by Havi Brooks | Oct 15, 2010 | updates & announcements
Because it’s Friday AGAIN. And because traditions are important. In which I cover the good stuff and the hard stuff in my week, trying for the non-preachy, non-annoying side of self-reflection. And you get to join in if you feel like it. Yes, it is Friday. I...
by Havi Brooks | Sep 30, 2010 | stucknesses & stuckification
Not a big secret that this is something I care about. I write kind of a lot about play and playing. See: yesterday and … pretty much everything else. Also, I have a Playground, a dedicated space for extreme goofballery. And tomorrow we begin the fourth quarter at the...
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 | Aug 17, 2010 | my personal practice
Background: the metaphor technique is something I’ve adapted from Suzette Haden Elgin’s teachings. It’s an amazing tool for destuckifying. It’s also how I discovered that I work on a pirate ship and defeated the hackers. And cured my fear of...
by Havi Brooks | Aug 8, 2010 | my personal practice
Personal ads! They’re … personal! Very. So my itty bitty personal ads made me realize that it’s time to make a regular practice of trying to feel okay asking for stuff. Even when the asking thing feels weird and conflicted. Ever since I posted the...
