What are you holding?

What are you holding?

  “We hold so very much, don’t we?  So very much.”   Tears.   I’ve said this more than once to a woman new in her pregnancy.  There is no glow yet, there is no round belly, just the constant green malaise of morning sickness, and...
Project Body Love: the book I never intended to write

Project Body Love: the book I never intended to write

  Nearly four years ago   by the light of a candle in the pre-dawn hours, with a steaming mug of coffee between my forearms as I typed, I started writing a book.   Unlike so many authors describe – battles of writer’s block and self-doubt and...
Radical Ritual: An essential skill for sovereignty

Radical Ritual: An essential skill for sovereignty

  In the mornings, I try to go for a walk.   (After years of lighting candles, choosing oracle cards, tongue-scraping, lemon water, meditation, and various other attempts at creating a meaningful morning ritual, I found that a walk suited me best). I was...
Tending the home fires

Tending the home fires

I’ve been spending a lot of time tending the fire, lately.   (both literally and figuratively)   On a good day, my two-year-old will occupy himself with a puzzle or some play-dough, and I pad softly down into our dark basement, feeling the heat of the...