by Havi Brooks | Apr 5, 2015 | my personal practice
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...
by Havi Brooks | Jul 23, 2014 | stuff I think about
It was Rally Q, and it was quite-quite many things, and Q is a special letter for me. I have a very clear memory of learning Q in kindergarten. Well, I already knew how to read so the learning-the-letters part of kindergarten was kind of boring, but Q! I remember...
by Havi Brooks | Jul 4, 2014 | updates & announcements
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} I am at the Vicarage, where I have removed myself from everything for two weeks so that I can get even...
by Havi Brooks | Apr 20, 2014 | my personal practice
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...
by Havi Brooks | Feb 12, 2014 | my personal practice
I spent twelve days doing nothing but coughing, and then the coughing changed. Instead of accompanying my every move (ha, move is possibly not the correct word since I was barely getting out of bed), the coughing became intermittent: a visitor, not a roommate. Its...