by Havi Brooks | Sep 9, 2010 | stuff I think about
Yesterday we thought about containers, which is a word I dislike but a concept I love. So we actually talked about shelter (and about blanket forts and ship voyages). And building a sukkah (conceptual or otherwise) to symbolically hold us while we go through whatever...
by Havi Brooks | Sep 8, 2010 | stuff I think about
There’s this thing in the world of self-help (self-helpishness? self-helpery?) where I kind of live — people are always talking about containers. About creating containers for things to happen in. I love the concept. Love it! I don’t love the word....
by Havi Brooks | Sep 6, 2010 | stuff I think about
Or better: the month of newness and beginnings, since most beginnings are new anyway. This newness is special. You can just tell. So all of a sudden it’s September. And not just September but now. It was kind of … dark-ish when I climbed out of bed at six...
by Havi Brooks | Aug 31, 2010 | stuff I think about
I am thirty three years old and have not once seriously considered moving to Bolivia. It’s weird, because normally I wouldn’t even mention that. But here we are. Most women do end up moving to Bolivia. And by my age, you’re pretty much expected to...
by Havi Brooks | Aug 30, 2010 | stuff I think about
So I promised to tell you more about the spectacular projectizing Rally (Rally!) and then forgot. The Rally (Rally!) was completely inspired by this post, which in turn was inspired by scooter rallies, and which I was inspired to write about because of my gentleman...
by Havi Brooks | Aug 24, 2010 | stuff I think about
One of the quirks of self-employment: There aren’t generally procedures in place to stop and acknowledge how hard you work and how much you have done and how much you care. This came up again yesterday during a chicken with some colleagues. That sense of come...
