by Havi Brooks | Mar 10, 2022 | my personal practice
Image: The entry to a favorite labyrinth in Tucson, Arizona SMOPL I wrote about Feasts of Liberations this week, a beautiful and grounding practice for when a day or [time period] holds some extra grief and where there is also some liberation to be marked. What do we...
by Havi Brooks | Mar 6, 2022 | my personal practice
Image: Celebratory chai-flavored mini waffles (gluten-free & dairy-free) with pine needle syrup, halva, a date, nutmeg, flaky salt. A make-shift feast conjured from creativity aka what was left in my tiny trailer pantry aka use what you have. The waffles are...
by Havi Brooks | Mar 4, 2022 | my personal practice
content note: Some tough topics, strong force fields indicated! 1991 The start of the first Gulf War lined up exactly with my first period, announcing itself in blood, an absurd thing to say, yes, I am aware, and also: that’s how I remember both these events thanks to...
by Havi Brooks | Feb 24, 2022 | my personal practice
Image: Prayer flag art by Meira Yaer, she gave me this piece and I treasure it, the prayer flags live in her magical garden, the place of the wild winds. You win some, you win some later This is what Incoming Me says when things don’t go as anticipated or wished-for....
by Havi Brooks | Dec 31, 2021 | my personal practice
Image: That wild New Mexico sky, edge of the forest, edge of my roof, edges in general, it’s a theme. Richard called this skypainting, I love that too. We made it and nothing more is needed Hello doorway into the new year, hello passage. We made it, we are here,...
by Havi Brooks | Nov 24, 2021 | my personal practice
Image: Three glass jars filled with labneh made in my tiny trailer kitchen, rolled in spices, preserved in golden olive oil. Behind them an array of cooking utensils framed by blue New Mexico sky. The Labneh Maker is a proxy identity I called on in a moment of need,...
