by Havi Brooks | Jan 16, 2015 | my personal practice
A look at the good and the hard in my week, a ritual of reflecting. It is Friday and we are here. {a breath for Friday.} What worked this week? Taking it to the bath. Even when that meant being late to a dance and missing a class. Better to arrive relaxed and...
by Havi Brooks | Jan 30, 2014 | stuff I think about
A year ago I stopped speaking. And so now I just laugh. Hahahahaha! Yes, well. Some people take silence very seriously. For me, one of the greatest surprises of living quietly is that my silence has made everything funny. It has infused life with hilarity. Even things...
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 22, 2010 | updates & announcements
I miss the world of Rally (Rally!) If you do not know what a Rally is, this is the idea that gave birth to the Rally. It is a word — and concept — worthy of being enthusiastically exclaimed. And repeated. Rally! Here is what I’m missing. Everything...
by Havi Brooks | Aug 24, 2010 | stuff I think about
One of the quirks of self-employment: There aren’t generally procedures in place to stop and acknowledge how hard you work and how much you have done and how much you care. This came up again yesterday during a chicken with some colleagues. That sense of come...