by Havi Brooks | May 7, 2014 | stuff I think about
Riding the El was my recent proxy mission. The El stood for Love. L is for love. And other things. And I was riding it, in the sense that I was learning about it. It was at Rally (Rally!), of course, and it was Rally L which is why I was riding the El. My name was...
by Havi Brooks | Mar 31, 2014 | stuff I think about
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 | Mar 14, 2014 | stuff I think about
Where I cover the good and the hard in my week, visiting the non-preachy side of ritual and self-reflection. It is Friday and we are here. {a breath for Friday} Possess an excellent day time! A spammer said this to me this week. Well, not to me specifically. Anyway, I...
by Havi Brooks | Mar 11, 2014 | stuff I think about
I am Jelly Bean Jones. Or at least, that was my secret agent name two weeks ago. I was at Rally (Rally!), and it was Rally J, and I was a jelly bean. A JOYFUL JELLY BEAN. Named Jelly Bean. Jelly Bean Jones. Actually my primary association with that candy is that they...
by Havi Brooks | Mar 6, 2014 | stuff I think about
A toast! Here are the things I toast to. To Integration, the best I word ever. Get it? Haha, yes. To integrating all the aspects of me. My self and my selves. To the Is. My self and my selves. The Is and the Eyes. And the Ayes. Because we are pirates. To intel and the...
by Havi Brooks | Feb 25, 2014 | stuff I think about
I was reading a piece and the writer mentioned she’d stopped writing during [hard life thing], and how she needs to start again, because that’s what writers do in order to be writers, she said. Many words bubbling up in response. They must wait. And at the...
