I became obsessed with a notion the other day that someone who has troubled me was trouble and I started painting the world around this person in black and white tones. Trouble, I kept saying to myself, trouble and I then built hypotheses around that notion, and I turned them over and over in my mind. Trouble, I kept coming back to, not letting go of, and trying to find an answer that was yes…
A friend needed to bend my ear last night as she is reaching a critical juncture in motherhood, partnerhood, and selfhood and she cannot figure out her next step. I went out late to meet and talk, when usually I’m bound for bed and I’m glad I did, because oddly enough it could have been my younger self talking to me. The younger self stubbornly clinging to an ideal when reality is dealing you another…
We dedicated our yoga practice to all the creatures of the sea and wetlands today in the hopes that the world begins to listen to what they have to say about their environment being pillaged for our wasteful and wanton benefit. The most anyone might be able to utter is sorry birds, sorry fish, sorry creatures = the best news we have heard in the Gulf South today is that the federal government has begun…
I started my new running program this morning. On Tues and Thurs, I’ll run and T will take the dogs to the dog park for their running. On my run I ran into a lot of neighborhood folks but one was a surprise. A guy I had met pre-Katrina had decided to leave New Orleans after the storm amidst a lot of soul searching. He had thrown open the doors to the possibility of teaching…
June 01, 2010 Taurus (4/20-5/20) You’re hard-working and diligent — some would say stubborn — but there’s much more to life than simply making sure you take care of your responsibilities. Try another kind of responsibility, like the dues you owe your family and friends? Remember that the people who complain because they haven’t seen you in so long? Give yourself (and everyone) a break. Take some time for yourself.