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You don't have to fear being "sucked down." What you're feeling is energy flowing past you and through you. You can't be swept away. The...

Persephone isn't cursed to return to the underworld...

Fatigue is a form of clutter...

We dont sacrifice TO, we sacrifice VIA...

I walked down a favorite forest road and collected cans and shotgun shells on my way back, and I thought of the story of Mother Holle. In...

It's her greatest asset, being a beginner, trusting in the journey, the world she is about to meet. There's no judgement-- no morality or...

This is the first year I can remember, ever, when I did not feel angst about the short days, the early darkness. This was the first...

What have you locked away? What have you stolen from yourself and hidden so that you wouldn’t long for anything wild, anything unknowable...

All the old fears gather around the table. Some of them are defiant, daring me to say something. Some only look down, trying the old...

My little house smells like cardamom and almonds and coconut oil and maple syrup and oats because I just baked a pan of granola. It’s the...

I’m being cozy with myself. Curious, and gentle. Quiet, on this day without work or much for obligations. I dropped my son off at school....

A friend offered to dig a hole for the apple tree I haven’t yet acquired but want to plant on this new-to-me property, and it was the...

I took my Parents Forever course today. It’s not a thing I would have signed up for if it hadn’t been mandatory. (Live in MN? Have a kid?...

I don’t know why, if someone’s having a hard time, I give them food. It’s not unique to me by any means, but it isn’t something that I...

I brought my guitar to band practice and played it. This matters because: it wasn’t hard, it wasn’t to be a Real Musician. It was because...

The snorkeling goggles have been playing musical chairs (too small, already have a pair, etc, etc), and most recently have been renting a...

What a thing to not overcook the sirloin. To mince the garlic and slather the steak in last year’s tomato butter (forgotten in the...

Lake trout caught by da local boys. Wild rice harvested by my sister (last year’s; this year’s is being processed). Beets and chick peas...

I made a list of what I miss today, and it made room to take a breath, be Here. I discovered, in the archeological dig that is my...

I baked a squash and washed all the dishes. Listened to a little romantic accordion on a Café Paris playlist before returning to the...