Muchness

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Kintsugi

Lately I’ve been feeling a strong urge to integrate – to gather up past selves and own her awkward moments, her poor decisions, and her burned bridges with the hope of finding some continuity there.

April 9, 2022 · Leave a comment

Alone

There are lots of types of alone in the world. There’s the alone you enjoy when you close the door on what’s been hounding you. When you drop what you’re … Continue reading

February 27, 2022 · Leave a comment

Dormant

In ordinary times endings were a beginning. Painful as they were they ushered new seasons. Pandemic and lockdown brought endings, only endings and waiting and sameness. Life is small now … Continue reading

August 23, 2021 · Leave a comment

The esoteric path

What if the most personal, revolutionary act we can do is to be pleased with things and persist in joyful practice? 

July 2, 2021 · Leave a comment

Unfurl

On Monday afternoon, I experienced a wave of overwhelming anxiety. Oh hell no. Oh f* no. It’s happening again. The lockdown announcement came later in the week, but all signs … Continue reading

May 30, 2021 · 1 Comment

For the covid-lucky

We never prepared for this version of pandemic. On film, people cough and the world falls apart. The reality of COVID-19 is far stranger. This post is a quiet word to my fellow covid-lucky. Our problems may be a small portion of the total damage, but it’s still there, still ours, and it accumulates. It will not so easily fit under the rug where we sweep it.

February 13, 2021 · Leave a comment

Compass in the wild

People have been asking what gift/s I want for my rapidly approaching big four-oh. It’s a milestone. It should be something good, something meaningful. Yet things (objects, stuff) seem to … Continue reading

November 13, 2020 · Leave a comment

Fat

I’m coming out as fat. Consider this my declaration. Like any form of coming out, the response may well be ‘that’s been obvious for a while. Let’s all move on’ … Continue reading

September 15, 2020 · Leave a comment

New normal

Can we open up a different kind of conversation about what could be normal?

August 6, 2020 · Leave a comment
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