Wish #232: a new kind of winter

Personal ads. They’re … personal! Very. Each week I write a Very Personal Ad (aka Vision-Possibility-Anticipation) to practice wanting, and get clarity about my desires. Sometimes wanting feels conflicted or just plain hard, and that’s okay. At the...

The F Word.

When my brother was little, he came home from nursery school one day and announced, “I know the S word!” The parental reaction to this, if I remember correctly, was about halfway between shocked and bemused. And of course we had to figure out if he really...

Solstice Stones

I am cobbling together a ritual for solstice this year. And I would like company with my ritual, because the whole point of it (for me) is companionship. So consider this an open invitation to join me, in a form that you like. What this is about, for me. Some of the...

Wish #231: Many happy returns?

Personal ads. They’re … personal! Very. Each week I write a Very Personal Ad (aka Vision-Possibility-Anticipation) to practice wanting, and get clarity about my desires. Sometimes wanting feels conflicted or just plain hard, and that’s okay. At the...
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