Wallowing In My Own Obscenity

I’ve been talking a fair bit about editing my life lately. In fits and starts, I’ve been decluttering and downsizing. But in the process, a theme has emerged. If you read my chapter in The Power Within, you may have picked up on the fact that my mom was a bit of a packrat. Although you wouldn’t have to fill a half dozen huge dumpsters of stuff from my apartment, I did notice that I’ve developed a…

After a very busy New Year’s Eve (got through everything on my to-clean list except the patio), I enjoyed a cup of camomile tea in a hot bubble bath and was asleep in bed with the cats before 2025 turned into 2026. The first day of 2026 was pretty awesome. I started with a nice, slow pace, savoring my coffee and the quiet. I made a delicious fruit/oat bake (been craving it for awhile and had some…

Maybe it’s the cold weather. Maybe it’s the lack of daylight. Whatever it is, I seem to develop a cookie craving every December. I thought about whipping up some vegan chocolate chip cookies, but I’ve also been missing my grandpa a lot lately and he made THE BEST chocolate chip cookies ever.**  Even though I learned his technique by sticking to him like glue while he baked, I could never make…

It’s happening FOR me, not TO me… –my Mercury Retrograde Mantra Schwoo, y’all. Hope you came through the retrograde reasonably unscathed! Usually, I embrace Mercury Retrograde1 because it’s a good reminder to pause, to respond rather than react, so I didn’t come into this one with any sense of dread. Mercury. Don’t. Care. The first clue I had that this was going to be a bumpy ride was right about…

I’m still sort of processing all of this. Being a writer was always an ambition of mine. Becoming a bestselling author was something I would hardly allow myself to dream about. Thanks to your support, The Power Within became a #1 Amazon Bestseller and achieved International Bestseller status in the United Kingdom! I am overflowing with gratitude for every person who has purchased a copy of our…

Me: I’m hungry but not terribly motivated. I’ll just roast a red potato or two and toss some tofu in the pan with some generous seasoning. Also Me: Oh, I really need to use up this onion. Oh, that yellow squash is about to go off. So is that red bell pepper. And I need to use up these tomatoes. What the hell, I’ll throw in some baby spinach, too.  

This is it, my loves! Thank you to EVERYONE who has supported my art in any form (writing, photography, painting…). Thank you to Nicole Smith Levay for stewarding this project, and especially for your wisdom and compassion. You have guided me out of some of my worst times helping me find my way back into myself. And thank you to Bill Levay, who was so helpful in reading/editing my early…

Just got my advance copy of the book! Will probably stay up way too late tonight reading these amazing stories. Launch Day is tomorrow (October 29)! eeeeep! I’ll post the link to purchase tomorrow morning. Stay tuned! Here I am walking over to my mailbox in the rain to pick up the package. The weather is feeling more like late December today, so I’m calling it an early Christmas!

Happy Scorpio Season! I’m a Scorpio moon and I’ve been feeling ALL the big emotions lately. We’re getting very close to the launch of The Power Within: Somatic & Spiritual Stories of Resilience. (Watch this space: I’ll have a link to buy up on the blog soon.). All of these essays, mine included, are very personal and emotional. I believe many of you will see a part of yourself in many of these…

Earlier this evening, I wrote something in my journal that is beautiful and also incredibly heartbreaking. I have never felt more like myself than I do right now! Not even when I was a kid—because it rarely felt safe to fully be myself. I am immensely grateful to be in this place now, especially when I consider all of the work it has taken for me to get here. But I also want to go back and give…