We’re in the depths of summer. The days are hotter, longer, and my energy drains much faster during these days. During our time in Colorado and now Wyoming, we have tried to be outside as much as possible, exploring local state parks and of course the National Parks in these states, including Rocky Mountain NationalContinue reading “Control is the Illusion”
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Welcome Back (to Texas)
Throughout our travels, I have found myself caressing, even hugging a myriad of trees, wanting to know their names and greeting every waterway we encounter, bathing in it if I can, even if it means just submerging my toes or fingertips in the water. This impulse is curiosity, is questions, is appreciation, is worship. IContinue reading “Welcome Back (to Texas)”
Finding the Flow
My one-word theme for 2025 was Rhythm. I chose this word because as I transitioned my life through several big changes, I wanted to find a new rhythm for how I would spend my days as a full-time writer and teaching artist, and how Ramiro and I would create this new life together. Looking backContinue reading “Finding the Flow”
The Road So Far
This newsletter is a long one, so buckle up! I find myself beginning my day with questions. Not just the every day questions like “what will I make for breakfast this morning?” or “what do I feel like reading?” but invitations to ponder where I want to go or what I feel creatively pulled toContinue reading “The Road So Far”
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!”
