all I can do is laugh. I have come down from the beautiful windcall retreat, where I was up a mountain in an isolated cabin with no human sounds around […]
Year: 2012
Malcolm, at 87?
for years now I’ve had a ritual for Malcolm’s birthday – I either watch Malcolm x, or re-read his autobiography. since I didn’t have the book here, or enough Internet […]
remembering (echo chamber of transformation)
a few years ago I was sitting in some conference or other, and a brilliant speaker, maybe Malkia Cyril, said we need to create an echo chamber for our progressive […]
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Full moon night
I cannot fully express how beautiful it is where I am, how utterly safe and cared for I feel. These months have done me good, I am reading a book […]
oh hope!
it’s my last day on the big island of Hawaii…already! it’s been an incredible month and a half on the volcano, and so much has moved up and through and […]
average sabbatical day in kona
for the vicarious ones: 5:30-6:30 am: wake up naturally as light comes into the sky and birds get louder. lay in bed with eyes closed, reflecting on what dreams I […]
beginning the descent
it has occurred to me lately that I have begun the descent part of my journey. my goal was to fling myself as far from my life as I could […]
hard work
(accidentally published the unfinished take on this one. i added other thoughts) last year I was watching my niece and nephew playing. he, Finn, was banging one toy with another […]
moon time
the full moon is up outside my window now, and I’m feeling good and ritualistic. I learned a full moon bath recipe a while ago (was it only a year? […]
how to build a labyrinth
as some of you know, I have a labyrinth tattooed on my arm. I trace it with my finger every day, sometimes multiple times a day. I love it, and […]