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A Brilliant Economy of Dissatisfaction

June 2, 2025

Dear Reader,Today is my 37th birthday, a day closer to 40, a day that marks the late thirties.People love to say they love aging, and I’ll be honest—I don’t...

Grad School Dropout

May 26, 2025

Dear Reader,I feel so much within me right now. So much changing, shifting, at the speed of lightning and also as slow as molasses. Both at once being true.I...

A Devastated Heart, a Return to the iPhone, and a Pilates shed

May 23, 2025

This newsletter is part of the Behind the Scenes of Business series for paid subscribers of Monday MondayYou can become a paid subscriber for $35/year or...

Staying With The Unresolved

May 19, 2025

Dear Reader,On Saturday I celebrated fourteen years of continuous sobriety, no first drink no matter what. Years ago I heard a woman say all the things she...

In the Midst of Movement

May 12, 2025

Dear Reader,I am sitting under an ancient quilt in Maine, delighted by the leaves on the trees, trusting that when I return to Michigan they will have...

The In Between Season

May 5, 2025

Dear Reader,In the north we are in what I call The In Between Season. There is no more snow, the flowers have started to emerge, and the buds are showing...

Class is tomorrow :)

May 2, 2025

Dearest Monday Monday readers,Tomorrow I am teaching a new class : The Cartography of Time from 12-3pm EST live on zoom (recorded)This is a class I developed...

The Misgendering Portal

April 28, 2025

Dear Reader,I have spent the last few weeks in a learning environment that challenged me in multiple ways. It expanded me, changed me, and put me on a new...

Down to Zero : Leaving Behind All or Nothing

April 21, 2025

Dear Reader,Today in the early morning hour I am spinning around my house listening to Joan Armatrading as loud as I can and weeping at the simplicity and...

Unspooling the Hours

April 14, 2025

Photo by Cody SellsDear Reader,All I can think about lately is time. As thirty seven approaches it feels so close to forty which feels so close to midlife...

Where the Bridge Begins

April 7, 2025

Inside of my brain during LandscapesI am beaming in today from early morning Landscapes during our free week for anyone to try it out. We meet this Monday -...

Divine Emergency!

March 31, 2025

Photo by Ellen RuttDear Reader,There is so much happening within me. I want to collect all of you and sit you down in a big amphitheater in the woods and...

God is a Lingering Feeling

March 26, 2025

Photo by Lilian PitserDear Reader,Last year I wrote a prayer book. Not because I always trust god but because I always trust timing. And what is timing other...

Eclipse Communication

March 17, 2025

Dear Reader,As my heart grows in love I also find things crumbling around me. Situations far away that I can’t control and people I love who I can’t protect....

The Roadside Stand and Other Futures

March 10, 2025

Photo by Cody SellsDear Reader,Before I jump in to today’s essay I wanted to make some exciting announcements about classes I am teaching and places I will...

The Last Illusion

March 3, 2025

The Faggots and Their Friends Between Revolutions, 1977, Larry Mitchell with illustrations by Ned AstaDear Reader,Love has always been a force that moves...

Devotee to the Blurred Edges

February 24, 2025

Dear reader, What is the spark of new love other than a tidal wave crashing in from the shore? How many spells can you cast before patience is the only...

The Ease of the iPhone

February 17, 2025

Dear reader, There is a texture to iMessage that I only know from not using it for the last few months. An essence of speed and ease that my new android dumb...

A Wound Up Attachment System

February 10, 2025

Dear reader, Wind it Up by Gwen Stefani plays softly in the background while I attend to my attachment system activation, again wound up by a person who...

In the Light of Every Day Pain

February 3, 2025

Dear reader, My chronic spine pain started in 2017 after a small earthquake and I don’t know if the earthquake jostled something in me or if that is just how...

Leaving Social Media and Sacred Attention with Amelia Hruby

January 29, 2025

Dear ReaderThis morning I am beaming in to your inbox mid week from beautiful Maine where I have spent the week researching and teaching at Bates College. It...

Leaving Social Media and Sacred Attention with Amelia Hruby

January 29, 2025

Dear Listener Thank you for tuning into Common Shapes and my conversation with AmeliaDon't forget to grab the free Creative Ideation Portal : Your three day...

Addicted to Email

January 27, 2025

Dear reader, I have come to find that I have been completely addicted to checking my email on my phone, answering my email on my phone, and generally being...

5000 Days

January 23, 2025

Dear readerToday I bring you a new installment of the Yes Yes Advice Column all about the great dance of letting yourself fall in love but not fall out of...

The Practice of Attention

January 20, 2025

Dear readerToday I want to start with a celebration and to talk about the process of writing a book. My sixth book, The Practice of Attention, has officially...

The Process of Leaving Platforms Behind

January 15, 2025

Dear Listener,Thank you for tuning in to Common Shapes todayI am teaching Mapping Your Creative Business this weekend Saturday January 18 and Sunday January...

Doing Business When The World is On Fire

January 13, 2025

One of my commitments in this lifetime is not doing business as usual. I am committed to finding new ways to use the space that I have to outline my...

Weaving Your Own Path to Creative Success with Brandi Cheyenne Harper

January 8, 2025

Dear Listener Thank you so much for tuning in to my conversation with Brandi Cheyenne Harper Don't forget to grab the free Creative Ideation Portal : Your...

Learning To Be Bad At Things

January 6, 2025

Dear reader,Today I am so sore from a fun adventure through the woods on the XC Skis I inherited from my friend Meg and poles from my friend Lisa. Skiing...

Book Writing Madness

December 30, 2024

Dear reader,I am currently in the miracle and the madness of writing a long form non fiction book, sprinting to the end of my first draft and wondering if I...

A New Chapter

December 23, 2024

Photo by Ellen RuttDear Reader,Today marks the last day you’ll receive an email from me via Substack—a sentence I never imagined I’d write when I shifted...

Creating A New Suite of Offerings

December 23, 2024

In this week’s episode I bring us through both the process of creating a new suite of business offerings as well as presenting to you my very own.I bring you...

Self Publishing, Quitting Social Media, and Alternative Biz Frameworks with Nic Antoinette

December 23, 2024

Welcome to another episode of Common Shapes. I am delighted today to share this interview with Nic Antoinette where we talk about doing business differently,...

Business Temp Check

December 23, 2024

Dear listener,SEASON THREE OF COMMON SHAPES IS UPON USIt is my absolute pleasure to be back on the microphone and in your ears. Talking about all things...

Creative Energy Outside of Instagram

December 18, 2024

Dear listener,Welcome to our last episode of Common Shapes for the year! We will return with new episodes every Wednesday starting January 8In today’s...

Solstice Super Sale

December 16, 2024

THE TIME HAS COME! THE ANNUAL $99 SOLSTICE SUPER SALE BUNDLE IS HERE FOR YOU!Dear reader,For the second year in a row, with totally new classes, I bring you...

Creating A New Suite of Offerings

December 11, 2024

In this week’s episode I bring us through both the process of creating a new suite of business offerings as well as presenting to you my very own.I bring you...

Hidden Treasures

December 9, 2024

When me and were creating the design for Look About You we had a really hard time deciding between the cream with purple writing or the fully purple cover....

Self Publishing, Quitting Social Media, and Alternative Biz Frameworks with Nic Antoinette

December 4, 2024

Welcome to another episode of Common Shapes. I am delighted today to share this interview with where we talk about doing business differently, unhooking from...

The Great Spending Ban

December 2, 2024

To begin today I want to share with you a free Daily Writing Tracker I have been using in the early mornings of Landscapes to track my progress on my...

Business Temp Check

November 27, 2024

Dear listener,SEASON THREE OF COMMON SHAPES IS UPON USIt is my absolute pleasure to be back on the microphone and in your ears. Talking about all things...

The year of secure attachment

November 25, 2024

Photo by Lilian PitserThis has been the year of secure attachment. A year of an attuned nervous system. The year where my lover not texting me back for days...

Beyond the veil

November 24, 2024

Photo by Lilian PitserDear reader, I wanted to share today about some changes for the structure of Monday Monday that will affect paid and free subscribers...

BOOK LAUNCH DAY

November 19, 2024

Photo by Lilian PitserDear reader,It is my new book Look About You : A Book of Ordinary Prayer’s debut day. Its birthday. My third scorpio book. The official...

Quilting as Service

November 18, 2024

Photo by Cody SellsDear reader,This week I got not one but TWO emails from quilt class alumni who are using their new skills as quilters to create raffle...

Artist as Treasurer

November 15, 2024

Dear reader,It is a bit gloomy and rainy today in the north, yesterday was sunny. The weather seems to change so often. The wood stove is back in session and...

Deactivation mania

November 11, 2024

Photo by Cody SellsDear reader,For the past week I have been glued to my phone. The tiny computer device in my hand that tethers me to the world and...

On voting in a swing state

November 4, 2024

California #19, Etel Adnan, 2013On Friday morning in the rain in a small town on the way to nowhere I cast my vote for President of the United States of...

Why we vision

November 2, 2024

Dear readerIn just a few short hours (9am PST / 12pm EST) I will be hosting a visioning session in Landscapes, the twice a week writing group I facilitate....

Discount codes working :)

October 1, 2024

Dear readersToday marks day one of my public facing month long sabbatical but that would never come without some glitches. Quilt in a Weekend BIPOC...