Hello! Hello! Spring has come! spring spring spring spring spring spring spring spring spring spring spring Even the word brings to mind the feeling. I just want to hop around outside, in the sun, twirling through fresh new little plants. I can feel the Universe tugging me forward, breathing air underneath my wings. I am […]
your ecological footprint
I started being more mindful of the environmental impact of my general consumption years ago. It started in the shower, when I emptied a huge bottle of shampoo and wondered what the heck I would do with it. My municipality had a recycling system, but it still took huge amounts of energy to transform this […]
it’s Flow, obviously
Hello darlings, So much has happened since I last spoke. I spent two weeks visiting my brother and sister; I started conducting workshops for my community development course; I started teaching art classes to elementary school kids; I kept up teaching yoga, practicing yoga, swimming, painting, reading and writing. All the while chaos was unfolding […]
Intentions
It is a beautiful morning to be alive. I write down goals and intentions every day before starting on anything else. This morning, it came in the form of a poem. Here it is. Intention I am spontaneous I am courageous I take back my power Earth, I flow with Her I am healthy and […]
the Art of Nesting
I wrote this poem when a group of friends and I were working in a food forest together. We slept in what we called “The Big Bed”, usually four of us together but at times we were six. Every night when we settled in for sleep, we individually spent at least 5 minutes arranging our […]
Sage advice from Elbert Hubbard
Whenever you go out-of-doors, draw the chin in, carry the crown of the head high, and fill the lungs to the utmost; drink in the sunshine; greet your friends with a smile, and put soul into every handclasp. Do not fear being misunderstood and do not waste a minute thinking about your enemies. Try to […]
raw
I just wrote this poem. why do I long for that look in your eyes?to feel youto hear you sing the way you do? why is it so hard sometimes?to leave youwhen I know I need to simultaneously why do I revel at the clear blue skies?for infinite possibilitiesdaisies and commonalities seriously I […]
Tips from my favourite poet…
I beg you, to have patience with everything unresolved in your heart and to try to love the questions themselves as if they were locked rooms or books written in a very foreign language. Don’t search for the answers, which could not be given to you now, because you would not be able to live […]
plant song
When I was a child – and still to this day – my mother kept a panoply of plants in the house. I didn’t think much of them then; I thought plants were part of a house, like a piece of furniture. That everyone had plants in their house. I watched them flowering dearly and […]
