Mindful Flow

I’ve listed and anti-listed my way into the New Year. I’ve reflected, deflected, crossed off, added, burned up, given up, started again. I’ve learned that asking questions is an effective [...]

I’m nearly done with this particular 10-day challenge and this morning it hit me between the eyes: What if a new path foward with “lists” is actually writing lists in the form of questions? As [...]

Dye the lists. Die, lists! One-third through #arrowmont #pentaculum 2020 and nearly done with this 10-day challenge, I’m leaning into the New Year with clear intent: REST DEEPLY. I can make all [...]

As a child, one of my favorite books was Morris’ Disappearing Bag by Rosemary Wells. A little older, Harriet the Spy by Louise Fitzhugh. There’s power in invisibility (and really good [...]

My mind is a run-on sentence: pack thestroller, firstaidkit, extradiapersbecauseRiverpoopsatnightwhenyoutravel. Pack yourlaptopcharger, ipodcable, preloadanaudiobook for the 2.5hourdrive. [...]

The Anti-List Lists : Here’s what an oddball week looks like, with my child still home on winter break but my business up and running. Work gets done during naps, which do still happen but aren’t [...]

DAY 2/10 The Anti-List Lists : If I write “notice the wind” on my list, am I more likely to do it? If I say out loud, “you have enough time,” am I more likely to let go of that underlying [...]

There’s listmaking, and there’s living. That’s what people who make too many lists are often told by people who don’t make lists. I think there’s an inbetween. As a lifelong listmaker, I see [...]

The badger becomes medicinal. Adding a body (and whiskers, such cute whiskers) to the voice of the #capitalistpatriarchy, suddenly takes everything down a notch. The messaging (“not enough time” [...]

TALKING TO A BADGER : All day long, a voice badgers me, saying, “You’ve got your #todolist, now get to it!” And all day long, a wiser voice looks the other way, or calmly replies, “There’s [...]