Hello, reader. How are you? I was recently writing that post about a ritual I did, praying for the house. When I got to the word trespassing, I thought it was tresspassing. Then I realized my whole life, I’ve thought of trespassing as passing hair. Like hair is tresses, and we were passing the hair… Read More »
Hello, how are you, reader? So much, I’m thinking about community lately. Ming and I are learning a lot in our home. We had a zoom dinner with a prospective new housemate, and he asked about how conflict is handled in the house. It brought up a lot of feelings for me, and I’ve been… Read More »
Hello, reader. How are you? Last night there was community dinner in our backyard. As we sat conversing around the fire, the subject of karma came up. I listened to opinions that interested me and felt the ideas tumble around the group. I felt who spoke and who didn’t–who was empowered to speak and who… Read More »
“What are you looking for? Everything you need is in this bed! Unless Bunny fell out,” I said. “Cherche” means search in French. I think of that word often–not sure why. It’s like buscar in Spanish. Those words mean a lot to me. I can get super-affectionate about words. Do you have words like cherche… Read More »
Ming was sniffling in the morning. I was alarmed. “Are you sick?” I asked. Love in the time of pandemic is confusing, but even more so now that we live in community in a house with nine other people. If someone is sick, will we all get sick? Crap. “I don’t think I’m sick,” he… Read More »
Hello, reader! How are you? What’s growing in your inner garden? I’ve been thinking about what an apology is. conflict I had conflict with a friend. They apologized for not getting back to a text I sent when I really needed help. They explained why they didn’t reply, and I was like–ok, thanks for telling… Read More »
Hello–how are you doing? I was thinking about what a girlfriend is. I realized I have some intense connotation for that word–maybe it’s a loaded word. So I decided to try unpacking my associations. In my journal I listed them. The left column is more positive, with words like close, honored, and tender. The right… Read More »
Hello–how are you doing? Speaking at the Friends meeting is something I never thought I would do. We’ve been going since November. God gave me a message, and I didn’t feel much choice but to speak it. The message was something like this. message You know at the doctor, there can be a pain scale. … Read More »
In a Little Free Library some months ago, I found two cool books for kids. I am a big kid, apparently. One is about making friendship bracelets and other cord-ish things. So colorful and pretty–I love it. The other is crafts throughout the year. What are crafts? I always thought crafts were arts that require… Read More »
“Do you read any kind of scriptures?” my friend in Montana asked. Wow, scriptures. Like the Bible. The Gita? Sutras? I sing a song Ya Devi often which has lyrics from a holy book called the Chandi. “No, not lately,” I said. “But I pray, do ritual, dance, sing. I listen to Mother Earth and… Read More »