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 [...]

found image In order to soothe my autumn-needing-soul, I’ve started thinking about Dia de los Muertos already. Summer ends, the earth starts closing up shop for winter, the cycles of life surround us.  Rituals celebrating the deaths of ancestors have been observed by cultures all over the planet.  All Souls’ Day in European folklore and [...]

I’ve had a rough few weeks. Endings, beginnings, thunder-crashings of life, hibernation, cocooning, blooming, burying. Sowing seeds and tending metaphorical gardens in all parts of my life, and I’m happier than I’ve been in a long time – sense of joy and possibility and Good.  Still, shaken and stressed on the journey, with ends yet [...]

I was asked to guest blog a Top 10 list for the great design blog Hiss & Hearse, a collaborative project from cutie design power couple Kristin Cofer & Richard Wayne. She’s a stunning photographer, he’s a writer and style blogger for ModCloth! I went a little outside the realm of design, but brought it [...]

I love making lists. LOVE IT. The only things, sometimes, that can get me out of a total overwhelmed crazy rut is to sit down and make a list. So here’s the grandmama of all lists: the cosmic to do list. live in Paris live in NYC live off the grid with a group of [...]

A mindblowing escape with elly, into the hot wind blistering sun of northern California. BLISS. Winding roads, lakes, heat that makes your shoulders melt and all the tension just pour through them & into the dusty dry earth, magic adventures, and so much clarity and conversation and goodness. Pixy-led at every turn, which continued the [...]

Maybe you know this about me, and maybe you don’t, but I almost never buy anything new from a shop. Handmade, yes, and vintage/thrifted, of course, but my personal contribution to saving the world lies in my purchase choices.  Recently my thrifting mojo was tested, I’ve been looking for sandals forever – now, normally when [...]

Every year for the past decade, I’ve made wishes on my birthday for the next year. I wasn’t going to do it this year, but I started thinking about goals and dreams, (I typed that as ghouls and gaols before getting it right – a sign?!) & I have a lot I would like to [...]

+ full bellies and wood stoves + spontaneous baby hugs + boys who say “forever” + waking up to a chilly morning, throwing open french doors, and jumping naked right into the hot tub on the deck + first taste of pecan pie + new friends (& calls from far away ones) + safe papa [...]