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...
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.”
Finding Heart
In the quest of searching for love
Grand gestures and excitement
I fail
Being an Edge-Creature
An in-between,
not-in-the-box person,
who inhabits liminal
space as home.
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’
The Gift of Belonging
It’s strange,
all this separation
has awakened more
belonging than
I’ve ever known.
Ridges Rise
the tales
time tells...
a sad soda sign
now faded and flagging
above this solitary side walk
Backseat Driver
now look what you’ve done!
how will we get down from here?!
(let’s just wait a beat)
look over at that ridge line.
yeah. that’s really something else.
