Solstice-ing

Reflecting on how much goes on in the sky here. Announcement / get your copy of Emergency Calming Down Techniques I’ve been reeling hard lately in some cursed combination of heartache, numbness, political anxiety, winter stuff and some wild panic episodes. Have been...

On Hope, and Seasonal Protocols

Reflecting on the promising blue streaks in a sky of clouds, I see you streaks of blue, sunshine-streaks and hope-streaks, shifting possibilities. Announcement / if you want a copy of Emergency Calm Down Techniques I have been reeling hard lately in some cursed...

Words for the reeling times

Reflecting on a big open sky and pretty clouds above an outdoor cafe in Albuquerque, from a good memory day that now hurts. Preface I have been reeling hard, deep in the reeling places, and wrote this piece to explores some of that, in between many panic episodes....

Small sweet joys

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...
The Fluent Self