by Havi Brooks | Feb 20, 2014 | my personal practice
A few months ago, at Rally (Rally!), Agent Em Dee shared with me a very Rally-esque mini-epiphany she’d had while conducting. It had to do with a tray, that is the part I remember most clearly, and it went something like this: “I suddenly realized that...
by Havi Brooks | Oct 13, 2011 | my personal practice
So it’s Sukkot right now, which is my favorite holiday. And yes, I continue to say this about pretty much all the holidays… but that’s really only because each one actually IS my favorite while it’s happening. I mean, come on. How is every...
by Havi Brooks | Dec 21, 2010 | stuff I think about
‘Tis the season when it’s customary for anyone with a blog to reflect — either on “the year that was”, or on their own ambivalence about said custom. The last two weeks of the year, I put the business ship in dry dock, and do some...
by Havi Brooks | Feb 1, 2010 | my personal practice, stucknesses & stuckification
Yesterday I spent the better part of the day observing harbor seals at Monterey Bay. And then practicing being one. Or being like one. Observations. It’s hard to see something as ridiculously awesome as a harbor seal without going all annoyingly National...
by Havi Brooks | Apr 28, 2009 | stuff I think about
A very, very short guide to interacting with monsters. Well, fairly short. I will, of course, never reach my goal of writing a post so short that Seth Godin could have written it. And anyway, if Seth had written this post it would be completely brilliant and not full...