a simple act with a single intention
Ten years ago today, I sat at my dining room table with some significant bedhead and a mug of black coffee and started writing this blog. Why did I call it 37days? I didn’t begin it as a blog, though it used a blogging software. That is, blogging wasn’t my …
strong offer friday
Work, play, learn with me. First, what is a strong offer? A strong offer is an offer of yourself (your love, your talent, your art) without comparing yourself to others, without attachment to how that offer will be received, without a story attached to the offer, and with detachment …
thinking thursday
mind Dualities: “In 2013, she decided to begin a series that dealt with the realities of what it means to put on a brave face while simultaneously coping with forms of depression. Starting with herself, Obert took two photos: one that showed the person she chooses to present to the …
poetry wednesday : new year’s poem
New Year’s Poem By Margaret Avison The Christmas twigs crispen and needles rattle Along the window-ledge. A solitary pearl Shed from the necklace spilled at last week’s party Lies in the suety, snow-luminous plainness Of morning, on the window-ledge beside them. And all the furniture that circled stately And …
book stack tuesday : my best of 2014
I read a lot. It all started when I was a kid. Under a quilt with a flashlight, staying up far past my bedtime, I cheated sleep for the love of the word, those pages I longed to touch and move, one by one, from the front of a book …
entering a new year
There are a lot of words of wisdom about starting a new year–choosing a word for the year to represent your intention, for example (we all need some way to make decisions, and a word is as good as any other metric). Pinterest is full of pins about organizing your …
a weekend of amazement
Once a year, Camp happens. A camp for adults. Focused on courage, creativity, and community. Because those three things are intertwined and also because those three things are vital. Do you want or need to access your courage in a new or bigger way? Do you want or need to …
mother’s day is hard for me.
To be honest, Mother’s Day is tough for me. I talked to my mom yesterday when she called, and again today. It is a weekend that weighs heavy on us, even as much as we celebrate our own mothers, and our own children who made us mothers. “We took him …
thinking thursday
MIND Why has the U.S. media ignored the abduction of 200+ girls? And why are they now paying attention? More reading of importance on this topic: #BringBackOurGirls and Nigeria’s Stolen Girls. Please pick one–let us humanize this tragedy. Here’s a list of books that author Junot Diaz wants you to read. Is it wrong that …
this is not goodbye
Sometimes when people die, we feel we are saying goodbye to them. But, in truth, we are not. We are wholeheartedly saying hello to those intangible parts of them that have embedded themselves in us, like splinters–sometimes painful, yes, but far more beautiful. My friend, Gwyn Michael, died recently. Gwyn was …
