by Havi Brooks | Oct 23, 2024 | my personal practice
Small sweet joys, literally: I baked the tiniest chocolate coconut muffin for what would have been my mom’s 80th birthday, penny for scale Small sweet joys Strawberries, always A friend gave me a jar of crushed strawberry vinegar, found on the sale rack at the back of...
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 | Mar 25, 2016 | my personal practice
Reflecting on both the hard and the good in the week that was… Hello, week: we are here. {a breath for being here when we get here} Thank you, week! This is FOUR HUNDRED weeks in a row we are chickening here together! CAN YOU BELIEVE WE’VE DOING THIS FOR...
by Havi Brooks | Dec 30, 2014 | my personal practice
I had to get a physical last week. As you may know, I’ve been dread-avoiding this for months and have postponed so many times that it’s ridiculous. Really there is nothing about getting a physical that is even remotely palatable for me, and the last one...
by Havi Brooks | Sep 5, 2011 | stucknesses & stuckification
This is a letter to you. It might be just the thing. It might also not make sense right now. It might speak to a tiny seed for later. You might think it’s not for you because of situations and circumstances, but actually it is for you. It is a letter for...