Mother of Us All
May 14, 2023
Oh, mother. Is there a more complex, complicated figure in our lives? Who else is more pivotal, more revered, reviled, scapegoated and projected upon than
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Tom Waits and a Place for Birds to Land
April 18, 2023
“I like the idea that there are things coming in through the window and through you and then down to the piano and out the
James Baldwin on Freedom
February 18, 2022
Any real change implies the breakup of the world as one has always known it, the loss of all that gave one an identity, the
Strong Back, Soft Front
July 9, 2021
All too often our so-called strength comes from fear not love; instead of having a strong back, many of us have a defended front shielding a
We Can’t Have it All: A Gemini Primer
June 8, 2021
The Gemini of Greek myth were the horsemen-healer-brothers Castor and Pollux. Pollux, who was immortal, was so brokenhearted when his mortal twin was killed in
Drowning in Possibilities
March 9, 2021
This Saturday we gather online for the new moon in Pisces, our second of this style of gathering. Unlike the Full Moon Gatherings where I
As Above, So Below
January 14, 2021
The turmoil and uncertainty we’re feeling isn’t just a reaction to what’s happening in the world. It’s a two-way street we’re on; a symbiotic, interdependent
How to Save Democracy #02
September 16, 2020
Vote. No matter how futile it all feels, we have to vote like our lives depend on it because our lives absolutely depend on it.
How to Save Democracy #01
September 14, 2020
Remind yourself that you can’t save democracy. Sobering, depressing, I know. But let go of that burden (it’s overwhelming you) and just do one small
Good Trouble
July 20, 2020
How lucky were we to have John Lewis in this world, showing up for disadvantaged people everywhere, making “good trouble” in the streets and in