by Havi Brooks | Aug 17, 2011 | working on patterns & habits
There’s this thing and I have no idea what it’s called, but it goes kind of like this. There’s this completely horrid and dislike-able character on television or in a movie. The mean boss. The snobby girl. The vindictive teacher. The bully. But then...
by Havi Brooks | Jul 8, 2011 | updates & announcements
In which I cover the good stuff and the hard stuff in my week, trying for the non-preachy, non-annoying side of ritual and self-reflection. And you get to join in if you feel like it. It’s Friday! That wasn’t unexpected at all. Anyway, here we are....
by Havi Brooks | Jun 29, 2011 | stucknesses & stuckification
So this fountain is seriously, outrageously beautiful. It might be the best fountain I’ve ever seen. There are flowers all around it. And cool statues of unexpected things. And sometimes on a sunny day you see adorable children running around in their underwear...
by Havi Brooks | Sep 26, 2010 | stuff I think about
This was the hot buttered insight that emerged yesterday (thank you, Shiva Nata). Like most epiphanies, it sounds pretty stupid when you say it out loud. But it’s still a gleaming piece of truth, and now it lives in my body and is a source of comfort. Nothing is...
by Havi Brooks | Apr 11, 2010 | my personal practice
I said goodbye to some things over the past few days, and it has been less than fun. And I’ve been thinking about loss in various permutations. The loss of something that can’t come back. Someone asked me this week what I did when my friend died. And I...
