Confessions of a Sugar Beast
I’m a hormonal, sugar-fueled mess this week. I find these labels empowering. Because they give me reasons and solutions for the way I feel. You’re cranky, hungry, tired, and head-achey because being a...
View ArticleGoats on Hills & Other Dreams
One day, I want to be the eccentric woman on the hill with a menagerie. I’ve already scouted out the hill – there’s a perfect one right near my hobbit cottage, marked by a sign urging dog owners to...
View ArticleFrom My Seat Today
Life stretches out, empty. But maybe life’s not a forever silent house and a perpetually pristine rug. Maybe it’s a bucket waiting to be filled. Joy bursts with noise. Resounds in silence. Echoes color...
View ArticleFree Giraffe
Since we saw each other last, I’ve slept in an Irish castle, finished writing a book of animal stories, and adopted a pet sea otter (stuffed). I’ve also started a new blog. I’m posting there almost...
View ArticleWhere Money and Emotion Tango
So many of our human issues are tied up in money. Both on a global scale and on a deeply personal one. Money in and of itself is a neutral force. But money easily absorbs whatever emotions we want to...
View ArticleYou Are Worth All The Soup
A teacher gave me an assignment a few months ago and I would tattoo it on my forehead if needles didn’t make me squawk like an indignant chicken: “Your only job now is to raise your vibration.” For...
View Article25 Bits of Channeled Guidance for Writers
HI, WRITERS! GOT MORE STUFF FOR YA! 25 Bits of Channeled Guidance for Writers is meant to spark the flow, ease the pain, and help you do the work you’re here to do. It’s FREE! At least until next...
View ArticleHow To Make Magic When You Mostly Just Feel Like a Troll
Magic springs from within. It’s easy to forget this, because we see it reflected around us, so we think that enchantment comes from some external source. But those who spot the most magic in their...
View ArticleDaily Dance
If you’ve been working too hard and vehemently not practicing what you preach – “take care of yourself! take naps!” she croons blithely while waking up at o’dark thirty, reaching for her laptop, and...
View ArticleWriters! Grab Your Matches!
My next webcast for writers is happening next Thursday, September 3, at 7 p.m. PST! {Register here}
View ArticleNobody Likes Big Rats
Viola learned one harsh, inviolable, life-defining truth the hard way: Baby possums are adorable. Adolescent possums…not so much. She had been adored as a child. Revered, even. People stopped to coo at...
View ArticleLove Notes
I’m in the midst of a growth spurt. Which means great expansion in the midst of hand-wringing self-doubt. Because we can’t expand without our brains kicking up the most almighty fuss. What fun would...
View ArticleBetter Than Here
Death cracks you open. Watching someone you love take that final journey leaves you flattened and groundless. We don’t know what’s next for them. We can’t follow. We can’t understand how it feels to...
View ArticleWhy Crying Is The Best Thing Ever and We Should All Do More of It
Who’s been crying a lot lately? ME TOO. After years of desperately wishing I had been born with an instruction manual because I really don’t understand how I operate and am prone to pulling the wrong...
View ArticleNobody Likes Big Rats
Viola learned one harsh, inviolable, life-defining truth the hard way: Baby possums are adorable. Adolescent possums…not so much. She had been adored as a child. Revered, even. People stopped to coo at...
View Article25 Bits of Channeled Guidance for Writers
HI, WRITERS! GOT MORE STUFF FOR YA! 25 Bits of Channeled Guidance for Writers is meant to spark the flow, ease the pain, and help you do the work you’re here to do. It’s FREE! At least until next...
View ArticleTrust is my Mount Everest
I don’t trust myself to stick to a schedule, I don’t trust myself to be on time, I don’t trust myself to remember what I’m supposed to do next, I don’t trust myself to finish projects, I don’t trust...
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Redefining Crazy
I joke that I’m now 97% less crazy than I used to be. The thing is, I’m not joking. Redefining any place you hold judgment – like “whoa, bitch be crazy” – is a good practice. I’ve been playing with it...
View ArticleDating Like a Dog When I Should Be Dating Like a Cat
I am open and ready to receive. I ask to download the perfect blog post for today. Please send me the idea and the words. Thank you. Cats have zero compunction about walking to the center of a room...
View ArticleReadings
Writing is a solitary experience. You write something and you send it out into the world and then other people have their own solitary experience with your words. It rarely feels like a shared...
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