Today I'm sharing another conversation with a poem by Mary Oliver; once again, her words are in italics, and the rest are mine. I wrote this piece back in March, in response to "Wild Geese" (the full text of which can be found here), and this
I adore Mary Oliver's poetry. There are a few writers who have left this world that I consider to be sort of personal patron saints, and she's one of them. Last summer, I revisited Dream Work, the collection of poems she published in 1986. The very
Hello, dear readers—we've done it! We've made it to the last day of 2024. While I am not exactly eager to see what's coming in 2025, given the political situation in the US and globally, I am feeling particularly ready to leave this
Well. It's been a week, huh? I know a lot of us are dealing with some big, heavy feelings post-election. Personally, I'm feeling some combination of sadness, disgust, disappointment...not surprise, though, which is also sad—this country has been leaning hard toward fascism for a
This morning, when doing my daily tarot card pull (a part of my morning ritual that helps me to set a sort of energetic intention for the day), I pulled the Two of Pentacles. The Two of Pentacles is a card that's all about the delicate balance required
I saw this meme on Instagram the other day that reads, "It's okay to feel like you can't handle it. That's what community is for. We collapse alone, we are caught in community." This year has been a wild one for my
The world is...a lot right now. It's an often terrifying timeline we're living in, and I've spent a lot of time in the past few months feeling deeply depressed and anxious. A week and a half ago, I had the chance to go
Hello, dear readers, and welcome to my little corner of the internet. If you want to learn more about me and what I'm about, I'd like to direct you to the website for my budding spiritual companionship practice. This newsletter/blog is going to be tangentially
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