Oh Vermont. Just back from hippie yoga and we did a meditation which I actually found really useful. It’s the basic concept of feeding the things you want to grow, with an autumnal twist – visualize a tree (or you know, if you want to hippie it up a notch, visualize yourself as a tree) [...]

The more I hear about the Occupy Wall Street movement that’s happening, and especially the “We Are The 99%” piece that’s come out of it, the more hope I have for this country (even while it breaks my heart.) It’s imperative that we have a voice, an inclusive & united voice to counteract this Tea [...]

A simple directed action suddenly manifests into exactly what I’ve needed for the past year. There’s a clarity around decision making lately that hangs crystalline, ready for me to go back and to look through again if I start to doubt. This clarity was much harder to engage with in years past, something that before [...]

In worklandia, we often say ridiculous things like “How will we measure success on this project?” & then I stab myself in the eye with some scissors and the meeting is adjourned and that’s that. But sometimes, it’s a good question to ask. More than “what do I want to do with my life?” the question “what [...]

It’s all flowers and geriatric living up in here lately. Brunch and Sunday drives, looking for treasures. This pewter jug was strangely appealing to me, &  totally something my mom would have. A set of 4 champagne coupes, for fancy living. A glass and silverplate container to keep the cat from stealing my earrings and [...]

One eyed blogging. I have an eyepatch on, like a pirate. The eye healing is going ok, but part of the process is that it swings way out, like a wall eyed pug. So that’s where I’m at now. Unfun. It’s so hard for me to rest at all – I have to put everything on [...]

Year of the Rabbit, my friends. That is what I am talking about. People born in the Year of the Rabbit are articulate, talented, and ambitious. They are virtuous, reserved, and have excellent taste. Rabbit people are admired, trusted, and are often financially lucky. They are fond of gossip but are tactful and generally kind. [...]

It’s been over a month since I turned 35, without a moment to really sit and reflect. 35! How did that even happen? I don’t know if it’s January blues or what, but I’ve been thinking a lot about everything I’ve done and everything I want to do. I’ve spent years creating, sewing, weaving, dyeing, [...]

Thanks for the coziness & sweetness on my wee meltdown post. Man alive, you guys. You make me cry!!! I’ve been trying to rest and just absorb everything of the past year – it’s been nonstop wedding & work & hectic madness, on top of all the loss of last winter. It’s strange to suddenly [...]

Inspiration and instinct. We so often ignore it, overlook what we know is truth, doubt our inner steering mechanisms. I can feel when I’m pushing it aside, a sense like treading water, outside of the cosmic hum. I’ve been trying to ask the question ‘how does this guide me?’ around action and decision, to be [...]

Dia de los Muertos, San Francisco. Writing about it is kind of like talking during the procession, it’s too difficult, strange. Everyone swirling in their own heads and spheres, separate in a sea of thousands of skeletons, dancing around the demons, communing with the ancestors. So here are evidences of the spirits all around us, [...]

I’m hitting that wall again where my soul aches to be in the woods, barefoot and wild. The city starts to become actually painful ears ringing from the loud sounds of people yelling, pollution choking, jangly skeleton nerves on edge and shaky, cafes, crowds, grocery shopping – everything just a cacophony of madness. I just [...]