This essay was originally published August 2021, edited for today just a tad. I’m off track. Again. It might look like I have it together, but I don’t. Like everyone, I’m frustrated that COVID is rearing back up. I’m frustrated that it’s not easy to sit with you, offer divinations, …
Warrior
sword mothers
A year ago, I wrote to you about "sword mothers". I'm sending it again as a preamble to the poem about Patti Smith, one of mine. I watch a lot of TV. It’s a quintessential Piscean escape tactic, but it’s also fodder for my imagination. I was watching a show one day, and a character …
Sword Mothers
I watch a lot of TV. It’s a quintessential Piscean escape tactic, but it’s also fodder for my imagination. I was watching a show one day, and a character mentioned this term “sword mother”. I sat up like a prairie dog and was like “say what”?! The term held such power, but also …
Break on Through
I'm a Dark Half kinda gal. Bring on longer nights, cooler temps, scarves, and firewood piles. Give me that Dreamtime, that mystical lens, that rich subconscious realm. I love the Dark Half; September to March is when I'm feelin' GOOD. But first. Before I get to plunk down in front of …
On Purpose
I'm writing to you under the best of circumstances. I'm sitting in the dark of early morning, when the air is cool like a pond. There's a rooster crowing across the valley and raindrops are plink-plinking off the leaves. Remember when I wrote to you about "roaring chi"? My chi is roaring …