by Havi Brooks | Dec 22, 2008 | ask Havi
The holidays tend to trigger — in all of us — all sorts of uncomfortable stuff. Today’s Ask Havi comes from a woman in an especially tough spot. I will do what I can to come up with a kind of abridged survival guide to help her through this lonely...
by Havi Brooks | Dec 21, 2008 | stuff I think about
Asking for help. Close to home. Portland’s women’s bookstore, In Other Words — which is also really the neighborhood bookstore in Northeast Portland where I live — has fallen on some hard times. I know, I know. Hard times all over. But...
by Havi Brooks | Dec 19, 2008 | updates & announcements
Because it’s Friday AGAIN. And because traditions are important. In which I cover the good stuff and the hard stuff in my week, trying for the non-preachy, non-annoying side of self-reflection. And you get to join in if you feel like it. I’ve been sick all...
by Havi Brooks | Dec 18, 2008 | ask Havi
Today’s complicated Ask Havi should really be about twenty Ask Havis. It’s a big question — a very broad question — about my thoughts on meditation. Thoughts? Since I have far too many thoughts on this subject to possibly contain them in a post...
by Havi Brooks | Dec 16, 2008 | stucknesses & stuckification, working on patterns & habits
And it’s number eleven in our weekly series about making blogging (or the thought of maybe eventually getting around to it) seem more fun and less scary. But as we all know, this series is not really about blogging. It’s about working on your patterns and...