Hello, reader. How are you doing? I need to tell you a story about dog feelings. Basically I upset a dog, and I don’t know why. But I have theories. work party Once upon a time, there was a little dog who had strong feelings for me at a work party. What did I do… Read More »
Hello, reader. How are you doing? Yesterday I completed a four day ritual I want to tell you about. Performing a multi-day ritual is wild during travel because I was at a different location each time. I recommend this because the spirits of the land are different everywhere, the plants are different, the biome, the… Read More »
Hello, reader. How are you doing? I love how apology transforms energy. This is part two to a post from last month called “what apology is for.” I’ve been thinking about magic words, like “thank you” and “I’m sorry.” Magic words play with trust and power, social concepts that I think about all day. Love… Read More »
Hey, reader. How are you doing? Last post I was talking about that internal memo googledoc of what I want done with my stuff when I die. And now I want to write the statement to be released at the time of my death as a final message. Yes! But why wait? I intend to… Read More »
Hello, reader. How are you doing? I want to share this meditation for drop. I hope it can help a suffering person. Drop is a deep emotional low I wouldn’t wish on my worst frenemy. I experience drop after abundant physical contact, associated with New Relationship Energy. It’s thrilling how I get high from touch… Read More »
Hey, reader. How are you? I got to live another year–it’s pretty incredible. How much life can I pack into a year? A ton! Happy birthday, with much thanks to my mama for carrying, birthing, feeding, and raising me. It’s hard to continue without her, yet here we grow. Ming took this picture of me… Read More »
“How do regular people make this much tempeh?” I asked Ming. I was in our kitchen, overwhelmed, wishing for advice from anywhere. Repeatedly I was making marinade but running out of space in my pyrex dishes, needing to start another two dishes of marinade in order to accommodate all that copious tempeh. “They don’t,” Ming… Read More »
Hello, reader. How are you doing? Someone I’ve loved for a long time asked me how to write more. He sees me as prolific, and it’s true. I make a lot of zines–it’s been 36 years– and I used to blog here every day. Now I have multiple websites, write a monthly column for a… Read More »
“Stardust gave me this pear,” I told Ming. I was holding a small green pear in my hand that I guessed Stardust had picked from a tree before our last visit. “So I’m carrying it around with me,” I continued. “As one does!” Ming smiled. We were on a trip to Portland, and the pear… Read More »
Hello, reader. How’s you? I want to tell you why I read tarot. Last June I wrote a post about how I read tarot. It’s great, with examples. A year later, how I read is similar. Every time I start with “what do I most need” followed by “how do I get it.” This sets… Read More »