2023: March — Breathing Pause

Reflecting Back on March I finished a long-term remodel work project from the fall. The bathrooms are open! Watched the McGee interior design show throughout the month, got my hair cut, found myself completely rearranging the furniture in my room…

A Woman Working in the Trades: An Interview

For the International Day of Women in February, I did a written interview at my place of work, to be featured on their social media. The post went up in March for Women’s History Month. Although I chose my words…

2023: February – Breathing Pause

Reflecting back on February In February we explored Swaying. The month has been full of hard emotions, holding, and cozy TV. There was snow, snow, and more snow. Cancelled classes. Weather & admin leave. Uncertainty over maintenance future, a deepening…

2023: January – Breathing Pause

Reflecting back on January January was a month of integrating the visit to my family of origin over the holidays, of a new housemate, of snow and snow and more snow, of readjusting to the school rhythms, of committing to…

Lyla June

My therapist introduced me to Lyla June this weekend, through her article on reclaiming our Indigenous European roots. She’s a Diné woman who is speaking for the Earth. I got pulled in deeply when I heard her sing and speak,…

2022: The Year in Books

Here’s everything I read in 2022 on Goodreads. Below are 15 that most touched me in some way. Non-Fiction “The Empath’s Survival Guide” by Judith Orloff “Body of Health” by Francesca McCartney   “Wild Mercy” by Mirabai Starr “Caravan of…