Hello friends, from the one and only San Francisco! I’ve been back in my old apartment the past few months, after nearly two years of living as a vagabond-nomad, and conditions could not be more different than when I left. This time, I’m on a path of truer purpose and calling. I’m feeling grounded. I’m …
Continue reading An Unlikely Journey: Tech Refugee to Wilderness Therapy Guide to Bodyworker
Dandelion Diaries.... Newsletter from A Garden Weed (Do you like that title? I was playing with the idea of a better personal brand for my online life updates.) I wrote this on September 15th, 2024. Why didn't I post it? Not sure. Maybe I meant to say more. It's outdated but was an honest mental …
Hi digital friends and family 👋 It’s been longer between updates because I am without a laptop now, and writing this update on my phone. So I will try to keep it short and sweet 🙂 But there is a lot to catch up on! At a glance: I am finishing up my three month …
Hi beautiful souls! This is update #5 from my “digital nomad” journey in Puerto Escondido, Mexico… which turned from a “remote worker digital nomad” story to a “newly funemployed amateur movement artist & wandering creative soul” tale in a matter of weeks. (Feel free to catch up on the story if you missed Updates 1, …
Continue reading Puerto Escondido Update #5: Spiritual Wilderness & Why Write A Blog?
The way of moving forward that comes only from the head is two-dimensional, and will no longer work. It used to work better than it works now. For some people, it is still working. For others, it is being shown to be problematic. We are waking up into a new way of being. It is …
What a journey, life. What a year so far! It started with the breakup! I mean, really, wow! I didn't see it coming, I wasn't ready for it... and yet, it is now done, and life is moving on, and slowly I am reimagining this life and my place in it. There are moments of …
I spend too much time in my head. Every time I am "thinking" I should just write. I think I used to do that, and the habit has been lost from me somehow. Maybe my demons tried to take it from me. ... Time flies by and in some moments I am a swirling mess, …
Continue reading Creation, impulse, writing, eating, moving [free write / poetry]
My soul is on a healing and experiential journey. My priority is to follow that and enjoy the ride along the way. I am not currently concerning myself too much with my "success" by society's standards. That is a black hole of negative self-talk for me and takes me away from feeling my way forward. …
I took a walk in nature today, and it absolutely transformed my mental state. I walked out the door full to bursting with flitting thoughts, anxieties, shoulds and should-nots, judgments, fears, questions, discomfort. It was actually, on some level, just a lucky chance that I actually went out there - in my moments of serious …
First : To anyone who feels afraid for their safety as a result of this election or just by the course of life in this country as you know it - I am sorry. I love you, and I'm sorry. This situation is about you much more than it should be about me. Everyone in this country deserves …
Continue reading Open Letter to Liberal America: Let’s Choose Compassion
Expressions from this side of the here & now 