by Havi Brooks | Oct 22, 2013 | my personal practice
I had a dream and in the dream I said thank you. In the dream Hoppy House was suddenly in Hawaii. Hoppy House is what I call my house. It was in Hawaii, and it was on the beach, and it had more windows than it normally does but in all other ways was the same, and the...
by Havi Brooks | Aug 3, 2010 | my personal practice
The third-worst job I ever had involved a lot of dread. Dread and anxiety and pressure and deadness and agonizing wishing it would end. Maybe not as full-of-dread as the Moroccan mafia toy import company, and maybe not as full-of-deadness as the assembly line. But the...
by Havi Brooks | Aug 2, 2010 | my personal practice
Yes. Yes. And we begin. Me: So, you’re my blog. My blog: Yes. Me: I wish you had a name I could call you. My blog: Okay. Pause. If I think of something I’ll let you know. Me: Isn’t it a little weird that we hang out six times a week and I’ve...
by Havi Brooks | Mar 10, 2010 | my personal practice, stucknesses & stuckification
Background: the metaphor technique is something I’ve adapted from Suzette Haden Elgin’s teachings. It’s a terrific tool for destuckifying. We play with this one at the Kitchen Table and some of my wacky events. It’s mainly an excuse for me to...
by Havi Brooks | Mar 10, 2010 | stuff I think about
Just seems like a thanking sort of day. Not a 77 Things That Don’t Completely Suck sort of day. Just a thanking day. Thank you to Mr. Pants for saying everything that’s in my head. But that I don’t have the balls to say. Also for coming up with the...
