Today is not about light. This hemisphere has no momentum around light today at all. The momentum is all about the deep dark. The trees know it. The woodland critters know it. But we humans kinda struggle with it. So today I'm writing to you with some tips for how to celebrate and …
Archetypes
The Rest of the Story
Have you ever missed a night of sleep? Or what about 3 or 4 nights in a row? You feel nutty as hell, right? Like, you're not firing on all cylinders; a cell phone with one lowly bar and 2% battery. OK, now what about when you get a good night's sleep, or 3 or 4 good sleeps in a …
Still Falling in Love
[written in October 2020] Last night was beautiful. And painful. I sat alone on my porch in the dark, listening to the last crickets singing in the trees and watching Mars rise over the eastern ridge, glimmering red. It was warm enough to be outside with a sweater and a scarf. The woods …
I’m Curious
There are so many things to be. Right. Wrong. Smart. Punctual. But I mostly try to be curious. Even though our culture generally prefers "knowing". Certainty. Mastery. But in my experience, that whole mastery-thing can be kinda stagnant if you're not …
So weird
One of my favorite episodes of This American Life is the one about tribes and belonging. First of all, it finally solved the mystery of why I like the sound of pencil on paper and whispered African accents (if you know, you know). Second, it framed a concept I'd been …
