Most women I know are on a steady regimen of stress pills. They pop those little bits of nastiness constantly throughout the day, and sometimes even at 3 in the morning. They pop more pills than Vivi Abbott in Divine Secrets of the YaYa Sisterhood. They toss down little pellets of worry, shame, guilt, and […]

  I’m back from vacation.  I’m all filled up in parts of me that I didn’t even know were empty. Ahhhhhhhhhhhhh. My soul, she is quiet. My soul and I, we stood at the edge of the water. We read NOVELS. We colored in our mandala coloring books. We watched the little girl do 18,000 […]

  Are you having a good summer??? I am!  Here’s a sneak peek at what I’ve been up to. Before I went to the ocean, I went to Calgary to see an amazing photographer named Nikki MacArthur, who runs EpicDanger photography. She happens to be one of the shiniest human beings I’ve ever met.  Witness exhibit […]

Getting my glamp on I’m on vacation.  That might not seem like that big of a deal, but this is the first real vacation I’ve taken in lo these many years. Wherein REAL is defined as “not taking work along.” And is further defined as “not quite the same thing as having a good time […]

I’m in Calgary, darlings! I’m having the best time. But left to my mind’s crazed devices, I can manage to turn even a vacation into a slog of chores and tasks and obligation. (Not this one. This one is indestructible, it’s that joyful. But in general.) I know I’m not the only one who does […]