A year ago I stopped speaking.

And so now I just laugh.

Hahahahaha!

Yes, well.

Some people take silence very seriously.

For me, one of the greatest surprises of living quietly is that my silence has made everything funny. It has infused life with hilarity.

Even things that didn’t used to be funny. Like misunderstandings. Or missing the bus. Or not knowing what to do in a social situation.

Silence has also made things very, very simple. Simple and funny.

So the sound of laughter will be my H word right now. Even though I have recently noticed that I often laugh silently now as well.

The sound of laughter is fitting, because last week was Rally (Rally!), and it was Rally H, and it was hilarious.

Let’s have some H words.

There’s hello, which is entry.

There are all the different kinds of healing. Self-fluency is healing. Sustainable healing.

There are havens, which are sometimes in hollows. Places to hide. Hiding and hidden.

Help, when you need it. To hold and be held.

Harmony: both song and harmonious interactions of all forms. Humor and hilarity, which are healing too.

Home, and the all the ways that things can be homes for other things. Also house, as both noun and verb. Hoppy house, my house, which my uncle Svevo always calls Happy house. Happy.

To host, to be hospitable, to welcome.

To hunt, in the sense of looking for clues. Or bounty.

Huzzah! A joyful sound that is useful when you have just found clues or bounty.

Feeling healthy. (Without bullshit societal rules about what that looks like.)

Hesitation, in dance, is a move that allows you to flow. It is a form of intentional pause.

Honesty, which can be both funny and kind. Honesty also knows about how not everything requires a response.

Honoring, a word that is related to kindness, legitimacy and acknowledging.

Heat, and passion and sexiness and all that goes along with that.

Heart and hope.

Heart. Hope.

Head, like wisdom. And also: we’ll head them off at the pass! Like in a Western.

Headspace (and headspace protectors, which is what I call headphones).

Hugs, which are important.

Hail, as in to call. And hail, as in to hail from. This will always make me think of Laurie, who hails from Atlanta and says so, with a giggle.

Heave ho, as in Give It The Old. Thank you, Max.

And also like in the sea shanties we sing at Rally: Heave ‘er up, me bully bully boys. Heave away, haul away.

Halo: lightness.

Happening: this moment, it is happening. Right now. And also a happening like a party.

Holiday! Like vacation. And the Madonna song.

Hmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm.

Humming. And getting back to my happy hum.

Also honey, and all the superpowers of honey. Or: the superpowers that come with Being Honey.

Hot air balloons. Hullabaloo! Horcrux! Hexagonal, another word I like a lot.

H is handful, and being a handful, and taking a handful.

H is hands and the ability to handle.

Hustle, which is my favorite dance right now. Three count hustle. It is hot.

H is for the secret holiness of everything: holy holiness.

Hints and hinting: like clues. Clues that are hidden.

My name begins with H, and so this Rally is also be a healing for thousands of Havis, past and incoming.

Habits: establishing a new groove to follow.

I care about this practice so deeply, it is my passion and my like-an-obsession, and the reason I started this business, almost nine years ago.

And here is a hint (yes) about habits: they don’t need to be broken, just listened to with openness and sweetness.

You can rewrite a habit or create a new groove, and let the old one dissolve. No breaking is required. Breaking is a lot more work than replacing, and way more work than allowing-to-dissolve.

It is a week of H, that sound that isn’t always heard.

You have to listen for it. That’s what the quiet is for. So you can hear what no one else can hear, what is incoming, and also how it echoes:

Hello, hello, hello.

May it be so! And come play with me.

Thank you, letter H.

If you want to whisper words or sound effects that start with H, go for it.

If you want to share in any of the qualities and magical words I named here, you can.

They work like the salves in the Friday Chicken: just take some, there is always more.

Whispering loving spells that begin with H, for myself, and for anyone who wants…