by Havi Brooks | May 11, 2015 | my personal practice
Personal ads. They’re … personal! Very. I write a Very Personal Ad each week to practice wanting, and get clarity about my desires. The point isn’t getting my wish (though cool things have emerged from wishing), the point is learning about my...
by Havi Brooks | May 7, 2015 | my personal practice
A look at the good and the hard in my week, a ritual of reflecting. It is Friday Thursday and we are here. Publishing the Chicken on Thursday (twelve hours early?) because I might not have internet access until Sunday! {a breath for today.} What worked this week? Path...
by Havi Brooks | May 3, 2015 | my personal practice
Personal ads. They’re … personal! Very. I write a Very Personal Ad each week to practice wanting, and get clarity about my desires. The point isn’t getting my wish (though cool things have emerged from wishing), the point is learning about my...
by Havi Brooks | May 1, 2015 | stuff I think about
A look at the good and the hard in my week, a ritual of reflecting. It is Friday and we are here. {a breath for Friday.} What worked this week? That’s not how we speak to toddlers. Sometimes when I notice a not particularly helpful pattern (“Oh! Doing that thing where...
by Havi Brooks | Apr 29, 2015 | stuff I think about
Setting off. I wrote this piece six weeks ago, on the night the boy and I left Portland for Operation True Yes, six months of wandering. It was Erev, the Eve of, and specifically the Eve of Yeses. The embarking, the setting off. If you are not familiar with the...
