Wish 302: not throwing

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...

Chicken 350: Slather it on.

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.} And happy THREE HUNDRED AND FIFTY weeks of Chickens! What worked this week? Letting my body run the decision-making. Many decisions wanted my...

W

Glow West. Each morning I make a compass. If I don’t know which way north is (or even if I do), I set north above me or right in front of me. I assign a quality to each direction point, and I let them cycle around me, surrounding myself with the qualities and...

Oh no oh please don’t go

I am two weeks into Operation True Yes, aka six month road trip, aka the first segment of Shmita, my sabbatical time of letting the fields lie fallow. So far it has been an intense training in everything that is not yes, and I have been following and untangling many...

The emptying out

Five years ago I was in the middle of my long search for a Playground. Well, for a space to hold my Playground, the center I wanted to open. Found it we did, through a very cool miracle which I will tell you about some other time, and those five-rooms-and-a-galley...

Vroom Vroom You’re There

Vroom Vroom You’re There The Ann Arbor Transit Authority, now the Ann Arbor Area Transit Authority, the AAATA, also known, sort of, as The Ride, has tried out some awkward and unfortunate slogans over the years, if my high school memory serves. I believe Vroom...
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