As the nights grow longer and colder, it can feel tempting to bury ourselves under blankets and movies, emerging only for pee breaks and applesauce replenishment. Factor in all of everything that’s been transpiring in our human community and the thought of finding a rock, crawling under it, and refusing to emerge might feel like the move. But don’t go full Rip Van Winkle just yet,… Continue reading Fall Back into Self-Care
Category: Magic
October, y’all
You know what that means… PUMPKIN SPICE EVERYTHING!! Lattes and jellybeans and hummus and bathroom tissue! Make it rain nutmeg and allspice! Pulverize those gourds and pump those orangey particulates into the atmosphere! MY BODY IS READY!! LOL, just kidding. Can you imagine? Although this is my favorite season due to the prevalence of cuffing and boots and scarves (protect your necks from… Continue reading October, y’all
Ba Dee Ya
You’ve heard the story about songwriter Allee Willis and the time she – while co-writing September with Earth Wind & Fire – flipped her shit on Maurice White because she was in her feelings re: the inclusion of the nonsense lyrics featured in the song (and which are probably playing in your head by now)? I enjoy that story because it worked out that Willis’s fit of fear consciousness… Continue reading Ba Dee Ya
Can I Sleep with You?
House guests. You’ve (probably) had them. You’ve (probably) been one. Sometimes they’re delightful energetic boosts that inspire you to mix up your routine, buy you groceries, and make you keep your crib extra neat; sometimes they’re nightmare interlopers who stank up your bathroom, smoke up your trees, and prove they have no home training. Someone… Continue reading Can I Sleep with You?
Petty or Protective?
It was the dead of winter and I’d just reported for my Park Slope Food Co-op shift. The squad leader on duty asked if I was willing to be a “walker”, a job that involves accompanying shoppers and their groceries to their homes and returning the carts that held said groceries back to the store.… Continue reading Petty or Protective?
Sprung
My darlings – I’m pleased to announce that after a decade (plus!) of unmet desire, I’ve manifested a high-powered blender. It arrived yesterday. It is magnificent. I am besotted. Gone is my once reality of paradoxical chunky smoothies and retail hummus. Technology can be a friend. Dreams do come true. In other news, Spring is here (as proven by the pollen count if not by this… Continue reading Sprung
New Year, Naturally
Did you know I’m a New Year’s baby? Today is the first day of Spring and a just beyond a week past my birthday – March 15th, the Ides (which was an ancient Roman new lunar calendar celebration marked by much wine and revelry, FYI). It is Lent. Mercury is retrograde. Suffice it to say… Continue reading New Year, Naturally
Put a Little Love in It
This will drop on (or near, depending on how atop my shit I am) Valentine’s Day, and it’s a nice time to chat about the heart chakra. I briefly considered telling you the real history of Saint Valentine, but it’s filled with beheadings and tragedy and I didn’t want to put you off your Whitman’s… Continue reading Put a Little Love in It
The Most Wonderful Time of the Year! … ?
The holidays really are incredible, and not in a “yum, mistletoe and gelt!!” sense, but as a societal entity that’s simultaneously unifying and polarizing, i.e., The Holidays, when we reconnect with our families and everything twinkles and there are all the parties and treats and songs and it’s just big magic all over! Yay!! –… Continue reading The Most Wonderful Time of the Year! … ?
Digestif
“You own everything that happened to you. Tell your stories. If people wanted you to write warmly about them, they should have behaved better.” ~Anne Lamott “Don’t start none, won’t be none.” ~African-American proverb My jaw hurt. The left side, specifically – that usually welcoming and receptive yin part of me that’s all “What’s that you… Continue reading Digestif