https://media.giphy.com/media/loFkgbqCLQjSQFC4ja/giphy.gif The iconic Britney Spears. I wish that my 'oops, I think I did it again'-ing was anything like Spears' love song. I wish I had the balls to wear that hot red red one-piece suit! No, my oops-ing, as I'm learning, has to do with well...a coping mechanism I taught myself when I was… Continue reading Oops, I did it again
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FALL EQUINOX
“So how am I? Where am I? Dear, love…I feel a kind of quiet, layered between nerves and guilt and curiosity…and hope...” from journal, September 5, 2022 So how am I? Where am I? Dear, love…Today, I feel a similar quiet, peaceful in my deeps, hopeful in my heart beats. Autumn is showing her strength… Continue reading FALL EQUINOX
BELTANE REFLECTION
“The days melted into each other like snowballs roasting in the sun…” Virginia Woolf, Diary, 1918 I received this amazing book about Virginia Woolf’s life and I’ve been embracing the magic of opening it to a quote that will magically be exactly the quote I needed in that moment. What I love about this quote… Continue reading BELTANE REFLECTION
Spring Equinox Reflection
I’m sitting at a high table in a Tim Horton’s. I’ve been meeting with writer friends at different locations. We talk, we vent, we emote, we write. My clothes smell like coffee. And community. Happy Spring! Happy New Moon! It is a lovely time of year, even though Mama Nature is still a bit wobbly… Continue reading Spring Equinox Reflection
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