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So, we’re about to turn over the calendar to a new year. And 2025 was…a lot #whew. While it’s tradition to celebrate a new year on January 1, I tend to wait until spring to mark the new year (not surprising, since I’m an Aries). There is one tradition I follow faithfully*. December 31st is…
Maybe it’s the cold weather. Maybe it’s the lack of daylight. Whatever it is, I seem to develop a cookie craving every December. I thought about whipping up some vegan chocolate chip cookies, but I’ve also been missing my grandpa a lot lately and he made THE BEST chocolate chip cookies ever.** Even though I…
It’s happening FOR me, not TO me… –my Mercury Retrograde Mantra Schwoo, y’all. Hope you came through the retrograde reasonably unscathed! Usually, I embrace Mercury Retrograde1 because it’s a good reminder to pause, to respond rather than react, so I didn’t come into this one with any sense of dread. Mercury. Don’t. Care. The first…
November 14 is a very special day in our household. It’s the day that Clancy came home to us. It was roughly six weeks after Charlie and I had lost our beloved Simon Sebastien. Simon was my soul kitty and Charlie absolutely worshipped his big brother from the moment they met. When we lost Simon…
I’m still sort of processing all of this. Being a writer was always an ambition of mine. Becoming a bestselling author was something I would hardly allow myself to dream about. Thanks to your support, The Power Within became a #1 Amazon Bestseller and achieved International Bestseller status in the United Kingdom! I am overflowing…
Me: I’m hungry but not terribly motivated. I’ll just roast a red potato or two and toss some tofu in the pan with some generous seasoning. Also Me: Oh, I really need to use up this onion. Oh, that yellow squash is about to go off. So is that red bell pepper. And I need…
This is it, my loves! Thank you to EVERYONE who has supported my art in any form (writing, photography, painting…). Thank you to Nicole Smith Levay for stewarding this project, and especially for your wisdom and compassion. You have guided me out of some of my worst times helping me find my way back into…
Just got my advance copy of the book! Will probably stay up way too late tonight reading these amazing stories. Launch Day is tomorrow (October 29)! eeeeep! I’ll post the link to purchase tomorrow morning. Stay tuned! Here I am walking over to my mailbox in the rain to pick up the package. The weather…
Happy Scorpio Season! I’m a Scorpio moon and I’ve been feeling ALL the big emotions lately. We’re getting very close to the launch of The Power Within: Somatic & Spiritual Stories of Resilience. (Watch this space: I’ll have a link to buy up on the blog soon.). All of these essays, mine included, are very personal…
Earlier this evening, I wrote something in my journal that is beautiful and also incredibly heartbreaking. I have never felt more like myself than I do right now! Not even when I was a kid—because it rarely felt safe to fully be myself. I am immensely grateful to be in this place now, especially when…