An Awareness of Tactics
Dear reader,Good morning from a calm day in Northern Michigan, where June is sleeping softly next to me and the sun is hiding behind the clouds. Today’s...
Why I’m Rescheduling Class This Weekend
Dear reader,This weekend, I was planning to teach Systems for Artists, a two-part class about structuring time with care, clarity, and alignment.But when I...
Each Wave a Potential Witness
Dear Reader,As I went to bed last night I said a single prayer for all aboard the Madleen as part of the Freedom Flotilla Coalition abducted by Israeli...
A Brilliant Economy of Dissatisfaction
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
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
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Staying With The Unresolved
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
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
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 :)
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
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
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
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
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!
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
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
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
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
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
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...