by Havi Brooks | Jan 5, 2010 | working on patterns & habits
One rainy Portland morning* Selma and Havi decided to take the day off. * It might possibly have been a Toozday. It was all Selma’s decision since Havi wasn’t willing to talk about it. Havi didn’t want to get out of bed. Havi didn’t want to be...
by Havi Brooks | Oct 15, 2009 | my personal practice, stuff I think about
A couple of weeks ago, I wrote a post called Questions. It also had the words Part 1 right there in the title. Right. I totally meant to get to Part 2. And then forgot. Anyway, it was this writing exercise thing. By which I mean the following: 1. posing questions 2....
by Havi Brooks | Jul 17, 2009 | updates & announcements
Because it’s Friday AGAIN. And because traditions are important. In which I cover the good stuff and the hard stuff in my week, trying for the non-preachy, non-annoying side of self-reflection. And you get to join in if you feel like it. So Selma and I spent...
by Havi Brooks | Jul 5, 2009 | my personal practice
Personal ads! They’re … personal! Very. So my itty bitty personal ads this week made me realize that it’s time to make a regular practice of trying to feel okay asking for stuff. Of course it all started when I posted my first personal ad and asked...
by Havi Brooks | Jun 30, 2009 | my personal practice
So the other day I’m in the surgery room waiting to have stitches taken out — — and before you completely freak out because you are my mother, let me reassure you that it was not a big deal at all and it was just a thing being removed by the...