by Havi Brooks | Jan 27, 2015 | stuff I think about
This is a post about up and under. Up. I want to tell you about Tel Aviv. That city and I had a long complicated love affair that stretched out over ten sweet, wildly intense years. I mostly think I’m over it, but then again, I don’t visit. Which is...
by Havi Brooks | Jan 26, 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 | Jan 23, 2015 | my personal practice
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? Choosing intentional seclusion, and redefining it. I got invited to a fun thing on Wednesday and realized the better choice...
by Havi Brooks | Jan 22, 2015 | stuff I think about
Tenderness. Tenderness is a word that has changed for me over time. It used to grate. Maybe I had tenderness about tenderness. I didn’t like it. It felt too vulnerable, overly sweet, almost overbearing in its rawness. I didn’t want to be tender. I wanted...
by Havi Brooks | Jan 20, 2015 | stuff I think about
It looked like a cigar. Or did it. It didn’t really look like a cigar, but my mind tried to make it into a cigar, because what else would someone be throwing behind a bush? The woman holding it was maybe a couple feet away. I just saw the shape of it, and the...
