Thank you.

Thank you, strong tired legs who walked today, and told me when enough was enough. Thank you, past me from a few years ago, who learned the wise truths of Not Pushing, so that when my legs loved me by saying this is enough, I could love them back and say of course of...

Chicken 314: multiplied thank yous

Where I cover the good and the hard in my week, visiting the non-preachy side of ritual and self-reflection. It is Friday and we are here. {a breath for Friday} What worked this week? Napping. That was a big deal. Tracking. I have a period tracking app on my phone...

Wish #261: thank you, last year me.

Personal ads. They’re … personal! Very. I write a Very Personal Ad each week to practice wanting, and get clarity about my desires. The point isn’t getting my wish (though cool things have emerged from wishing), the point is learning about my...

Friday Chicken #303: blink blink

Where I cover the good and the hard in my week, visiting the non-preachy side of ritual and self-reflection. It is Friday and we are here. {a breath for Friday} What worked this week? Playing the game of X Things That Don’t Completely Suck. I played this at the...

Something I have forgotten to say.

For five years now I have been writing wishes and sharing them here every week. I’ve done a lot of thinking, here and on my own, about how scary and fraught it can be to reveal wishes, even to myself, never mind TO THE INTERNET. How wishing itself is intensely...
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