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, or invite you to …
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 mentioned this …
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 carried a sense of …
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 my woodstove for …
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 this …