August and Everything After
A Friday in my life in San Diego, and the interconnectedness of land and sea.
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“To Feel a Smile in My Deepest Soul” — Delaney at 16
Half my lifetime ago, I was sixteen going on seventeen, and I wrote a passionate, one-page declaration of all I wanted to experience in this lifetime. What did it say?
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Warm Apples & Oats
Something about cooked apple, oats, and cinnamon reminds one’s senses of a chill autumn day, curled up by the window, watching the leaves drop from the trees.
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A Meaningful Mediterranean Sandwich
A trip down memory lane served up this delightful little sandwich.
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Grilled Shrimp Skewers
I was delighted to be invited to my first poolside cookout of the summer, but I didn’t know what to bring, and I was pressed for time.
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The Opportunity Costs of Authenticity
The concept of authenticity carries big hype these days because gurus puff up the positive emotions associated with living in our truth, but missing from the conversation is a warning label of the scary side effects associated with practicing authenticity.
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Suzanne
My divinely orchestrated discovery of Leonard Cohen’s classic from the 1960’s, channeled through the musical genius of lady Nina Simone. Soul stunner right here.
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12 Reminders for the Creative Life
Reminders to self on the creative life, shared at large.
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Make Bad Art & Take Up Space
Taking Shayna Klee’s advice to Make Bad Art and Take Up Space.
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2020’s A Wrap
2020 was a hard year for many, and I experienced my share of challenging moments. But overall, I had a wonderful year and a slew of memories for the keeping.
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Fast Heart Mart’s Vegan Faux-Cream Smoothie
San Diego-based musician Fast Heart Mart shares his very own vegan “ice cream” smoothie with me late one evening in a pizza joint.
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There Is a Vitality
“There is a vitality, a life force, an energy, a quickening that is translated through you into action, and because there is only one of you in all of time,…
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[Keen and lovely man moved as in a dance]
Why did he give the job to somebody else? I first came across this poem in Marin, CA, Christmastime 2019.
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Kelly’s Coffee
Kelly, unlike myself, likes to share her food and drink and, also unlike myself, has a million friends with whom to share the food and drink.
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Ta Ta, Old Selves
I discuss the emotional process of revisiting and then burning old journals.
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Honey-Roasted Root Vegetables
A hearty medley of roasted root vegetables to feed the soul during a northern winter.
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Marquette, Michigan: Then and Now
Eleven summers ago, I sat at a picnic table at the Lower Harbor and experienced Zen for the first time in my life.
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