People on the other side can be helpful in ways that living people cannot. People on the other side are available to support us, and their love is an energy that flows to us as much as we want. One of the main ways I sustain my mental health is by asking my mom, her… Read More »
“Why did you make rice pudding?” my dear friend asked. They ask the best questions. They were heading to the land, and I thought I could make some gluten-free, vegan rice pudding they could bring with them for the Forestry Campers already there. “Well, I had this rice free from the pantry,” I said. “And… Read More »
“How would you explain what magic is?” I asked Ming. We were driving home from the coast. What a good day we had. First we went to the library, where I wrote and cleared some ideas out of my head that had coalesced during the drive. Then we went for a walk. I was skeptical… Read More »
Hello, reader. How are you doing? I needed help clearing my chakras–two chakras in particular: heart and root. A while back, I asked for help from someone who turned out to be bad news for me, and it never happened. Then I asked Ming and a couple other friends. My dear housemate friend said yes,… Read More »
Did you ever promise something to someone, and then time passed, and the promise was gnawing at you? Gnaw, gnaw like a little mouse gnawing on a hunk of wood. My promise meant something to me, even if the other person never cared, or if they long forgot it. So the promise. I said I… Read More »
Hello, how are you doing today? Lately I’ve been thinking about welcoming myself as spiritual practice. Do you feel welcome, in the world? I spent most of my life feeling unwanted, misunderstood, too weird, and too much. Part trauma, part autism, part crazy, part fatness too. It’s taken more than 40 years of hard work… Read More »
I fell in love with the desert, activism, and Ming all at the same time. It was a Sacred Peace Walk, here in Nevada, two years before we moved here. Spirituality in activism is important to me. Recently I read this essay Activism as Spirituality that spoke some truths that are important to me. Please… Read More »
In the early morning on Trinity Day, I did a peace ritual in the courtyard. Ming recorded me. Please see the video. It’s mostly a prayer. I post the words of the whole ritual in the description. Thanks for praying with me, or using this ritual to design your own. I planned and wrote it… Read More »
Hey, I’m doing this postcard project. I get to make 20 postcards about how I love Nevada. Yeah! I do love Nevada! That’s the example postcard that came in my packet. I like it. Then I made some. I did a ton of backgrounds during a stressful zoom. Then I made some foregrounds, used stencils… Read More »
rest Hey, reader Friend. I was lying in bed–my feet were up on two pillows, and I was resting. That’s my favorite thing. Ming visited me; then he left. I had the fans turned off, and the ac was off. I was like, is it cooling down? It’s almost August. I had this little hope,… Read More »