i just realized that I am deeply branded on this journey I am about to embark on – I have been seeking the best ways to minimalize my belongings for […]
Year: 2012
without manipulation
it has been hard to write for the past week – too much to write about! I need to write about Etta James, and about heading on sabbatical, and the […]
obama and revolution
a word on this election year… I am so excited that I am about to be away from the u.s. as this election year gears up! I said, years ago, […]
my year of not falling
last winter, I fell 5 times. these were not easy falls. each time was fast, abysmal, humiliating, vulnerable, lonely, with me trying to laugh while I silently assessed the damage. […]
master cleanse
I’m completing day 5 of the master cleanse, so I thought I’d write a bit about it, what I do, and why. there are a lot of ways folks do […]
license to chill
i don’t know how to chill. i have this permission, this complete support, from my partner and family and community, to actually just chill, and i can’t quite figure it […]
Rum Cake.
yes – this is an unusual post. recently, at the allied media conference holiday party, i got the great honor of tasting a rum cake that blew my mind. my […]
the amazing 2012 pledge (from diana nucera!)
as promised, the pledge we shouted at the top of our lungs at the beginning of 2012. diana nucera drafted it with a bunch of magical unicorns. I will live […]
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The Other Story (from Autumn Brown)
this is brilliant and timely piece from my sister Autumn Brown, reposted from her newsletter! A few weeks ago, I was listening to a radio program about the current Republican […]
fairy tale first moments
i know how Cinderella felt, the day after. last night I got the honor of singing, publicly, for my first moments of 2012! not just singing, but singing dressed as […]