by Havi Brooks | May 1, 2014 | my personal practice
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...
by Havi Brooks | Mar 31, 2014 | stuff I think about
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 | 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 | Mar 23, 2012 | 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. Wow, Friday. I mean, Friday. This has been a big week. I think I will begin this...
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...