reading “Leticia’s Creative Obsessions: The Magic of the Bookshelf”
Leticia’s Creative Obsessions: Resisting Disconnection
It is so easy right now to slip into the comforting waters of disassociation. Our US culture welcomes it, welcomes disconnection from one another, the slipping into the brain static of a favorite TV show, the endless scroll of social media, the emotional turning away from all that harms us, and exhausts our souls. AndContinue reading “Leticia’s Creative Obsessions: Resisting Disconnection”
Leticia’s Creative Obsessions How Stories Shape Us
On this Spring Equinox, I am thinking a lot about the natural transitions into spring: the new growth, the warming during the day with still cool nights. The plants we nursed through last scorching summer and a few freezes are now starting to return and flourish. Look at our little strawberry buds! This is alsoContinue reading “Leticia’s Creative Obsessions How Stories Shape Us”
