Suffering Succotash

I want to remind you to take care of yourself. Exquisite care. Heroic self-care. It is always important, but especially when you might be feeling grief, loss, sadness, fear or physical pain. It’s been a tough couple weeks over here in my world and it has...

D’ya need a few pinpricks of light? Here!

It’s been a really tough week with a lot of incredibly difficult and sad things happening in the world. Today my friend Celenia Delsol posted this note on my Facebook wall for me, along with a link to a beautiful and uplifting video: “With all the...

Wrestling with Demons

I want to share a short free-write that was my response to the prompt, “wrestle,” given in a writing group I’m in. I’ll explain why I’m sending this to you after you read it … In the middle of the night I wrestle the proverbial...

{Video} Will you do this? 

Hello! This 10-minute video re-posted from yesterday’s Facebook Live, includes a request, a poem, and a last-minute gift idea for Father’s day. I hope you’ll take the time to watch the video and then consider this: Do you know someone who may need...

On being uprooted. Or, finding home.

This morning I awoke into a rush of anxiety and adrenaline. We need to vacate our San Francisco flat by June 1, but don't yet have a new home. It's not that we'll be homeless. I know that. There are many places we can go, even temporarily. But I'm the...