Shenanigans
I decided to get the broccoli pot pie. I know it has gluten – and dairy – but it’s quick, and I was hungry. I told myself something about meat-free...
The Lost Coast
In 1936, the engineers constructing California’s Pacific Coast Highway rerouted their plans in Mendocino and Humboldt counties and turned the highway inland. The problem...
Aaron Wolfson, Artist Bio
Aaron Wolfson is a writer and storyteller in Chicago, Illinois.
Àjíké Kendrick Aşegún, Artist Bio
Àjíké Kendrick Aşegún is a poet and life coach specializing in leadership development through spirituality. Through her coaching practice, Spiritry, she helps spiritually-minded leaders to tap into their own inner resources...
A Walk in the Klamath Basin
An outboard engine spasms to life behind me, a great rattling noise against the serenity of the lake, then disintegrates into a thousand ruffles and throbbing palpatations. I turn...
Alison Coates, Artist Bio
Alison Coates ~ filmmaker, writer and explorer of possibilities ~ creates short, intimate, films through her practice of seeing and hearing people without judgement, in a peaceful, yet powerful space, of trust and warmth.
Sweaty Car Sleep
When I find myself completely overwhelmed and flying all over the place and acting grumpy and panicked and irrational I like to blame my son. Who is 12.
See What You’ve Been Missing
You may be wondering if port cities come with seedy underbellies as implied by the 1980’s neon-splashed smash hit series Miami Vice (after which I’ve modeled most of my life).
What if Presence Is Sexy?
I was at this meditation center in Denmark, when I from a distance saw a man. To me he looked like a native American. Not looked-looked, it was more of his energy ...
Blood, Bears and Golden Tee, Not Necessarily in That Order
This guy’s blood squirted pretty much on me at the start of our honeymoon. I was a brand-new tech in an ER and I wanted this healthcare/emergency services gig to bolster my resume...
Allison Towe, Artist Bio
Allison Towe is a Colorado based portfolio artist and writer focusing her art on the everyday lives and experiences...
Amanda Judd, Artist Bio
Amanda Judd is a mixed media artist who delights in combining words, images and sound. Fascinated by creative process, she allows each mark to lead her somewhere and reveal meaning. The way water shapes rocks and wind leaves evidence of...
The Planets Are Having a Party
The planets are having a party
in Aquarius.
My 5th house of
creative expression
joy
Funnel Cakes
The sweet simplicity of fried dough
covered in powdered sugar
is even sweeter
because it was made for you
by another’s hand.
Perspective Perception Shift
Upon entering a Zoom call with my wild women friends, Helena complimented me on my hijab. “I love the silver hijab you have on.”
Angela Tseng, Artist Bio
Angela Tseng is a freediver/model from Hawaii. Her work stands for nature as the 3rd space and...
Calculus of Cooking
Sweaty palms. Pencil slipping through my fingers. Thick air of uncertainty surrounds the room. Sounds of thirty pencils scribbling across crisp midterm papers. Time ticks away....
Expanding Our Sense of Personhood
My thinking has been
far too small.
Too small for my mind and heart
and too small for my soul.
I am not just ‘me, myself and I’
Shall We Travel?
This is a book about the unexpected gifts of giving. Even if we give without expectation, there will always be gifts waiting for us – the gifts of perspectives, memories and …