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Our relationship with life seems to be in crisis today. Everything that appears as a limit, incapacity, illness, old age, suffering, vulnerability, tends to be seen primarily as a defect to be corrected, rather than as a reality through which our humanity matures and opens itself to relationship. And yet
Research is the sacred ritual of excavating your own perpective. — Alice Sparkly Kat Here in the Catskills, it's hot . It's green . Ticks + tadpoles. Bee balm + bumble bees. Lilies + lawnmowers. I'm spending lots of time in the creek, watching the tadpoles sprout their legs.
Another world is not only possible, she is on her way. On a quiet day I can hear her breathing. — Arundhati Roy Here in the Catskills, it is beyond beautiful. The mountain is in her lush green coat, peonies are opening, birdsong is an early alarm clock. What often
Process saves us from the poverty of our intentions. — Elizabeth King (h/t Finn Schubert ) Here in the Catskills, spring is sluttier than ever: cherry blossoms, apple blossoms, tousled willows, peachy-pink quince blossoms, the new green creeping up the mountain's curvy skirts, peepers singing into the
The one who's in love always wins. —Ethan Hawke Here in the Catskills, the crocuses are up, the daffodils aren't far behind + I am ready for the sluttiest season of the year 🌸 The weather has been a tease, the creek is a sublime turquoise-
Hello friends, Here I am in your inbox again to let you know about an online gathering that Elena Solano, Cory Nakasue + I are having to celebrate the publication of our one-of-a-kind 2026 planner-workbook, 36 Portals to Aliveness . This planner begins on March 20—the
You can't be in love with aliveness if you are white knuckling this whole experience and trying to control it. — Prentis Hemphill Here in the Catskills, it has been so cold + so snowy. + yet the birdsong is changing, the light is growing, spring is inexorably stirring under
Over the last 3 months, I've changed +/or migrated pretty much every platform + app I use to make my life work. I thought I'd breakdown my process here in case it's helpful for you. I've also gotten interested in moving off of
There is a vitality, a life force, a quickening that is translated through you into action, and because there is only one of you in all time, this expression is unique. — Martha Graham (h/t Dense Discovery ) Here in the Catskills, there's been a lot of snow
Behave like someone who loves you is watching. — Elena Solano Here in the Catskills, it’s snowing + cold…rainy + cold…gray + cold. In the midst of it all, the creek changes her face every day: frozen, frothy, turquoise, steel gray. I wonder how this turning of
There are living, breathing people all around you who need your sense of decency to be made material. — Kelly Hayes Listen to this month’s offering as a podcast Dear Friends, Here in the Catskills, winter’s palette has arrived: a study in browns + grays, cottony skies,
There’s a thing that worries me sometimes whenever you talk about creativity because it can have this kind of feeling that it’s just “nice.” It’s not: it’s vital . It’s the way we heal each other. — Ethan Hawke
Introducing 78 Faces of Power: The Elemental Tarot Zines Box Set on the house altar read all about it + order here! snug as a bug I recorded a new 8-minute video to introduce the Study Tarot Series, in preparation for the cohort that begins in December…will I
The answer to “how is this allowed?” is always “who is going to stop it?” —Sheryl Weikal Listen to this month’s offering as a podcast Dear Friends, Here in the Catskills, the weather has been cool + beautiful. The creek is very low . The
evening walk You are not a separate being. You belong to the living body of Earth. You are the Earth, looking up at the stars. You are the Earth, becoming conscious of itself. — Joanna Macy , May 2, 1929 – July 19, 2025 Listen to this month’s offering