A major lesson that I believe has been pounded into the collective consciousness over the last few years has been our complete lack of control over our lives. No one wanted a global pandemic to shut down the world as long as it did, no one wanted to still be wearing masks three years later, …
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Open to Chaos
Recently, I read that some Native cultures celebrate the Spring Equinox the way white Americans celebrate New Year’s, with resolutions and goals and new beginnings. It makes much more sense to me. Let January be the worst month of the year as it is, dark and cold with winter nowhere close to ending. Not exactly …
Beauty from Ashes
I didn’t write a blog post last week because my mind is mostly consumed with COVID-19 and I didn’t want to write about it again. And yet, here we are, a week later, and that’s still mostly all I can think about. So I’m going to do a word vomit thing here and see if …
Oh-Blah-Dee
“Life goes on, brah / la-la how the life goes on.” The words to that Beatles song have been stuck in my head for days now. I got laid off from my job last week, unexpectedly and shockingly. I had worked for over 9 years at that job. It was, in fact, my first job …
This Joyful, Messy Life 