Certain places have a feel to them. They can seem to create a space, a feeling, allow you to access certain aspects of reality more easily. The mountains are one of those places for me. They exude strength all on their own. Immovable, unshakeable, firm, sure, solid. It feels like you are closer to god […]
Returning to Normal
I’ve been sitting here thinking about what it means to enter a new year. Particularly after the dumpster fire that was 2020, how does one even begin to start a new year….particularly one that looks like more of the same instead of something new? I started thinking through stories I know to see if anything […]
The hardest person to love…
The hardest person to love…. Some people just get on your nerves right? They have the ability to press every button in just the right way to do maximum damage. It’s like they know the insides and out of how we tick and can pull just the right irritation out of us at exactly the […]
Watching the waves…
I was at the beach this past week, just taking a day for me preparing for the year ahead. This was something I wrote while there sitting on the beach…. It’s cold here today at the beach as I sit here in a hoodie looking, listening, and contemplating the waves. I notice a few things. […]
Voices from Two Gardens
Yesterday I went to therapy and we talked about hearing voices. Sometimesthere is just so much noise all about us. So many voices telling us we are this or that, questioning whether we are this or that. My therapist asked about what voices I heard speaking to me and where I thought the main ones […]
From The Whale's Belly 