ideas for a new earth

May 292 min

Emergence is Ugly : the Truth of Personal Transformation

'Polite' and 'pretty' have little place in the beginning stages of transformation.

Nov 8, 20223 min

Word of the Moon: Shed

This post was sent to my newsletter at the new moon, as part of the Word of the Moon series. If you'd like to receive this when it's...

Oct 26, 20223 min

Retreat from Urgency: Healing the frantic mind

Breath moves inward, warming as it comes. A single moment of high tension, and air sweeps along tiny hairs in an exodus from my body. A...

Oct 11, 20221 min

a poem: advection

sedge sways windways, its flowers drop and blow swallows wallow, swooping windward, to where the bluestem grows. the city inside is...

Sep 20, 20222 min

Mystery made material: on loving despicable things

How do we love despicable things? The fly that brings disease, the soiled hand, the rotting heap. Disgust can be a survival mechanism...

Aug 4, 20222 min

Patience and potency

There was a time in my life when I lived by speed. The drive to produce, to accomplish, to see and do overwhelmed other values - and I...