by Havi Brooks | Nov 8, 2011 | my personal practice
Barrington is my travelling companion, of course. She’s absolutely smashing at it. Just frightfully efficient. One doesn’t know what one did before she was here to take care of it all. Today she is doing up my valise and hat boxes and such, in preparation...
by Havi Brooks | Nov 6, 2011 | my personal practice
Personal ads. They’re … personal! Very. Each week I write these VPAs to practice asking for what I want. And to get clarity on what that really is, even when asking feels conflicted. I always get useful information about my relationship with various...
by Havi Brooks | Nov 3, 2011 | updates & announcements
In which I cover the good stuff and the hard stuff in my week, trying for the non-preachy, non-annoying side of ritual and self-reflection. And you get to join in if you feel like it. You guys! I am doing a different thing for this week’s Chicken, and that thing...
by Havi Brooks | Nov 2, 2011 | my personal practice
Saying hello to the months is an experimental form, and always changing. This is the fifth time I’m trying this (in a row — whoah!), and each time I’ve done it differently. I’ve read over July and August and September and October, and each one...
by Havi Brooks | Oct 31, 2011 | mindful time management
We’ve said hello to several months this year (four so far, I think), but we haven’t yet said any goodbyes. At least not out loud. Today seems like the right moment to revisit Hello, October and then make my farewells. What I loved about October this...