42 Reasons to be Grateful in my 42nd year
As a celebration of life for another year, a rejoicing in all the good in my life, here I list 42 of the things for which I am most grateful. This list began when I was pregnant, uncomfortable and...
View ArticleIn between the moving parts, we write
"How do you do it all," a friend asked me. "It's easy," I told her. "I just lowered my standards." I don't expect perfection anymore. Instead, I banish the little guilts we feel and enjoy where I am...
View ArticleIf only these giant fleshy beasts could speak
One Sunday, we visited Santa Rosa de Tastil in northwest Argentina. It's a town of one hundred people that sprouted from the oasis just below the ancient settlement of Tastil. I didn't plan to write...
View ArticleHow we allow the stories we tell to define us
Three years after the ten year anniversary of 9/11, and what has changed? I found this piece I wrote on the tenth anniversary of the attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon. Those horrible...
View ArticleIt’s easy, apparently, to decide not to die.
It was a summer of firsts. My first summer away from home. My first job that I found on my own. I worked with artists, lived in New York City, and most of all I learned how to live forever. The post...
View ArticleWhat if I told you What’s-Always-Been Is a Lie?
Whenever someone tells me how things "should" be or that there's an established way of things that I need follow, my immediate reaction is to do the opposite. Yeah, question everything! The post What...
View ArticleAn Ode to Johnny Vagabond
"People are funny," I told him. "And nuts." "Thank the gods," he replied. "Otherwise I'd be bored shitless." And that right there tells you everything you need to know about Wes Nations and why he was...
View ArticleHappy NOT-Mothers Day to all you mothers and NOT-Mothers
I wrote the first draft of this months and months ago. Before it was mother's day, but I had things to do. Mother's day passed, and I realized, this most doesn't need mother's day, because any day is a...
View ArticleDearest Margaret: On Love and Abundance
This post talks about death, but really it's about life. It's about us, humans, as an evolving species as we expand our experience and become more open. It's about abundance and about flowers in a...
View ArticlePhoto Essay: The Women and Children of Güemes Day
June 17th, Güemes Day is the day to be in Salta. Literally thousands of people take to the streets on horseback to honor the day General Martín Miguel de Güemes, the leader of the gauchos. But it's not...
View Article“What can we do to combat racism?” you ask.
Don't look away. Don't pretend there's nothing you can do. Don't succumb to feelings of helplessness. There is plenty you can do to aid in the fight to end racism. Go. Listen. Read. Teach. Learn. Let's...
View ArticleHow to be a perfect father in three easy steps
First produce viable semen. It can be through passion or from duty or because you do it in a lab for money or whatever. This is usually the first step. It means nothing. Then, read all the books your...
View ArticleWriting Prompt: Writing Strong Male Characters
Sure, there are endless stereotypes of what a man should be and how you can incorporate them into your characters. But what characteristics really lend themselves to realistic and unique male...
View ArticleAre you a real travel writer?
What makes something real travel writing? Is it a guidebook? Must it involve danger? What does it even mean when people say travel is about a place? It's exhausting sometimes to answer these questions....
View ArticleIn my deepest fears, writing makes us die
This has been a tough week. Mainly, because it followed a tough week. I had an article published. Bear with me. I know that sounds strange, but this is a story of anxiety. I published in Bright. A...
View ArticleThis is why Contributoria failed. Many faults. One big reason.
I began writing this back in July as a Contributoria how-to. Then this morning, I received an e-mail announcing the demise of Contributoria. We want to thank you for all you’ve done to make...
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Volunteering doesn’t automatically make you a good person: THE APPENDIX
Over the last couple months, I’ve been writing a piece commissioned by Contributoria called Volunteering won’t change the world, do this instead. That’s where I go one with my opinions on volunteering....
View ArticleMorning meditation with cat/baby video
Meditation is many things. Meditation is hours of quiet yoga mudras and chanting to music as a candle burns leisurely down to a nub. Meditation is sitting cross legged on top of a mountain while the...
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Free downloadable coloring to relax your brain
Coloring books for adults. They’re so hot right now. (Triple points, by the way, to anyone who gets that movie reference.) They calm the amygdala which in turn helps you de-stress. Carl Jung even...
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We don’t want abortion. We want autonomy.
Today’s post was originally going to be a reading list, but when I saw this from my friend April, I decided to do something different. Two years ago, when I was 18-weeks pregnant, my child was given a...
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